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    M.P.E.C. 2004-T16                                Issued 2004 Oct. 6, 05:07 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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                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2004 TA1
    
    Observations:
         K04T01A* C2004 10 05.23297 00 46 43.06 -01 54 59.9          18.8 R ET016699
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.25323 00 46 31.19 -01 53 39.8                 ET016699
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.27352 00 46 19.37 -01 52 19.4                 ET016699
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.29381 00 46 07.47 -01 50 57.8                 ET016699
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.38491 00 45 14.19 -01 44 53.4          18.2 R ET016854
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.38600 00 45 13.60 -01 44 48.0          19.2 R ET016854
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.38818 00 45 12.32 -01 44 39.4          19.2 R ET016854
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.85670 00 40 59.46 -01 14 16.3                 ET016246
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.85718 00 40 59.04 -01 14 13.9                 ET016246
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.85829 00 40 58.45 -01 14 08.9                 ET016246
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.85922 00 40 57.94 -01 14 05.7                 ET016246
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.85958 00 40 57.75 -01 14 03.8                 ET016246
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.92268 00 40 22.86 -01 10 01.4          19.3 R ET016J95
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.92782 00 40 19.99 -01 09 41.9                 ET016J95
         K04T01A  C2004 10 05.93282 00 40 17.17 -01 09 21.0          19.4 R ET016J95
         K04T01A  C2004 10 06.14221 00 38 26.56 -00 55 29.2          18.9 R ET016G90
         K04T01A  C2004 10 06.14507 00 38 24.99 -00 55 18.6          18.9 R ET016G90
         K04T01A  C2004 10 06.14793 00 38 23.37 -00 55 06.6          18.7 R ET016G90
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.40-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 TA1
    Epoch 2004 Oct. 2.0 TT = JDT 2453280.5                  MPC
    M 140.76574              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.13882880     Peri.  199.95603     -0.82588782     +0.56085566
    a   0.9081629      Node    14.59830     -0.48110784     -0.64745853
    e   0.2456999      Incl.   13.27648     -0.29401454     -0.51598292
    P   0.87           H   23.5           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2004 Oct. 5-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 TA1                 a,e,i = 0.91, 0.25, 13                  q = 0.6850
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 10 02    01 18.32   -05 36.1    0.100    1.098   165.5    13.2    19.5
    2004 10 07    00 30.83   -00 00.4    0.108    1.107   172.4     6.8    19.4
    2004 10 12    23 52.57   +04 37.8    0.123    1.114   160.6    17.3    20.1
    2004 10 17    23 24.22   +08 07.8    0.142    1.121   149.3    27.0    20.7
    2004 10 22    23 04.33   +10 42.9    0.164    1.125   140.0    34.6    21.3
    2004 10 27    22 50.99   +12 39.5    0.188    1.129   132.4    40.5    21.7
    2004 11 01    22 42.50   +14 10.7    0.213    1.131   126.0    45.2    22.1
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-T16
    

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