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    M.P.E.C. 2004-O46                                Issued 2004 July 30, 15:51 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.
    
                      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
    
                                       2003 WM7
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2003-W21
    
    Additional Observations:
         K03W07M 2C2004 07 19.61376600 42 47.715-09 59 01.38         20.7 R EO046568
         K03W07M 2C2004 07 19.61615000 42 47.606-09 59 02.85         20.8 R EO046568
         K03W07M 2C2004 07 21.53435300 41 26.514-10 18 02.69         20.6 R EO046568
         K03W07M 2C2004 07 21.53654200 41 26.404-10 18 04.04         20.6 R EO046568
    
    Observer details:
    568 Mauna Kea.  Observer F. Bernardi.  2.24-m reflector + 8k CCD + focal
        reducer.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    040719 568  6.3-  3.7-    040721 568  6.4-  3.9-    MPO 62453   -0.00030 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 WM7
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M  29.23748              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25149420     Peri.  143.07106     -0.97004364     +0.20235905
    a   2.4857116      Node    49.16730     -0.24267608     -0.83251725
    e   0.8778431      Incl.   10.23264     +0.01112023     -0.51571877
    P   3.92           H   17.4           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    031118 644  0.5-  0.5+    031120 854  0.6+  0.1-    031217 448  0.1-  0.3-
    031118 644  0.2-  0.1+    031120 854  0.6+  0.0     031221 704  0.4+  0.6+
    031118 644  0.2-  0.5+    031120 649  0.2+  0.7-    031221 704  0.1+  0.6+
    031119 H36 (3.4-  0.3+)   031120 649  0.0   0.7-    031221 704  0.0   0.8+
    031119 H36  1.1+  0.3+    031120 926  0.3+  0.5-    031221 704  0.4-  1.3+
    031119 H36  1.7+  0.8+    031120 649  0.2+  0.4-    031225 170  0.6+  0.3-
    031119 649  0.7+  0.3+    031120 926  0.2-  0.0     031225 170  0.9+  0.6-
    031119 649 (3.2-  1.5-)   031120 926  0.3-  0.2-    031225 170  0.8+  0.4-
    031119 649 (0.6+  3.2-)   031121 704  0.0   0.0     031225 170  0.5+  0.3-
    031119 644  0.3+  0.4+    031121 704  0.9-  0.3+    040103 941  0.2-  0.4-
    031119 644  0.1+  0.3+    031121 704  1.1-  0.6+    040103 941  0.3-  0.4-
    031119 644  0.0   0.1+    031124 448  0.0   0.8-    040103 941  0.3-  0.4-
    031119 448  0.0   0.5-    031124 448  0.2+  0.9-    040103 941  0.4-  0.5-
    031119 448  0.4+  0.9-    031124 448  0.1+  0.5-    040103 941  0.7-  0.5-
    031119 448  0.3+  0.8-    031127 941  0.0   0.2+    040103 941  0.5-  0.6-
    031120 673  0.7-  1.2+    031127 941  0.0   0.1+    040210 448  1.1+  0.1-
    031120 673  0.7-  0.8+    031127 941  0.2-  0.0     040210 448  0.4-  0.4+
    031120 673  1.0+  0.6+    031127 941  0.0   0.1+    040210 448  0.1-  0.1+
    031120 673  1.2-  0.2+    031208 540  0.2-  0.1-    040719 568  0.0   0.0
    031120 673  0.3-  0.6+    031208 540  0.7-  0.6-    040719 568  0.1-  0.0
    031120 673  0.5-  1.0+    031217 448  0.3-  0.1-    040721 568  0.1+  0.0
    031120 854  0.2-  0.5-    031217 448  0.2-  0.5-    040721 568  0.0   0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 WM7                 a,e,i = 2.49, 0.88, 10                  q = 0.3036
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 07 24    00 39.49   -10 43.4    1.518    2.163   115.8    25.0    21.1
    2004 08 03    00 29.30   -12 36.5    1.501    2.270   127.9    20.7    21.1
    2004 08 13    00 15.66   -14 39.0    1.502    2.372   140.4    15.8    21.0
    2004 08 23    23 59.36   -16 39.4    1.527    2.470   152.7    10.8    21.0
    2004 09 02    23 41.74   -18 24.9    1.584    2.565   162.7     6.7    20.9
    2004 09 12    23 24.41   -19 45.9    1.673    2.656   164.4     5.9    21.1
    2004 09 22    23 08.84   -20 37.9    1.794    2.743   156.5     8.4    21.4
    2004 10 02    22 56.09   -21 01.9    1.944    2.828   145.7    11.5    21.8
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-O46
    

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