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    M.P.E.C. 2004-R30                                Issued 2004 Sept. 7, 18:56 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 RW2
    
    Observations:
         K04R02W* C2004 09 06.23532 21 57 31.50 +32 53 46.7          19.3   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.24741 21 57 29.50 +32 58 10.3          19.2   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.25850 21 57 27.71 +33 02 11.9          19.0   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.26987 21 57 25.82 +33 06 18.3          19.6   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.28096 21 57 24.06 +33 10 20.1          19.6   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82628 21 56 55.59 +36 26 58.4                 ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82708 21 56 55.54 +36 27 16.1                 ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82779 21 56 55.34 +36 27 30.6          17.9 R ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82821 21 56 55.33 +36 27 39.8                 ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82888 21 56 55.26 +36 27 54.6                 ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 06.82931 21 56 55.20 +36 28 03.5                 ER030246
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.09327 21 56 40.21 +38 03 49.3          18.2 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.09419 21 56 40.06 +38 04 09.3          19.1 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.09511 21 56 39.96 +38 04 30.8          19.1 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10299 21 56 38.77 +38 07 24.3          18.2 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10391 21 56 38.66 +38 07 44.7          18.8 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10514 21 56 38.46 +38 08 11.6          19.1 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10605 21 56 38.31 +38 08 32.6          19.6 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10696 21 56 38.16 +38 08 52.3          19.3 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10788 21 56 38.06 +38 09 11.6          18.8 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10879 21 56 37.92 +38 09 32.2          18.6 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.10970 21 56 37.79 +38 09 52.2          18.6 R ER030649
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.19207 21 56 30.68 +38 39 57.0          19.0 R ER030673
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.19647 21 56 29.99 +38 41 33.5          18.8 R ER030673
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.20023 21 56 29.34 +38 42 55.7          18.5 R ER030673
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.20161 21 56 22.86 +38 43 20.6          19.7 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.20377 21 56 22.48 +38 44 08.0          18.5 R ER030649
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.20463 21 56 28.64 +38 44 30.8          18.2 R ER030673
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.20592 21 56 22.11 +38 44 54.5          18.5 R ER030649
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.20856 21 56 27.99 +38 45 58.2          18.0 R ER030673
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.21235 21 56 21.00 +38 47 12.9          19.0 R ER030649
         K04R02W 5C2004 09 07.21325 21 56 27.23 +38 47 40.4          18.8 R ER030673
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.21450 21 56 20.62 +38 47 59.3          19.2 R ER030649
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.23014 21 56 21.25 +38 53 56.5          19.6   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.23144 21 56 22.21 +38 54 32.4          19.8 R ER030651
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.23225 21 56 22.03 +38 54 50.1          19.4 R ER030651
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.23327 21 56 21.89 +38 55 12.1          19.4 R ER030651
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.24207 21 56 19.09 +38 58 14.3          19.2   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.24659 21 56 19.56 +39 00 01.1          19.4 R ER030651
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.24814 21 56 19.19 +39 00 34.2          18.7 R ER030651
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.25331 21 56 17.02 +39 02 16.5          19.4   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.26458 21 56 15.06 +39 06 19.2          19.9   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.27620 21 56 13.07 +39 10 28.9          20.0   ER030704
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.29686 21 56 07.02 +39 17 21.2          19.3 R ER030734
