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    M.P.E.C. 2004-M07                                Issued 2004 June 17, 12:00 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 MC
    
    Observations:
         K04M00C  C2004 06 15.22445 14 52 29.37 -09 58 06.7          19.4   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 15.23461 14 52 29.45 -09 58 19.7          19.4   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 15.24478 14 52 29.59 -09 58 33.2          19.4   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 15.25504 14 52 29.68 -09 58 46.1          19.1   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 15.26521 14 52 29.80 -09 58 58.8          19.7   EM007704
         K04M00C* C2004 06 16.16931 14 53 27.16 -10 20 09.0          19.2   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.17902 14 53 27.34 -10 20 23.7          19.5   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.19911 14 53 27.71 -10 20 53.3          19.9   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.20953 14 53 27.87 -10 21 09.4          19.5   EM007704
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.89280 14 54 16.77 -10 39 55.2          19.0 V EM007240
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.90036 14 54 17.05 -10 40 08.5          19.0 V EM007240
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.90251 14 54 17.12 -10 40 12.2          18.9 V EM007240
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.90899 14 54 17.37 -10 40 23.1          19.1 V EM007240
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.91116 14 54 17.45 -10 40 26.5          19.0 V EM007240
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.94077 14 54 19.78 -10 41 22.3          19.2 R EM007J95
         K04M00C  C2004 06 16.94624 14 54 20.12 -10 41 31.1          18.4 R EM007J95
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.15426 14 54 40.69 -10 47 10.1          18.4 R EM007G90
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.16135 14 54 40.94 -10 47 22.9          18.5 R EM007G90
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.16845 14 54 41.17 -10 47 35.9          18.8 R EM007G90
         K04M00C 8C2004 06 17.22917 14 54 44.07 -10 49 28.6          18.0 R EM007673
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.22963 14 54 43.05 -10 49 24.1          19.0 R EM007651
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.23107 14 54 43.13 -10 49 26.7          19.1 R EM007651
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.23235 14 54 43.14 -10 49 29.0          19.1 R EM007651
         K04M00C 8C2004 06 17.23333 14 54 44.21 -10 49 36.6                 EM007673
         K04M00C 8C2004 06 17.23692 14 54 44.33 -10 49 42.7                 EM007673
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.29412 14 54 45.02 -10 51 18.0          18.6 R EM007H06
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.29685 14 54 45.05 -10 51 23.8          18.3 R EM007H06
         K04M00C  C2004 06 17.29957 14 54 45.11 -10 51 29.7          17.9 R EM007H06
    
