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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F13                                Issued 2004 Mar. 16, 23:53 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 EM20

Observations:
     K04E20M* C2004 03 15.23267 09 09 06.49 +13 59 52.4          19.6   EF013704
     K04E20M  C2004 03 15.25470 09 08 58.44 +13 59 38.2          19.7   EF013704
     K04E20M  C2004 03 15.26565 09 08 54.32 +13 59 31.4          19.5   EF013704
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.16442 09 03 35.80 +13 50 19.2          18.4 R EF013854
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.17108 09 03 33.38 +13 50 16.0          18.9 R EF013854
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.17774 09 03 30.87 +13 50 12.8          18.6 R EF013854
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.26738 09 02 57.91 +13 49 13.4          18.7 R EF013H06
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.27338 09 02 55.78 +13 49 08.9          18.9 R EF013H06
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.80917 08 59 47.25 +13 43 11.8          19.7 V EF013151
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81177 08 59 46.18 +13 43 09.3                 EF013246
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81243 08 59 46.02 +13 43 08.7                 EF013246
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81293 08 59 45.75 +13 43 09.2                 EF013246
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81355 08 59 45.59 +13 43 08.6                 EF013246
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81362 08 59 45.60 +13 43 09.0          19.5 V EF013151
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.81416 08 59 45.32 +13 43 07.9                 EF013246
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.82721 08 59 40.72 +13 43 02.4                 EF013587
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.83042 08 59 39.46 +13 42 59.8                 EF013587
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.89293 08 59 17.08 +13 42 13.0          20.0 R EF013J95
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.90466 08 59 12.90 +13 42 04.3          19.9 R EF013J95
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.90503 08 59 12.38 +13 42 05.9          18.7 R EF013106
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.90647 08 59 11.84 +13 42 05.7          19.0 R EF013106
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.90799 08 59 11.33 +13 42 05.8          19.2 R EF013106
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.91553 08 59 08.61 +13 41 58.1                 EF013557
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.91669 08 59 08.15 +13 41 57.6                 EF013557
     K04E20M  C2004 03 16.91786 08 59 07.73 +13 41 56.9                 EF013557

Observer details:
106 Crni Vrh.  Observer H. Mikuz.  0.60-m f/3.3 Deltagraph + CCD..
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
    Hypergraph + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 EM20
Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5                 MPC
M 284.71634              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.85987427     Peri.  314.88716     +0.48893509     +0.86986298
a   1.0952487      Node   344.01710     -0.71832505     +0.35893138
e   0.5140076      Incl.   13.74603     -0.49492586     +0.33838832
P   1.15           H   20.1           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2004 Mar. 15-16.

Ephemeris:
2004 EM20                a,e,i = 1.10, 0.51, 14                  q = 0.5323
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 03 16    09 04.57   +13 52.3    0.293    1.230   138.7    32.2    19.2
2004 03 26    08 08.45   +11 29.6    0.290    1.154   115.9    51.1    19.6
2004 04 05    07 22.17   +08 22.3    0.301    1.071    95.3    68.5    20.0
2004 04 15    06 44.20   +05 08.2    0.316    0.981    76.9    84.8    20.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F13

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