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    M.P.E.C. 2004-U05                                Issued 2004 Oct. 17, 16:08 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 TO20
    
    Observations:
         K04T20O* C2004 10 15.25445 01 12 50.72 +17 47 59.7          19.2   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 15.26541 01 12 52.61 +17 46 57.2          19.8   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 15.27635 01 12 54.48 +17 45 53.6          19.3   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 15.28730 01 12 56.34 +17 44 53.3          20.2   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 15.29826 01 12 58.28 +17 43 46.8          19.4   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.02606 01 15 19.57 +16 34 42.0                 EU005J95
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.03130 01 15 20.51 +16 34 13.5          19.5 R EU005J95
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.24572 01 16 02.61 +16 14 50.2          19.2   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.25690 01 16 04.42 +16 13 48.9          19.6   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.25700 01 16 04.38 +16 13 49.0          19.2   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.26806 01 16 06.10 +16 12 48.6          19.3   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.26817 01 16 06.16 +16 12 47.9          19.7   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.27923 01 16 07.94 +16 11 48.7          19.3   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.27933 01 16 07.90 +16 11 46.2          19.6   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.29041 01 16 09.72 +16 10 46.2          19.9   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 16.29051 01 16 09.73 +16 10 45.4          19.5   EU005704
         K04T20O  C2004 10 17.31433 01 19 11.95 +14 39 43.8          19.7 R EU005734
         K04T20O  C2004 10 17.31580 01 19 12.12 +14 39 36.5          19.9 R EU005734
         K04T20O  C2004 10 17.31726 01 19 12.42 +14 39 26.7          19.8 R EU005734
         K04T20O  C2004 10 17.31872 01 19 12.72 +14 39 21.0          20.4 R EU005734
         K04T20O  C2004 10 17.32019 01 19 12.82 +14 39 13.0          19.6 R EU005734
    
    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.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 TO20
    Epoch 2004 Oct. 2.0 TT = JDT 2453280.5                  MPC
    M  20.42960              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.57100196     Peri.  123.65848     +0.87337258     +0.48083188
    a   1.4389454      Node   207.83664     -0.48348307     +0.83664521
    e   0.2954436      Incl.    9.56544     -0.05885960     +0.26234612
    P   1.73           H   23.6           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2004 Oct. 15-17.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 TO20                a,e,i = 1.44, 0.30, 10                  q = 1.0138
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 10 12    01 00.50   +23 28.5    0.101    1.096   163.8    14.7    19.6
    2004 10 17    01 18.31   +15 07.7    0.117    1.113   173.6     5.7    19.6
    2004 10 22    01 30.82   +08 46.8    0.136    1.131   175.3     4.1    19.9
    2004 10 27    01 40.03   +04 07.9    0.158    1.150   169.2     9.4    20.5
    2004 11 01    01 47.15   +00 48.8    0.183    1.169   163.3    14.1    21.1
    2004 11 06    01 52.97   -01 29.5    0.211    1.190   158.2    18.0    21.5
    2004 11 11    01 58.04   -03 01.2    0.241    1.211   153.6    21.3    22.0
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-U05
    

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