         K04R02W  C2004 09 07.30023 21 56 06.58 +39 18 32.7          19.0 R ER030734
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
        0.75-m Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    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.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 RW2
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M 309.77001              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.57831777     Peri.   45.88695     +0.93494612     -0.34915117
    a   1.4267844      Node   334.35239     +0.26950239     +0.81439947
    e   0.3062970      Incl.    8.36947     +0.23074708     +0.46351588
    P   1.70           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   5
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    040906 704  0.2+  0.2+    040907 649  0.0   0.3+    040907 649  0.2+  0.9-
    040906 704  0.2-  0.1-    040907 649  0.2-  0.0     040907 673  0.6+  0.1-
    040906 704  0.1+  0.0     040907 649  0.4-  0.9+    040907 649  0.0   0.9-
    040906 704  0.3-  0.7-    040907 649  0.6-  0.5+    040907 704  0.0   0.1+
    040906 704  0.2+  0.6+    040907 649  0.1-  0.5-    040907 651  0.2+  0.5+
    040906 246  0.1-  0.6+    040907 649  0.2-  0.0     040907 651  0.2-  0.6+
    040906 246  0.6+  0.7+    040907 649  0.1-  0.0     040907 651  0.3+  0.5+
    040906 246  0.6-  0.4-    040907 673  0.1-  1.1+    040907 704  0.3-  0.1-
    040906 246  0.0   0.4-    040907 673  0.2+  0.9+    040907 651  1.1+  0.9+
    040906 246  0.3+  0.4-    040907 673  0.1-  0.6+    040907 651  0.1+  0.5+
    040906 246  0.3+  1.0-    040907 649  0.3+  1.0-    040907 704  1.0-  0.4-
    040907 649  0.1+  0.0     040907 649  0.2+  0.3-    040907 704  0.4-  0.1-
    040907 649  0.1-  0.4-    040907 673  0.2+  0.8-    040907 704  0.6+  0.3+
    040907 649  0.3+  0.8+    040907 649  0.2+  0.4-    040907 734  0.4-  0.6-
    040907 649  0.3-  0.2+    040907 673  0.2+  0.4+    040907 734  0.8+  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 RW2                 a,e,i = 1.43, 0.31, 8                   q = 0.9898
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 09 02    22 01.37   +08 56.1    0.042    1.049   159.9    19.3    18.7
    2004 09 03    22 00.58   +14 06.8    0.041    1.046   155.2    23.8    18.8
    2004 09 04    21 59.73   +19 39.2    0.039    1.043   150.2    28.7    18.8
    2004 09 05    21 58.79   +25 28.6    0.039    1.040   144.8    33.9    18.9
    2004 09 06    21 57.76   +31 28.2    0.038    1.037   139.3    39.3    19.1
    2004 09 07    21 56.61   +37 30.5    0.038    1.034   133.7    44.7    19.2
    2004 09 08    21 55.31   +43 27.1    0.039    1.032   128.3    50.0    19.4
    2004 09 09    21 53.84   +49 10.8    0.039    1.029   123.0    55.1    19.5
    2004 09 10    21 52.13   +54 35.8    0.041    1.027   118.1    59.9    19.7
    2004 09 11    21 50.12   +59 38.1    0.042    1.024   113.5    64.3    20.0
    2004 09 12    21 47.70   +64 15.9    0.044    1.022   109.4    68.3    20.2
    2004 09 13    21 44.73   +68 28.8    0.046    1.020   105.7    71.8    20.4
    2004 09 14    21 40.95   +72 17.6    0.048    1.017   102.4    75.0    20.6
    2004 09 15    21 35.94   +75 43.7    0.051    1.015    99.5    77.7    20.8
    2004 09 16    21 28.96   +78 48.9    0.054    1.013    96.9    80.1    21.0
    2004 09 17    21 18.46   +81 35.0    0.056    1.011    94.6    82.2    21.2
    2004 09 18    21 00.84   +84 03.2    0.059    1.009    92.7    84.0    21.3
    2004 09 19    20 25.52   +86 13.3    0.062    1.007    91.0    85.5    21.5
    2004 09 20    18 50.66   +87 57.1    0.065    1.006    89.5    86.8    21.6
    2004 09 21    14 46.45   +88 25.4    0.068    1.004    88.2    87.9    21.8
    2004 09 22    12 15.22   +87 19.8    0.072    1.003    87.0    88.9    21.9
    2004 09 23    11 24.91   +85 55.7    0.075    1.001    86.1    89.6    22.0
    2004 09 24    11 02.34   +84 33.3    0.078    1.000    85.2    90.3    22.2
    2004 09 25    10 49.79   +83 15.7    0.081    0.998    84.5    90.8    22.3
    2004 09 26    10 41.85   +82 03.1    0.085    0.997    83.9    91.2    22.4
    2004 09 27    10 36.42   +80 55.3    0.088    0.996    83.4    91.6    22.5
    2004 09 28    10 32.50   +79 51.9    0.091    0.995    83.0    91.8    22.5
    2004 09 29    10 29.55   +78 52.5    0.094    0.994    82.6    92.0    22.6
    2004 09 30    10 27.29   +77 56.9    0.098    0.993    82.4    92.0    22.7
    2004 10 01    10 25.51   +77 04.5    0.101    0.992    82.1    92.1    22.8
    2004 10 02    10 24.10   +76 15.1    0.104    0.992    82.0    92.0    22.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R30
    

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