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    M.P.E.C. 2004-T73                                Issued 2004 Oct. 15, 12:39 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 TC18
    
    Observations:
         K04T18C* C2004 10 12.25168 23 22 48.83 +36 56 56.9          18.0   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 12.26275 23 23 11.05 +36 52 30.0          18.2   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 12.27383 23 23 33.18 +36 48 02.4          18.2   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 12.28490 23 23 55.25 +36 43 34.3          18.4   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 12.29599 23 24 17.33 +36 39 05.1          18.1   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 14.20714 00 13 24.68 +25 26 42.7          18.0   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 14.21655 00 13 34.42 +25 23 54.5          18.3   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 14.22594 00 13 44.07 +25 21 06.5          17.8   ET073704
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.08013 00 27 43.17 +21 28 23.5          18.2 R ET073I77
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.08080 00 27 43.62 +21 28 12.5          18.4 R ET073I77
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.08147 00 27 44.16 +21 28 02.8          18.4 R ET073I77
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17263 00 29 09.45 +21 02 14.1          18.2 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17323 00 29 09.91 +21 02 05.7          18.1 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17352 00 29 10.14 +21 02 00.7          17.9 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17382 00 29 10.36 +21 01 56.9          18.2 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17590 00 29 12.10 +21 01 25.9          18.4 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.17826 00 29 13.87 +21 00 50.9          18.3 R ET073854
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.33936 00 31 15.56 +20 21 21.7          17.8 R ET073H06
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.34240 00 31 17.91 +20 20 37.6          17.6 R ET073H06
         K04T18C  C2004 10 15.34539 00 31 20.13 +20 19 54.4          17.8 R ET073H06
    
    Observer details:
    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.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
        + CCD.
    I77 CEAMIG-REA Observatory, Belo Horizonte.  Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel.
        Measurer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 TC18
    Epoch 2004 Oct. 2.0 TT = JDT 2453280.5                  MPC
    M  27.67141              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.63932102     Peri.  103.35994     +0.63751686     +0.76767357
    a   1.3345148      Node   206.59311     -0.75116420     +0.60053387
    e   0.3633148      Incl.    8.37338     -0.17124426     +0.22368809
    P   1.54           H   24.1           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2004 Oct. 12-15.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 TC18                a,e,i = 1.33, 0.36, 8                   q = 0.8497
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 10 12    23 13.59   +38 38.2    0.033    1.023   139.2    39.6    18.3
    2004 10 13    23 46.09   +32 09.9    0.036    1.028   148.3    30.7    18.3
    2004 10 14    00 09.37   +26 30.7    0.040    1.034   155.6    23.5    18.3
    2004 10 15    00 26.54   +21 46.9    0.044    1.039   161.4    17.9    18.4
    2004 10 16    00 39.59   +17 53.1    0.049    1.045   165.8    13.5    18.4
    2004 10 17    00 49.78   +14 40.9    0.055    1.050   169.1    10.3    18.6
    2004 10 18    00 57.93   +12 02.1    0.060    1.056   171.2     8.3    18.7
    2004 10 19    01 04.59   +09 49.9    0.066    1.062   172.3     7.3    18.9
    2004 10 20    01 10.12   +07 59.0    0.072    1.067   172.3     7.2    19.1
    2004 10 21    01 14.78   +06 25.1    0.078    1.073   171.7     7.7    19.3
    2004 10 22    01 18.77   +05 04.9    0.084    1.079   170.7     8.5    19.5
    2004 10 23    01 22.21   +03 56.0    0.091    1.084   169.6     9.5    19.7
    2004 10 24    01 25.22   +02 56.5    0.097    1.090   168.5    10.5    19.9
    2004 10 25    01 27.87   +02 04.7    0.104    1.096   167.4    11.4    20.1
    2004 10 26    01 30.23   +01 19.5    0.110    1.101   166.3    12.4    20.3
    2004 10 27    01 32.34   +00 39.8    0.117    1.107   165.2    13.2    20.4
    2004 10 28    01 34.25   +00 04.9    0.124    1.113   164.2    14.1    20.6
    2004 10 29    01 35.98   -00 25.9    0.130    1.119   163.2    14.9    20.8
    2004 10 30    01 37.56   -00 53.0    0.137    1.125   162.2    15.6    20.9
    2004 10 31    01 39.01   -01 17.1    0.144    1.130   161.3    16.4    21.0
    2004 11 01    01 40.36   -01 38.3    0.151    1.136   160.4    17.1    21.2
    2004 11 02    01 41.61   -01 57.0    0.158    1.142   159.5    17.7    21.3
    2004 11 03    01 42.78   -02 13.5    0.166    1.148   158.6    18.4    21.4
    2004 11 04    01 43.88   -02 28.1    0.173    1.154   157.7    19.0    21.6
    2004 11 05    01 44.92   -02 40.8    0.180    1.159   156.9    19.6    21.7
    2004 11 06    01 45.92   -02 51.9    0.188    1.165   156.1    20.2    21.8
    2004 11 07    01 46.87   -03 01.4    0.195    1.171   155.2    20.8    21.9
    2004 11 08    01 47.78   -03 09.7    0.203    1.177   154.4    21.3    22.0
    2004 11 09    01 48.66   -03 16.6    0.210    1.183   153.6    21.8    22.1
    2004 11 10    01 49.52   -03 22.4    0.218    1.188   152.8    22.4    22.2
    2004 11 11    01 50.35   -03 27.1    0.226    1.194   152.0    22.9    22.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-T73
    

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