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    M.P.E.C. 2004-S15                                Issued 2004 Sept. 18, 04:46 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 SS
    
    Observations:
         K04S00S  C2004 09 14.39561 03 20 48.65 +01 55 00.9          17.5 R ES015699
         K04S00S  C2004 09 14.41266 03 20 54.76 +01 58 49.6                 ES015699
         K04S00S  C2004 09 14.42975 03 21 00.83 +02 02 38.8                 ES015699
         K04S00S  C2004 09 14.44681 03 21 06.83 +02 06 27.1                 ES015699
         K04S00S* C2004 09 17.35163 03 38 44.54 +11 44 54.4          18.5   ES015704
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.36397 03 38 47.99 +11 47 05.4          18.4   ES015704
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.37634 03 38 51.42 +11 49 16.5          18.9   ES015704
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.38854 03 38 54.78 +11 51 25.7          18.4   ES015704
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.40061 03 38 58.09 +11 53 33.3          18.7   ES015704
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.98521 03 42 05.12 +13 32 40.3          18.1 R ES015J87
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.98641 03 42 05.45 +13 32 53.4          18.1 R ES015J87
         K04S00S  C2004 09 17.98761 03 42 05.82 +13 33 04.6          18.2 R ES015J87
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.00820 03 42 10.09 +13 36 24.3          18.1 V ES015151
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.00937 03 42 10.42 +13 36 36.1          18.2 V ES015151
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.00989 03 42 10.56 +13 36 41.0          18.2 V ES015151
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.01112 03 42 10.89 +13 36 53.1          18.5 V ES015151
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07407 03 42 27.31 +13 47 18.7                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07447 03 42 27.42 +13 47 22.8                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07514 03 42 27.59 +13 47 28.9                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07563 03 42 27.74 +13 47 34.9                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07616 03 42 27.89 +13 47 40.1                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.07723 03 42 28.16 +13 47 50.1                 ES015246
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.10884 03 42 38.48 +13 53 19.6          18.2 V ES015941
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.10911 03 42 38.56 +13 53 22.6          18.1 V ES015941
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.10939 03 42 38.62 +13 53 25.5          18.0 V ES015941
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.10967 03 42 38.71 +13 53 28.1          17.9 V ES015941
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.11022 03 42 38.84 +13 53 33.6          17.9 V ES015941
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.11961 03 42 39.05 +13 54 50.3          18.2 R ES015118
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.12499 03 42 40.49 +13 55 42.9          18.5 R ES015118
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.12712 03 42 41.10 +13 56 03.4          18.3 R ES015118
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.12922 03 42 41.61 +13 56 25.1          18.5 R ES015118
         K04S00S  C2004 09 18.13135 03 42 42.13 +13 56 44.8          18.2 R ES015118
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, J. Vilagi.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.9
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
        Measurer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  Measurer B. W. Koehn.
        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.
    941 Observatorio Pla D'Arguines.  Observer R. Ferrando.  0.36-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 SS
    Epoch 2004 Sept. 12.0 TT = JDT 2453260.5                MPC
    M 359.23207              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.29995738     Peri.  352.85181     +0.99524777     +0.09732459
    a   2.2101904      Node     1.57329     -0.08274189     +0.86220071
    e   0.5312334      Incl.    6.54768     -0.05133865     +0.49712963
    P   3.29           H   22.1           G   0.15
    From 32 observations 2004 Sept. 14-18.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 SS                  a,e,i = 2.21, 0.53, 7                   q = 1.0361
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 09 12    03 02.76   -07 42.5    0.051    1.037   124.9    52.8    17.7
    2004 09 17    03 36.74   +10 43.1    0.061    1.036   119.6    57.5    18.2
    2004 09 22    03 59.45   +22 50.3    0.076    1.040   116.8    59.4    18.7
    2004 09 27    04 14.56   +30 31.6    0.093    1.047   116.6    58.8    19.2
    2004 10 02    04 24.27   +35 34.2    0.112    1.058   118.0    56.6    19.5
    2004 10 07    04 29.82   +39 00.7    0.131    1.072   120.6    53.4    19.8
    2004 10 12    04 31.93   +41 24.8    0.150    1.089   123.9    49.5    20.0
    2004 10 17    04 31.19   +43 04.4    0.170    1.109   127.9    45.2    20.2
    2004 10 22    04 28.14   +44 09.8    0.190    1.131   132.2    40.7    20.4
    2004 10 27    04 23.36   +44 47.0    0.211    1.156   136.7    36.1    20.5
    2004 11 01    04 17.35   +45 00.1    0.232    1.183   141.4    31.5    20.6
    2004 11 06    04 10.63   +44 52.1    0.256    1.212   146.0    27.2    20.8
    2004 11 11    04 03.73   +44 25.8    0.281    1.242   150.4    23.2    20.9
    2004 11 16    03 57.18   +43 44.5    0.308    1.273   154.2    19.8    21.1
    2004 11 21    03 51.44   +42 52.1    0.338    1.306   157.0    17.2    21.2
    2004 11 26    03 46.79   +41 52.5    0.372    1.340   158.6    15.6    21.4
    2004 12 01    03 43.35   +40 49.1    0.408    1.374   158.6    15.2    21.7
    2004 12 06    03 41.16   +39 44.7    0.448    1.409   157.2    15.7    22.0
    2004 12 11    03 40.21   +38 41.6    0.492    1.445   154.8    16.9    22.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-S15
    

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