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    • MPEC 2004-Q29 : 2004 QX2

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    M.P.E.C. 2004-Q29                                Issued 2004 Aug. 22, 15:55 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2004 QX2

Observations:
     K04Q02X* C2004 08 20.22466 22 46 01.98 +15 22 56.5          19.6   EQ029704
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 20.23460 22 45 53.13 +15 21 54.4          19.7   EQ029704
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 20.24493 22 45 43.97 +15 20 49.8          19.7   EQ029704
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 20.26541 22 45 25.75 +15 18 41.2          19.4   EQ029704
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 21.29779 22 31 15.73 +13 34 00.6          20.0 R EQ029651
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 21.29893 22 31 14.75 +13 33 54.3          20.1 R EQ029651
     K04Q02X  C2004 08 21.29999 22 31 13.97 +13 33 48.3          19.9 R EQ029651
     K04Q02X 5C2004 08 22.17037 22 20 34.64 +12 11 07.0          20.0 R EQ029673
     K04Q02X 5C2004 08 22.17731 22 20 29.80 +12 10 29.5                 EQ029673
     K04Q02X 5C2004 08 22.18704 22 20 23.03 +12 09 36.6                 EQ029673
     K04Q02X 5C2004 08 22.19595 22 20 16.79 +12 08 48.3                 EQ029673

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  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.

Orbital elements:
2004 QX2
Epoch 2004 Aug. 3.0 TT = JDT 2453220.5                  MPC
M  20.64624              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63891136     Peri.  217.90207     -0.97633545     +0.00710507
a   1.3350852      Node   320.78272     +0.13090412     -0.77614822
e   0.9113827      Incl.   19.99018     -0.17214294     -0.63051047
P   1.54           H   22.0           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2004 Aug. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2004 QX2                 a,e,i = 1.34, 0.91, 20                  q = 0.1183
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    22 11.34   +10 57.8    0.243    1.239   157.6    18.1    20.3
2004 08 28    21 31.03   +05 09.6    0.315    1.310   159.6    15.6    20.9
2004 09 02    21 07.52   +01 24.5    0.398    1.378   153.9    18.8    21.7
2004 09 07    20 53.22   -01 06.5    0.487    1.442   147.1    22.3    22.3
2004 09 12    20 44.43   -02 52.2    0.582    1.503   140.8    25.0    22.9
2004 09 17    20 39.20   -04 08.9    0.679    1.561   135.0    27.1    23.3
2004 09 22    20 36.42   -05 05.7    0.780    1.617   129.6    28.6    23.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q29

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