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    M.P.E.C. 2004-X80                                Issued 2004 Dec. 15, 13:09 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 XC51
    
    Observations:
         K04X51C* C2004 12 14.13407 01 55 36.79 +13 29 49.5          18.9   EX080704
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.14752 01 55 31.91 +13 27 45.6          19.1   EX080704
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.16043 01 55 27.29 +13 25 47.0          19.0   EX080704
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.17379 01 55 22.35 +13 23 45.3          19.4   EX080704
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.90136 01 51 07.31 +11 31 28.1                 EX080246
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.90195 01 51 07.10 +11 31 22.2                 EX080246
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.90226 01 51 06.98 +11 31 19.8                 EX080246
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.90306 01 51 06.72 +11 31 11.9                 EX080246
         K04X51C  C2004 12 14.90342 01 51 06.54 +11 31 08.7                 EX080246
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.10484 01 49 57.74 +10 59 56.2          18.9 R EX080448
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.10976 01 49 55.97 +10 59 10.1          18.7 R EX080448
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.11547 01 49 53.91 +10 58 16.4          18.7 R EX080448
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.14403 01 49 43.36 +10 53 45.9          18.7 R EX080649
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.14975 01 49 41.31 +10 52 52.7          18.6 R EX080649
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.15117 01 49 40.80 +10 52 39.3          18.9 R EX080649
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.15259 01 49 40.30 +10 52 26.0          18.8 R EX080649
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.18089 01 49 30.60 +10 48 05.3          18.5 R EX080854
         K04X51C  C2004 12 15.18420 01 49 29.42 +10 47 33.7          18.8 R EX080854
         K04X51C 5C2004 12 15.19497 01 49 25.78 +10 45 51.3                 EX080673
         K04X51C 5C2004 12 15.19635 01 49 25.30 +10 45 37.7                 EX080673
         K04X51C 5C2004 12 15.20929 01 49 20.68 +10 43 37.6                 EX080673
         K04X51C 5C2004 12 15.21034 01 49 20.29 +10 43 27.9                 EX080673
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
        reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
        reflector + 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.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 XC51
    Epoch 2004 Dec. 1.0 TT = JDT 2453340.5                  MPC
    M 337.56775              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.30675384     Peri.  284.25729     -0.77406360     -0.11844588
    a   2.1774225      Node   252.21588     +0.24230835     -0.96297422
    e   0.7489984      Incl.   40.77879     -0.58490358     -0.24218016
    P   3.21           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 22 observations 2004 Dec. 14-15.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 XC51                a,e,i = 2.18, 0.75, 41                  q = 0.5465
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 12 11    02 14.27   +21 06.9    0.295    1.222   138.7    32.1    18.9
    2004 12 21    01 17.31   -04 34.9    0.277    1.094   106.3    59.6    19.3
    2004 12 31    00 28.36   -27 03.3    0.323    0.963    76.9    84.0    20.2
    2005 01 10    23 42.01   -41 28.6    0.404    0.832    56.5    99.6    21.0
    2005 01 20    22 48.97   -49 32.1    0.501    0.708    43.3   107.7    21.6
    2005 01 30    21 48.06   -51 37.5    0.612    0.606    35.8   108.0    21.7
    2005 02 09    20 58.72   -47 29.6    0.739    0.550    33.4    98.9    21.4
    2005 02 19    20 37.70   -39 11.6    0.872    0.564    34.6    84.1    21.2
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-X80
    

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