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    M.P.E.C. 2004-Q54                                Issued 2004 Aug. 27, 12:20 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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                                   2004 QE20

Observations:
     K04Q20E* C2004 08 26.29192 00 02 46.47 +32 04 26.1          18.9 R EQ054699
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.29355 00 02 46.47 +32 04 30.2          19.6   EQ054704
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.30389 00 02 46.78 +32 04 47.9          19.5   EQ054704
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.31149 00 02 47.18 +32 04 58.1                 EQ054699
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.31425 00 02 47.17 +32 05 04.4          19.7   EQ054704
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.32472 00 02 47.42 +32 05 21.1          19.6   EQ054704
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.33108 00 02 47.84 +32 05 31.6                 EQ054699
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.33535 00 02 47.76 +32 05 38.3          19.7   EQ054704
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 26.35070 00 02 48.49 +32 06 01.4                 EQ054699
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.14505 00 03 26.12 +32 26 36.2          18.8 R EQ054G90
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.14819 00 03 26.23 +32 26 41.2          19.1 R EQ054G90
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.15133 00 03 26.34 +32 26 46.7          18.5 R EQ054G90
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.22174 00 03 28.71 +32 28 42.0          18.8 R EQ054H36
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.23725 00 03 29.19 +32 29 07.9          19.5 R EQ054H36
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.30159 00 03 31.79 +32 30 50.9          20.1 R EQ054854
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.30397 00 03 31.75 +32 30 55.0          20.2 R EQ054854
     K04Q20E  C2004 08 27.30631 00 03 31.92 +32 30 58.5          19.8 R EQ054854
     K04Q20E 8C2004 08 27.34340 00 03 33.31 +32 31 55.5          19.0 R EQ054673
     K04Q20E 8C2004 08 27.34525 00 03 33.35 +32 31 57.9                 EQ054673
     K04Q20E 8C2004 08 27.35035 00 03 33.51 +32 32 06.1                 EQ054673
     K04Q20E 8C2004 08 27.35220 00 03 33.58 +32 32 08.9                 EQ054673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + 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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.4-m
    Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 QE20
Epoch 2004 Aug. 23.0 TT = JDT 2453240.5                 MPC
M 355.88586              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52714323     Peri.   70.19407     +0.95700910     +0.26717179
a   1.5176919      Node   274.18063     -0.28989985     +0.86816840
e   0.2128304      Incl.    6.50153     -0.00957392     +0.41821390
P   1.87           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 21 observations 2004 Aug. 26-27.

Ephemeris:
2004 QE20                a,e,i = 1.52, 0.21, 7                   q = 1.1947
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    00 00.04   +30 33.3    0.260    1.196   130.3    40.2    19.7
2004 09 02    00 07.08   +34 44.3    0.251    1.195   133.2    38.0    19.5
2004 09 12    00 10.47   +37 25.8    0.246    1.198   136.9    35.0    19.4
2004 09 22    00 11.05   +38 21.6    0.246    1.205   141.2    31.4    19.3
2004 10 02    00 10.90   +37 31.3    0.252    1.217   145.7    27.6    19.3
2004 10 12    00 12.07   +35 10.3    0.264    1.232   149.2    24.5    19.3
2004 10 22    00 16.30   +31 49.9    0.285    1.251   150.5    23.1    19.5
2004 11 01    00 24.29   +28 11.3    0.316    1.273   148.7    23.9    19.7
2004 11 11    00 35.66   +24 47.9    0.357    1.297   144.4    26.4    20.1
2004 11 21    00 49.90   +22 00.7    0.410    1.324   138.8    29.5    20.6
2004 12 01    01 06.33   +19 58.0    0.472    1.352   132.7    32.4    21.0
2004 12 11    01 24.33   +18 37.3    0.544    1.381   126.7    34.9    21.4
2004 12 21    01 43.55   +17 53.0    0.626    1.411   120.8    36.8    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q54

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