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    M.P.E.C. 2004-V20                                Issued 2004 Nov. 5, 03:39 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 VZ
    
    Observations:
         K04V00Z* C2004 11 03.19346 00 00 17.12 +50 48 00.2          19.2   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 03.20553 00 00 04.43 +50 45 01.8          19.1   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 03.22972 23 59 38.72 +50 38 58.5          19.3   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 03.24187 23 59 26.01 +50 35 54.1          19.3   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.06740 23 46 30.11 +46 42 44.1          18.8   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.07945 23 46 16.69 +46 38 59.2          18.9   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.08601 23 46 11.02 +46 36 56.7          18.4 R EV020854
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.08862 23 46 08.04 +46 36 07.8          18.5 R EV020854
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.09119 23 46 05.06 +46 35 18.1          18.4 R EV020854
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.09150 23 46 03.16 +46 35 11.9          19.1   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.10354 23 45 49.62 +46 31 23.3          18.6   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.11558 23 45 36.08 +46 27 32.9          19.4   EV020704
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.87646 23 32 21.49 +41 45 47.4          18.8 R EV020J95
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.88076 23 32 16.54 +41 43 59.5          18.3 R EV020J95
         K04V00Z  C2004 11 04.88552 23 32 10.92 +41 42 00.3          18.2 R EV020J95
    
    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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 VZ
    Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
    M 358.28493              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.08068695     Peri.  297.09238     -0.93064148     -0.30649584
    a   0.9404509      Node   225.83685     +0.34547481     -0.91601328
    e   0.2436046      Incl.   16.18171     -0.12063827     -0.25880489
    P   0.91           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    041103 704  0.2+  0.3+    041104 704  0.1-  0.2+    041104 704  0.7-  0.2-
    041103 704  0.8+  0.4+    041104 854  1.2+  0.7+    041104 704  0.0   0.3-
    041103 704  0.8-  0.4-    041104 854  0.5+  0.8+    041104 J95  0.4-  0.0
    041103 704  0.0   0.5-    041104 854  0.6-  0.6-    041104 J95  0.5+  0.2-
    041104 704  0.0   0.2-    041104 704  0.7-  0.1-    041104 J95  0.1-  0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 VZ                  a,e,i = 0.94, 0.24, 16                  q = 0.7114
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 11 01    00 31.08   +57 21.9    0.049    1.026   131.9    46.0    19.5
    2004 11 02    00 17.82   +54 52.0    0.044    1.022   132.5    45.7    19.2
    2004 11 03    00 03.29   +51 32.8    0.039    1.019   132.8    45.6    18.9
    2004 11 04    23 47.43   +47 03.8    0.034    1.015   132.7    45.9    18.6
    2004 11 05    23 30.20   +40 54.6    0.029    1.011   131.7    47.1    18.3
    2004 11 06    23 11.62   +32 24.6    0.025    1.007   129.1    49.8    18.1
    2004 11 07    22 51.80   +20 52.8    0.022    1.003   123.8    55.2    17.9
    2004 11 08    22 30.90   +06 16.2    0.020    0.999   115.1    63.9    18.0
    2004 11 09    22 09.17   -09 53.9    0.020    0.995   103.9    75.0    18.3
    2004 11 10    21 46.92   -24 55.3    0.021    0.991    92.6    86.1    18.9
    2004 11 11    21 24.51   -36 58.0    0.024    0.987    83.2    95.4    19.5
    2004 11 12    21 02.33   -45 51.8    0.028    0.983    76.1   102.3    20.2
    2004 11 13    20 40.71   -52 15.2    0.033    0.979    70.9   107.3    20.7
    2004 11 14    20 19.96   -56 50.6    0.038    0.975    66.9   111.0    21.3
    2004 11 15    20 00.27   -60 10.6    0.043    0.971    63.9   113.8    21.7
    2004 11 16    19 41.79   -62 37.9    0.048    0.967    61.5   116.0    22.1
    2004 11 17    19 24.58   -64 27.7    0.053    0.963    59.6   117.7    22.4
    2004 11 18    19 08.63   -65 50.4    0.059    0.959    58.0   119.0    22.7
    2004 11 19    18 53.93   -66 53.2    0.064    0.954    56.6   120.1    23.0
    2004 11 20    18 40.39   -67 40.9    0.070    0.950    55.4   121.1    23.2
    2004 11 21    18 27.95   -68 17.1    0.076    0.946    54.4   121.9    23.5
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V20
    

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