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    M.P.E.C. 2004-O11                                Issued 2004 July 17, 21:06 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 Brinson 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 NZ8

Observations:
     K04N08Z  C2004 06 28.51765 20 25 55.45 -25 42 54.0          18.8 R EO011E12
     K04N08Z  C2004 06 28.52909 20 25 55.10 -25 42 58.9          18.6 R EO011E12
     K04N08Z  C2004 06 28.54053 20 25 54.84 -25 43 05.3          18.7 R EO011E12
     K04N08Z  C2004 06 28.55201 20 25 54.42 -25 43 11.3          18.7 R EO011E12
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 11.24516 20 16 58.69 -27 38 34.4          18.7   EO011704
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 11.25580 20 16 58.12 -27 38 40.9          18.5   EO011704
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 11.26640 20 16 57.48 -27 38 46.4          18.5   EO011704
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 11.27742 20 16 56.87 -27 38 52.6          18.4   EO011704
     K04N08Z* C2004 07 14.59131 20 13 46.84 -28 11 04.4          18.3 V EO011428
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 14.62689 20 13 44.63 -28 11 25.5          18.3 V EO011428
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 16.60737 20 11 42.58 -28 30 51.7          18.2 V EO011428
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 16.64476 20 11 40.14 -28 31 13.2          18.0 V EO011428
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 16.67881 20 11 37.91 -28 31 32.5          18.3 V EO011428
     K04N08Z  C2004 07 16.69434 20 11 36.86 -28 31 42.1          18.1 V EO011428

Observer details:
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.51-m f/3.6 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.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers G. J. Garradd, S. Larson, E. Beshore,
    E. Christensen, R. Hill, D. McLean.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 NZ8
Epoch 2004 June 24.0 TT = JDT 2453180.5                 MPC
M 321.37364              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21156274     Peri.  302.34488     +0.87823322     -0.45739572
a   2.7893944      Node    85.21369     +0.47220276     +0.78316020
e   0.5180635      Incl.    8.05451     +0.07570307     +0.42124726
P   4.66           H   16.2           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2004 June 28-July 16.

Ephemeris:
2004 NZ8                 a,e,i = 2.79, 0.52, 8                   q = 1.3443
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 07 14    20 14.37   -28 05.3    1.063    2.070   168.9     5.4    18.4
2004 07 24    20 03.37   -29 42.6    1.000    2.007   169.8     5.1    18.1
2004 08 03    19 51.16   -31 11.1    0.960    1.945   160.3    10.1    18.2
2004 08 13    19 39.61   -32 21.2    0.941    1.883   149.0    16.1    18.3
2004 08 23    19 30.80   -33 08.0    0.942    1.822   137.8    21.9    18.4
2004 09 02    19 26.32   -33 31.2    0.955    1.762   127.5    27.0    18.5
2004 09 12    19 26.97   -33 33.6    0.979    1.704   118.2    31.4    18.6
2004 09 22    19 32.95   -33 17.4    1.007    1.647   110.0    34.9    18.7
2004 10 02    19 43.98   -32 43.4    1.038    1.593   102.8    37.8    18.8
2004 10 12    19 59.51   -31 50.6    1.069    1.542    96.5    40.0    18.9
2004 10 22    20 18.95   -30 36.8    1.099    1.496    91.1    41.7    18.9
2004 11 01    20 41.62   -28 59.2    1.127    1.454    86.4    42.9    18.9
2004 11 11    21 06.87   -26 55.3    1.153    1.418    82.5    43.8    19.0
2004 11 21    21 34.11   -24 23.4    1.179    1.388    79.1    44.3    19.0
2004 12 01    22 02.76   -21 23.4    1.206    1.366    76.3    44.6    19.0
2004 12 11    22 32.36   -17 56.9    1.235    1.351    74.0    44.5    19.0
2004 12 21    23 02.57   -14 07.4    1.268    1.345    72.1    44.1    19.1
2004 12 31    23 33.08   -10 00.5    1.307    1.347    70.4    43.5    19.1
2005 01 10    00 03.72   -05 43.1    1.354    1.357    68.9    42.5    19.2
2005 01 20    00 34.41   -01 22.7    1.410    1.376    67.5    41.4    19.3
2005 01 30    01 05.07   +02 52.8    1.475    1.402    66.0    40.0    19.4
2005 02 09    01 35.67   +06 56.4    1.550    1.435    64.5    38.4    19.5
2005 02 19    02 06.20   +10 42.5    1.636    1.474    62.7    36.6    19.6
2005 03 01    02 36.61   +14 06.5    1.731    1.518    60.8    34.7    19.7

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-O11

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