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    M.P.E.C. 2004-O07                                Issued 2004 July 16, 23:51 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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                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2004 NL8
    
    Observations:
         K04N08L  C2004 07 11.34695 23 49 40.30 +02 08 58.2          19.4   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 11.35895 23 49 41.88 +02 09 07.5          19.7   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 11.36906 23 49 43.39 +02 09 15.6          19.5   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 11.37983 23 49 44.87 +02 09 24.6          19.9   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 11.39001 23 49 46.27 +02 09 32.7          19.8   EO007704
         K04N08L* C2004 07 15.38987 23 59 28.38 +03 04 56.2          18.8   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 15.40051 23 59 29.94 +03 05 05.6          19.5   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 15.41152 23 59 31.59 +03 05 15.1          19.4   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 15.42285 23 59 33.27 +03 05 24.9          19.1   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 15.43346 23 59 34.85 +03 05 33.8          19.3   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.01858 00 01 04.23 +03 13 53.7          18.4 V EO007A16
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.01991 00 01 04.47 +03 13 54.6          18.7 V EO007A16
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.02414 00 01 05.13 +03 13 57.3          18.7 V EO007A16
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.02779 00 01 05.69 +03 14 00.3          18.8 V EO007A16
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.02909 00 01 05.95 +03 14 02.3          18.5 V EO007A16
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.31031 00 01 48.95 +03 18 06.9          17.9 R EO007785
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.31587 00 01 49.82 +03 18 11.1          18.1 R EO007785
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.32431 00 01 51.10 +03 18 19.6          17.9 R EO007785
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.36233 00 01 57.17 +03 18 53.4          18.5   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.37196 00 01 58.60 +03 19 01.3          18.7 R EO007H06
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.37262 00 01 58.74 +03 19 02.4          19.0   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.37485 00 01 59.05 +03 19 03.9          18.6 R EO007H06
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.37773 00 01 59.53 +03 19 06.0          18.4 R EO007H06
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.38267 00 02 00.24 +03 19 09.1          19.6   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.39248 00 02 01.78 +03 19 18.9          19.4   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.40245 00 02 03.28 +03 19 29.2          19.1   EO007704
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.42552 00 02 06.71 +03 19 48.9          18.9 R EO007711
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.43202 00 02 07.72 +03 19 53.9          19.0 R EO007711
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.43862 00 02 08.68 +03 19 59.2          19.1 R EO007711
         K04N08L 1C2004 07 16.77395 00 03 00.62 +03 25 02.0          19.7 R EO007413
         K04N08L 1C2004 07 16.77556 00 03 00.86 +03 25 03.6          19.8 R EO007413
         K04N08L 1C2004 07 16.77718 00 03 01.11 +03 25 05.0          19.6 R EO007413
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.97271 00 03 32.11 +03 27 42.3                 EO007246
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.97368 00 03 32.29 +03 27 43.0                 EO007246
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.97457 00 03 32.40 +03 27 43.9                 EO007246
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.97532 00 03 32.52 +03 27 44.2                 EO007246
         K04N08L  C2004 07 16.97627 00 03 32.63 +03 27 45.8                 EO007246
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + CCD.
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer N. R. Baliber.  0.76-m reflector with
        prime focus corrector + CCD.
    785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    A16 Tentlingen.  Observer P. Kocher.  reflector 0.3-m f/4 + CCD.
    H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 NL8                                                             PHA 0.026
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M 336.85067              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.24608057     Peri.  266.61215     +0.36495693     -0.93064008
    a   2.5220353      Node   161.91199     +0.88475554     +0.33773221
    e   0.7082276      Incl.    4.94229     +0.28985182     +0.14087579
    P   4.01           H   17.0           G   0.15
    From 37 observations 2004 July 11-16.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 NL8                 a,e,i = 2.52, 0.71, 5                   q = 0.7359
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 07 14    23 56.01   +02 45.4    0.863    1.557   111.6    37.4    19.1
    2004 07 24    00 23.47   +05 16.3    0.704    1.451   113.9    39.8    18.6
    2004 08 03    00 59.74   +08 17.8    0.560    1.344   114.0    43.6    18.1
    2004 08 13    01 51.98   +12 00.7    0.438    1.235   110.3    50.3    17.5
    2004 08 23    03 11.45   +16 05.8    0.349    1.127   100.3    62.0    17.2
    2004 09 02    05 02.46   +18 25.0    0.312    1.022    83.5    78.8    17.3
    2004 09 12    06 55.85   +16 38.8    0.341    0.923    66.2    94.0    17.8
    2004 09 22    08 20.59   +12 48.6    0.422    0.837    55.1   100.5    18.4
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-O07
    

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