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    M.P.E.C. 2004-K71                                Issued 2004 May 29, 15:35 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.
    
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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        1979 QB
    
    Additional Observations:
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 28.40924 22 02 09.01 -16 25 51.2          19.3 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 28.41082 22 02 09.25 -16 25 48.5          19.4 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 28.41241 22 02 09.43 -16 25 47.2          19.6 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.43656 22 04 43.28 -16 12 18.8          19.0 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.43809 22 04 43.53 -16 12 18.0          19.0 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.43968 22 04 43.77 -16 12 16.8          19.0 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.44128 22 04 44.00 -16 12 15.4          19.0 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.44285 22 04 44.27 -16 12 14.1          19.0 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.44439 22 04 44.48 -16 12 12.8          19.1 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.44596 22 04 44.70 -16 12 11.5          18.9 R EK071926
         J79Q00B  C2004 05 29.44752 22 04 44.96 -16 12 10.9          19.0 R EK071926
    
    Observer details:
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    040528 926 1.79- 0.83-    040529 926 1.81- 0.85-    MPC 35677   +2.5 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1979 QB
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M 346.28664              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27707778     Peri.   12.16087     +0.99554058     +0.09267377
    a   2.3302450      Node   342.49262     -0.09071485     +0.88924364
    e   0.4436614      Incl.    3.35819     -0.02588001     +0.44794789
    P   3.56           H   16.9           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    790816 413  1.8-  2.5-    790921 413  1.2-  1.4-    040529 926  0.0   0.2+
    790816 413  0.3+  1.9-    790921 413  0.5-  0.7+    040529 926  0.1+  0.1+
    790822 675  0.1-  1.9+    791021 675  1.9+  0.7+    040529 926  0.0   0.3+
    790822 675  1.3+  1.3+    791022 675  1.1-  1.0-    040529 926  0.5+  0.3+
    790823 675  0.1-  0.5+    040528 926  0.3-  1.5-    040529 926  0.3+  0.4+
    790823 675  1.6+  0.3+    040528 926  0.2-  0.0     040529 926  0.1+  0.5+
    790918 675  0.2+  1.0+    040528 926  1.0-  0.1+    040529 926  0.5+  0.2-
    790919 675  0.3-  0.1-    040529 926  0.3-  0.6+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1979 QB                  a,e,i = 2.33, 0.44, 3                   q = 1.2964
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 05 25    21 53.64   -17 09.3    1.097    1.609    99.4    38.4    19.7
    2004 06 04    22 18.72   -14 56.0    0.984    1.558   102.5    39.5    19.4
    2004 06 14    22 44.24   -12 25.4    0.880    1.510   105.4    40.4    19.1
    2004 06 24    23 10.16   -09 37.3    0.787    1.465   107.9    41.3    18.8
    2004 07 04    23 36.47   -06 31.6    0.705    1.423   110.2    42.1    18.5
    2004 07 14    00 03.10   -03 09.3    0.632    1.386   112.3    42.7    18.3
    2004 07 24    00 29.75   +00 26.7    0.571    1.355   114.4    43.1    18.0
    2004 08 03    00 56.04   +04 11.8    0.519    1.330   116.4    43.1    17.8
    2004 08 13    01 21.39   +07 59.4    0.477    1.311   118.7    42.7    17.5
    2004 08 23    01 44.87   +11 40.7    0.444    1.300   121.6    41.5    17.3
    2004 09 02    02 05.49   +15 07.6    0.418    1.296   125.3    39.4    17.1
    2004 09 12    02 22.06   +18 11.8    0.400    1.301   130.2    36.2    17.0
    2004 09 22    02 33.43   +20 45.6    0.388    1.313   136.4    31.8    16.8
    2004 10 02    02 39.06   +22 43.2    0.385    1.332   144.1    26.2    16.6
    2004 10 12    02 39.12   +23 59.3    0.391    1.358   153.0    19.5    16.5
    2004 10 22    02 35.01   +24 32.2    0.408    1.390   162.4    12.5    16.4
    2004 11 01    02 29.22   +24 28.3    0.440    1.427   169.9     7.0    16.4
    2004 11 11    02 24.20   +23 59.8    0.486    1.469   168.3     7.9    16.7
    2004 11 21    02 21.86   +23 22.4    0.548    1.515   160.0    12.9    17.3
    2004 12 01    02 23.06   +22 49.5    0.627    1.563   150.8    17.9    17.8
    2004 12 11    02 27.74   +22 27.9    0.720    1.615   142.0    22.1    18.3
    2004 12 21    02 35.57   +22 20.2    0.828    1.667   133.8    25.2    18.8
    2004 12 31    02 46.01   +22 25.5    0.948    1.722   126.1    27.5    19.2
    2005 01 10    02 58.52   +22 41.0    1.080    1.777   118.8    29.0    19.6
    2005 01 20    03 12.71   +23 03.9    1.221    1.832   111.9    29.9    19.9
    2005 01 30    03 28.20   +23 31.2    1.370    1.888   105.4    30.2    20.3
    2005 02 09    03 44.70   +24 00.2    1.526    1.944    99.1    30.1    20.6
    2005 02 19    04 02.01   +24 28.6    1.688    1.999    92.9    29.6    20.8
    2005 03 01    04 19.93   +24 54.4    1.852    2.054    87.0    28.8    21.1
    2005 03 11    04 38.30   +25 16.3    2.019    2.108    81.1    27.7    21.3
    2005 03 21    04 57.00   +25 32.9    2.186    2.162    75.4    26.5    21.5
    2005 03 31    05 15.90   +25 43.4    2.352    2.215    69.8    25.0    21.6
    2005 04 10    05 34.91   +25 47.1    2.515    2.266    64.2    23.5    21.8
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-K71
    

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