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    M.P.E.C. 2004-R28                                Issued 2004 Sept. 7, 18:27 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 QW30
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2003-Q30
    
    Additional Observations:
         K03Q30W  C2004 08 13.20669 20 14 42.60 +01 59 22.2          19.2   ER028644
         K03Q30W  C2004 08 13.22810 20 14 38.74 +01 58 40.7          19.1   ER028644
         K03Q30W  C2004 08 13.25124 20 14 34.60 +01 57 55.7          19.4   ER028644
         K03Q30W 1C2004 09 03.56765 19 24 20.53 -10 48 59.8          19.8 R ER028413
         K03Q30W 1C2004 09 03.57458 19 24 19.81 -10 49 14.6          20.0 R ER028413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, M. Hicks, K. Lawrence,
        E. Helin, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 QW30
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M 205.18815              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.91166213     Peri.  303.07634     -0.30895740     -0.94966830
    a   1.0533680      Node   164.66247     +0.92472696     -0.31266618
    e   0.3316837      Incl.   11.27702     +0.22231820     -0.01923459
    P   1.08           H   20.7           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030824 704  0.2-  0.2-    030828 941  0.1+  0.2+    030901 561 (2.1+  2.4-)
    030824 704  0.1+  1.0+    030828 941  0.3-  0.1+    030902 734  0.4+  0.1-
    030824 704  0.8+  0.7+    030828 941  0.3-  0.4-    030902 734  1.0-  0.9-
    030824 704  1.3-  0.1+    030828 941  0.2-  0.3-    030906 246  0.6-  0.3+
    030825 246  0.9-  0.4-    030828 303 (2.8-  2.2+)   030906 246  0.5-  0.3+
    030825 246  0.7+  0.1+    030828 303 (2.8-  1.3+)   030906 246  0.8-  0.2+
    030825 246  0.4-  0.0     030828 704  1.1-  1.2+    030906 246  0.8-  0.7+
    030825 246  0.3-  0.8-    030828 704  0.1-  0.3+    030906 246  0.5-  0.2+
    030825 246  0.5-  0.0     030828 704  0.6+  0.8+    030907 413  0.0   0.4-
    030825 246  0.5-  0.7+    030828 704 (2.2+  0.8-)   030907 413  0.3+  0.4-
    030825 704  0.1+  0.3-    030830 J95  0.4-  0.2+    030911 170  0.7+  0.5+
    030825 704  0.4+  0.9+    030830 J95  0.9+  0.1-    030911 170  0.0   0.1+
    030825 704  1.0+  0.4+    030830 J95  0.5+  0.7-    030918 413  0.0   0.3-
    030825 704  0.8+  1.3+    030830 670 (2.1+  0.3+)   030918 413  0.0   0.2+
    030827 246  0.1-  1.2+    030830 670  0.4-  0.2+    030918 413  0.3+  0.1-
    030827 246  0.3+  0.1+    030901 448  0.2-  0.5-    040813 644  0.1+  0.2-
    030827 246  0.4+  0.1-    030901 448  0.2-  0.9-    040813 644  0.2-  0.2-
    030827 246  0.2-  0.6-    030901 448  0.1-  0.4-    040813 644  0.1+  0.2-
    030827 246  0.6-  0.2-    030901 561  0.0   0.8-    040903 413  0.2+  0.0
    030827 246  0.6+  0.1+    030901 561 (5.7+  0.9-)   040903 413  0.1+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 QW30                a,e,i = 1.05, 0.33, 11                  q = 0.7040
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 09 02    19 27.00   -09 53.2    0.333    1.253   131.0    37.4    20.3
    2004 09 12    19 13.64   -15 33.7    0.351    1.212   118.1    47.1    20.6
    2004 09 22    19 08.30   -20 29.5    0.373    1.167   106.7    55.5    20.9
    2004 10 02    19 09.71   -24 43.6    0.394    1.117    96.7    62.8    21.1
    2004 10 12    19 16.19   -28 26.5    0.409    1.064    87.8    69.6    21.3
    2004 10 22    19 26.09   -31 50.0    0.416    1.008    79.7    76.3    21.5
    2004 11 01    19 37.27   -35 07.1    0.412    0.949    71.9    83.7    21.6
    2004 11 11    19 46.86   -38 31.8    0.399    0.891    64.0    92.3    21.7
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R28
    

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