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    M.P.E.C. 2004-E42                                Issued 2004 Mar. 14, 13:22 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

         Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2004 EU

Observations:
     K04E00U* C2004 03 12.48314 14 23 11.08 +13 23 25.8          19.2   EE042644
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.49309 14 23 09.91 +13 23 14.7          19.2   EE042644
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.50315 14 23 08.70 +13 23 03.4          19.2   EE042644
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.92075 14 22 20.35 +13 15 05.2          18.7 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.92426 14 22 19.95 +13 15 01.0          19.0 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.92779 14 22 19.55 +13 14 57.1          18.8 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.93130 14 22 19.12 +13 14 53.2          18.2 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 12.93481 14 22 18.69 +13 14 49.7          18.6 V EE042A50
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 13.43449 14 21 18.28 +13 05 12.5          19.0 R EE042673
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 13.43578 14 21 18.13 +13 05 10.9                 EE042673
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 13.44861 14 21 16.51 +13 04 56.1                 EE042673
     K04E00U  C2004 03 13.97774 14 20 11.10 +12 54 24.5          20.0 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 13.98125 14 20 10.62 +12 54 20.1          19.3 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 13.98828 14 20 09.78 +12 54 11.2          19.6 V EE042A50
     K04E00U  C2004 03 14.36222 14 19 22.49 +12 46 42.2                 EE042671
     K04E00U  C2004 03 14.38228 14 19 19.77 +12 46 17.0          20.4 R EE042671
     K04E00U  C2004 03 14.45473 14 19 10.06 +12 44 50.2          19.8 R EE042926
     K04E00U  C2004 03 14.45626 14 19 09.81 +12 44 48.2          20.1 R EE042926
     K04E00U  C2004 03 14.45781 14 19 09.56 +12 44 46.1          19.9 R EE042926
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 14.50370 14 19 03.58 +12 43 48.6          19.5 R EE042673
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 14.50567 14 19 03.33 +12 43 46.1                 EE042673
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 14.50764 14 19 03.06 +12 43 43.6                 EE042673
     K04E00U 5C2004 03 14.50961 14 19 02.76 +12 43 41.4                 EE042673

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
671 Stony Ridge.  Observers S. C. Brewster, D. A. Hadlen, J. E. Rogers,
    P. Sable.  0.76-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
A50 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory.  Observers Y. Ivashchenko,
    O. Gerashchenko, V. Lokot, O. Naumov.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 EU
Epoch 2004 Feb. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453060.5                 MPC
M 299.88994              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42144695     Peri.  245.50681     -0.20363456     +0.95511016
a   1.7618710      Node    17.52528     -0.41287668     +0.11549945
e   0.2595290      Incl.   45.60598     -0.88773071     -0.27280848
P   2.34           H   18.2           G   0.15
From 23 observations 2004 Mar. 12-14.

Ephemeris:
2004 EU                  a,e,i = 1.76, 0.26, 46                  q = 1.3046
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 03 06    14 33.49   +15 10.1    0.786    1.604   128.5    28.9    20.0
2004 03 16    14 15.71   +12 12.3    0.666    1.570   141.0    23.5    19.4
2004 03 26    13 46.12   +07 39.3    0.569    1.536   156.5    15.0    18.7
2004 04 05    13 04.32   +01 02.1    0.505    1.503   172.6     4.9    18.0
2004 04 15    12 15.14   -07 02.9    0.487    1.471   160.4    13.3    18.2
2004 04 25    11 28.29   -14 47.9    0.515    1.441   140.5    26.4    18.7
2004 05 05    10 51.57   -20 58.5    0.576    1.413   123.8    36.4    19.2
2004 05 15    10 26.64   -25 38.6    0.656    1.387   110.8    43.0    19.7
2004 05 25    10 11.71   -29 21.7    0.743    1.364   100.8    46.8    20.0
2004 06 04    10 04.28   -32 36.9    0.828    1.344    93.1    48.9    20.3
2004 06 14    10 02.33   -35 41.6    0.907    1.328    87.2    49.8    20.5
2004 06 24    10 04.63   -38 47.1    0.977    1.316    82.6    50.0    20.6
2004 07 04    10 10.41   -42 00.8    1.035    1.308    79.2    49.8    20.7
2004 07 14    10 19.39   -45 27.2    1.081    1.305    76.9    49.4    20.8
2004 07 24    10 31.82   -49 10.7    1.114    1.306    75.5    48.9    20.8
2004 08 03    10 48.36   -53 14.0    1.136    1.311    74.9    48.3    20.9

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-E42

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