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    M.P.E.C. 2004-R40                                Issued 2004 Sept.  9, 10:53 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2004 RU10
    
    Observations:
         K04R10U* C2004 09 07.41187 03 03 51.92 -16 12 17.2          19.4   ER040704
         K04R10U  C2004 09 07.42268 03 03 51.49 -16 12 36.5          19.0   ER040704
         K04R10U  C2004 09 07.43349 03 03 51.20 -16 12 56.7          19.3   ER040704
         K04R10U  C2004 09 08.04137 03 03 33.63 -16 32 13.7                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 08.04201 03 03 33.65 -16 32 14.9                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 08.04344 03 03 33.57 -16 32 18.1                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 08.04416 03 03 33.52 -16 32 19.8                 ER040246
         K04R10U 5C2004 09 08.45417 03 03 20.67 -16 45 25.6          20.0 R ER040673
         K04R10U 5C2004 09 08.45995 03 03 20.45 -16 45 37.3                 ER040673
         K04R10U 5C2004 09 08.46227 03 03 20.37 -16 45 42.6                 ER040673
         K04R10U 5C2004 09 08.46678 03 03 20.21 -16 45 51.0                 ER040673
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.04169 03 03 01.15 -17 04 27.1                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.04277 03 03 01.08 -17 04 28.8                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.04396 03 03 01.05 -17 04 31.5                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.04681 03 03 00.98 -17 04 37.7                 ER040246
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.40760 03 02 48.00 -17 16 21.6          19.7 R ER040734
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.41234 03 02 47.76 -17 16 33.7          19.7 R ER040734
         K04R10U  C2004 09 09.41701 03 02 47.58 -17 16 41.1          19.6 R ER040734
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + 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 W. Leifer.  Measurer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 RU10
    Epoch 2004 Aug. 23.0 TT = JDT 2453240.5                 MPC
    M 171.68332              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.13987495     Peri.   60.92554     -0.96498937     +0.09067405
    a   0.9076072      Node   123.24229     -0.14952208     -0.96111614
    e   0.7048698      Incl.   17.11389     +0.21549630     -0.26083323
    P   0.86           H   18.1           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2004 Sept. 7-9.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 RU10                a,e,i = 0.91, 0.70, 17                  q = 0.2679
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 09 02    03 05.41   -13 31.2    0.811    1.547   116.0    35.9    20.1
    2004 09 12    03 00.98   -18 43.2    0.728    1.540   124.5    32.6    19.7
    2004 09 22    02 48.53   -24 52.9    0.659    1.525   131.9    29.3    19.4
    2004 10 02    02 25.79   -31 29.0    0.610    1.500   135.9    27.7    19.1
    2004 10 12    01 51.65   -37 27.9    0.585    1.467   134.1    29.3    19.0
    2004 10 22    01 09.03   -41 31.2    0.585    1.424   126.7    34.1    19.1
    2004 11 01    00 25.83   -42 59.8    0.603    1.371   116.3    40.5    19.3
    2004 11 11    23 49.88   -42 15.9    0.633    1.307   105.2    47.0    19.5
    2004 11 21    23 24.30   -40 09.5    0.666    1.233    94.4    53.0    19.6
    2004 12 01    23 07.77   -37 23.6    0.693    1.145    84.1    58.9    19.7
    2004 12 11    22 57.26   -34 21.7    0.710    1.045    74.2    65.0    19.8
    2004 12 21    22 49.36   -31 14.5    0.709    0.929    64.2    72.4    19.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R40
    

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