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    M.P.E.C. 2004-L36                                Issued 2004 June 12, 13:55 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 LD2
    
    Observations:
         K04L02D* C2004 06 11.40748 17 09 30.35 -03 27 56.0          19.6   EL036644
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.42919 17 09 31.97 -03 26 58.2          19.5   EL036644
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.46346 17 09 34.56 -03 25 27.7          19.5   EL036644
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.91914 17 10 14.35 -03 05 35.6          19.9 R EL036620
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.93708 17 10 15.66 -03 04 48.0          19.8 R EL036620
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.93808 17 10 15.93 -03 04 45.4          19.9 R EL036J87
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.94541 17 10 16.47 -03 04 27.0          19.8 R EL036J87
         K04L02D  C2004 06 11.95200 17 10 16.94 -03 04 09.1          20.3 R EL036J87
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.17710 17 10 36.43 -02 54 15.6          19.1 R EL036G90
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.18303 17 10 36.87 -02 54 00.3          19.4 R EL036G90
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.18778 17 10 37.23 -02 53 47.8          19.3 R EL036G90
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.24178 17 10 41.24 -02 51 28.8                 EL036G70
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.24425 17 10 41.40 -02 51 20.0          20.3 R EL036651
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.24580 17 10 41.55 -02 51 16.5          20.4 R EL036651
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.24705 17 10 41.59 -02 51 13.1          20.2 R EL036651
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.27441 17 10 43.50 -02 50 01.2          19.2 R EL036926
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.27655 17 10 43.74 -02 49 55.3          19.8 R EL036926
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.27869 17 10 43.91 -02 49 49.9          19.5 R EL036926
         K04L02D  C2004 06 12.28158 17 10 44.30 -02 49 44.6          19.2 R EL036G70
    
    Observer details:
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
        E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    G70 Francisquito Observatory, Los Angeles.  Observer R. E. Jones.  0.30-m
        f/6.7 reflector + CCD.
    G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.4-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 LD2
    Epoch 2004 June 4.0 TT = JDT 2453160.5                  MPC
    M 353.86143              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.21125801     Peri.   41.03007     +0.14279376     +0.97655632
    a   2.7920762      Node   237.76815     -0.95053331     +0.08994659
    e   0.5485604      Incl.   10.97779     -0.27585572     +0.19556933
    P   4.67           H   21.5           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2004 June 11-12.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 LD2                 a,e,i = 2.79, 0.55, 11                  q = 1.2605
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 06 04    16 59.63   -08 53.6    0.295    1.302   166.2    10.7    20.1
    2004 06 14    17 13.14   -01 35.0    0.279    1.279   157.9    17.4    20.2
    2004 06 24    17 28.05   +05 03.1    0.279    1.265   149.6    24.0    20.4
    2004 07 04    17 44.63   +10 06.7    0.290    1.260   143.0    29.1    20.6
    2004 07 14    18 02.58   +13 14.9    0.311    1.267   138.5    32.2    20.8
    2004 07 24    18 21.57   +14 32.4    0.341    1.283   135.8    33.5    21.1
    2004 08 03    18 41.36   +14 20.7    0.379    1.308   134.4    33.6    21.4
    2004 08 13    19 01.53   +13 05.5    0.425    1.342   133.6    33.1    21.7
    2004 08 23    19 21.95   +11 11.2    0.480    1.383   132.8    32.5    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-L36
    

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