    Observer details:
    240 Herrenberg.  Observer H. Michels.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-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.
    G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.4-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
        + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observers P. Birtwhistle, J. Lacruz.  0.30-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 MC
    Epoch 2004 June 4.0 TT = JDT 2453160.5                  MPC
    M 349.81645              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.26130505     Peri.  202.84607     +0.41481534     +0.90888556
    a   2.4230973      Node    91.68432     -0.82802590     +0.39668945
    e   0.5837829      Incl.    2.46973     -0.37722850     +0.12870324
    P   3.77           H   23.3           G   0.15
    From 28 observations 2004 June 15-17.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 MC                  a,e,i = 2.42, 0.58, 2                   q = 1.0085
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 06 14    14 51.59   -09 33.0    0.078    1.076   139.7    37.6    19.4
    2004 06 15    14 52.33   -09 52.0    0.073    1.072   139.0    38.4    19.3
    2004 06 16    14 53.26   -10 14.4    0.068    1.068   138.4    39.1    19.2
    2004 06 17    14 54.44   -10 41.0    0.063    1.063   137.9    39.8    19.0
    2004 06 18    14 55.92   -11 12.7    0.058    1.059   137.5    40.3    18.8
    2004 06 19    14 57.78   -11 51.0    0.053    1.056   137.3    40.8    18.6
    2004 06 20    15 00.13   -12 37.6    0.048    1.052   137.1    41.1    18.4
    2004 06 21    15 03.15   -13 35.4    0.043    1.048   137.2    41.2    18.2
    2004 06 22    15 07.09   -14 48.3    0.038    1.045   137.6    41.0    17.9
    2004 06 23    15 12.34   -16 22.5    0.033    1.042   138.3    40.5    17.6
    2004 06 24    15 19.61   -18 28.0    0.029    1.038   139.6    39.4    17.2
    2004 06 25    15 30.18   -21 21.6    0.024    1.035   141.7    37.5    16.8
    2004 06 26    15 46.66   -25 32.6    0.019    1.033   145.1    34.3    16.2
    2004 06 27    16 15.24   -31 51.9    0.015    1.030   150.2    29.3    15.6
    2004 06 28    17 12.95   -41 19.6    0.012    1.027   156.0    23.7    14.8
    2004 06 29    19 24.00   -51 04.2    0.0095   1.025   150.4    29.3    14.5
    2004 06 30    22 28.66   -46 59.8    0.0097   1.023   128.4    51.2    15.2
    2004 07 01    00 10.53   -33 55.3    0.012    1.021   108.7    70.7    16.2
    2004 07 02    00 56.01   -24 02.0    0.016    1.019    96.9    82.2    17.2
    2004 07 03    01 19.87   -17 43.1    0.020    1.017    90.1    88.7    18.0
    2004 07 04    01 34.29   -13 34.1    0.024    1.015    86.1    92.5    18.6
    2004 07 05    01 43.90   -10 41.6    0.029    1.014    83.7    94.7    19.0
    2004 07 06    01 50.75   -08 36.0    0.034    1.013    82.2    95.9    19.4
    2004 07 07    01 55.89   -07 00.9    0.039    1.012    81.3    96.6    19.7
    2004 07 08    01 59.90   -05 46.5    0.043    1.011    80.8    96.8    20.0
    2004 07 09    02 03.12   -04 46.6    0.048    1.010    80.5    96.8    20.2
    2004 07 10    02 05.78   -03 57.5    0.053    1.009    80.5    96.5    20.4
    2004 07 11    02 08.01   -03 16.4    0.058    1.009    80.7    96.1    20.6
    2004 07 12    02 09.92   -02 41.4    0.063    1.009    80.9    95.6    20.7
    2004 07 13    02 11.58   -02 11.4    0.067    1.009    81.3    95.0    20.9
    2004 07 14    02 13.03   -01 45.2    0.072    1.009    81.7    94.3    21.0
    2004 07 15    02 14.32   -01 22.2    0.077    1.009    82.2    93.5    21.1
    2004 07 16    02 15.47   -01 01.8    0.082    1.009    82.7    92.7    21.2
    2004 07 17    02 16.51   -00 43.6    0.086    1.010    83.3    91.9    21.3
    2004 07 18    02 17.45   -00 27.2    0.091    1.011    83.9    91.0    21.3
    2004 07 19    02 18.30   -00 12.3    0.096    1.012    84.5    90.1    21.4
    2004 07 20    02 19.08   +00 01.1    0.100    1.013    85.2    89.1    21.5
    2004 07 21    02 19.79   +00 13.4    0.105    1.014    85.9    88.2    21.5
    2004 07 22    02 20.45   +00 24.7    0.110    1.015    86.6    87.2    21.6
    2004 07 23    02 21.05   +00 35.0    0.114    1.017    87.3    86.2    21.7
    2004 07 24    02 21.60   +00 44.6    0.119    1.019    88.1    85.2    21.7
    2004 07 25    02 22.10   +00 53.4    0.123    1.021    88.8    84.2    21.8
    2004 07 26    02 22.57   +01 01.6    0.128    1.023    89.6    83.2    21.8
    2004 07 27    02 22.99   +01 09.2    0.132    1.025    90.4    82.2    21.8
    2004 07 28    02 23.37   +01 16.2    0.137    1.027    91.2    81.1    21.9
    2004 07 29    02 23.71   +01 22.8    0.141    1.030    92.0    80.1    21.9
    2004 07 30    02 24.02   +01 28.8    0.146    1.033    92.9    79.1    21.9
    2004 07 31    02 24.29   +01 34.5    0.150    1.036    93.7    78.0    22.0
    2004 08 01    02 24.53   +01 39.7    0.154    1.039    94.5    76.9    22.0
    2004 08 02    02 24.73   +01 44.5    0.158    1.042    95.4    75.9    22.0
    2004 08 03    02 24.89   +01 49.0    0.163    1.045    96.3    74.8    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-M07
    

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