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    M.P.E.C. 2004-S23                                Issued 2004 Sept. 19, 04:24 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 ST2
    
    Observations:
         K04S02T* C2004 09 18.31295 01 52 53.73 +18 37 37.5          19.9   ES023704
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.32530 01 52 39.34 +18 40 20.5          19.7   ES023704
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.33798 01 52 24.62 +18 43 07.1          20.6   ES023704
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.35042 01 52 10.22 +18 45 50.6          19.8   ES023704
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.92872 01 41 24.35 +20 49 03.4                 ES023246
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.92951 01 41 23.30 +20 49 13.9                 ES023246
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.92990 01 41 22.88 +20 49 18.4                 ES023246
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.93014 01 41 22.72 +20 49 22.2                 ES023246
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.93155 01 41 20.84 +20 49 40.0                 ES023246
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.97310 01 40 33.98 +20 58 17.7          19.5 R ES023J95
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.97764 01 40 28.64 +20 59 14.4          20.0 R ES023J95
         K04S02T  C2004 09 18.99410 01 40 09.65 +21 02 42.9          19.8 R ES023J95
         K04S02T  C2004 09 19.11878 01 37 44.41 +21 28 40.9          19.4 R ES023J95
         K04S02T  C2004 09 19.12490 01 37 37.29 +21 29 55.9          19.5 R ES023J95
         K04S02T  C2004 09 19.13094 01 37 30.30 +21 31 10.7          19.9 R ES023J95
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.
        Measurer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + 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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 ST2
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M  47.14553              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.05690390     Peri.  226.93768     -0.71914936     +0.69454276
    a   0.9545068      Node   356.83158     -0.47563878     -0.51391665
    e   0.1867627      Incl.   22.15737     -0.50654905     -0.50348786
    P   0.93           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    040918 704  1.0+  0.3+    040918 246  0.1-  0.0     040918 J95  0.8-  0.2-
    040918 704  0.3-  0.3+    040918 246  0.3+  0.4-    040918 J95  0.4+  0.2+
    040918 704  0.4-  0.1-    040918 246  2.0+  0.3+    040919 J95  0.2-  0.4+
    040918 704  0.2+  0.1-    040918 246  1.5-  0.2+    040919 J95  0.0   0.2-
    040918 246  1.8+  0.4-    040918 J95  0.5+  0.5+    040919 J95  0.6+  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 ST2                 a,e,i = 0.95, 0.19, 22                  q = 0.7762
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 09 12    03 33.68   -04 19.7    0.076    1.043   117.1    59.2    20.7
    2004 09 17    02 16.73   +13 42.8    0.067    1.056   137.9    39.7    19.9
    2004 09 22    00 43.64   +30 02.9    0.075    1.068   147.7    30.1    19.9
    2004 09 27    23 22.50   +38 04.6    0.095    1.079   141.6    35.2    20.6
    2004 10 02    22 27.42   +40 39.5    0.122    1.089   133.4    42.0    21.4
    2004 10 07    21 53.37   +41 07.2    0.153    1.098   126.7    46.9    22.0
    2004 10 12    21 32.79   +40 52.3    0.184    1.106   121.5    50.3    22.5
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-S23
    

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