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    M.P.E.C. 2004-X81                                Issued 2004 Dec. 15, 13:11 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
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2004 XD51
    
    Observations:
         K04X51D* C2004 12 14.32389 06 56 21.70 +21 59 50.0          19.2   EX081704
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.33692 06 56 28.39 +22 01 46.0          19.6   EX081704
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.34990 06 56 34.96 +22 03 40.6          19.7   EX081704
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.36341 06 56 41.91 +22 05 40.9          19.7   EX081704
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.37641 06 56 48.53 +22 07 35.9          19.2   EX081704
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.98069 07 03 04.36 +23 39 20.1                 EX081246
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.98121 07 03 04.67 +23 39 25.5                 EX081246
         K04X51D  C2004 12 14.98210 07 03 05.18 +23 39 33.9                 EX081246
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.17459 07 05 18.60 +24 10 33.4          19.2 R EX081649
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.17584 07 05 19.37 +24 10 45.8          19.2 R EX081649
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.17708 07 05 20.13 +24 10 58.7          18.9 R EX081649
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.23790 07 06 01.03 +24 21 18.6          19.3 R EX081854
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.24498 07 06 05.41 +24 22 28.6          19.3 R EX081854
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.30787 07 06 45.14 +24 32 50.8          18.0 R EX081673
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.30926 07 06 45.99 +24 33 05.1                 EX081673
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.33925 07 06 57.56 +24 38 04.9          19.2 V EX081850
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.34878 07 07 10.21 +24 39 42.9                 EX081673
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.35017 07 07 11.06 +24 39 56.9                 EX081673
         K04X51D  C2004 12 15.35551 07 07 07.51 +24 40 43.2          18.9 V EX081850
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.38935 07 07 35.02 +24 46 27.5                 EX081673
         K04X51D 5C2004 12 15.39132 07 07 36.18 +24 46 46.5                 EX081673
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + 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.
    850 Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Sewanee.  Observers D. T. Durig, H. R. Wharton.
        0.30-m f/5.86 Schmidt-Cassegrain + 1024 CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 XD51
    Epoch 2004 Dec. 1.0 TT = JDT 2453340.5                  MPC
    M 316.43226              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.70947001     Peri.   54.02153     -0.73527255     -0.66738588
    a   1.2450306      Node    83.79333     +0.57727465     -0.70803183
    e   0.2419130      Incl.    6.82823     +0.35514540     -0.23083981
    P   1.39           H   24.9           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2004 Dec. 14-15.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 XD51                a,e,i = 1.25, 0.24, 7                   q = 0.9438
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 12 11    06 30.85   +15 16.6    0.056    1.038   160.1    18.8    19.7
    2004 12 12    06 37.31   +17 01.7    0.053    1.035   160.3    18.7    19.6
    2004 12 13    06 44.71   +19 00.2    0.050    1.031   160.3    18.8    19.4
    2004 12 14    06 53.26   +21 13.7    0.047    1.028   159.8    19.3    19.3
    2004 12 15    07 03.23   +23 43.7    0.044    1.025   158.8    20.3    19.2
    2004 12 16    07 14.98   +26 31.5    0.041    1.022   157.2    21.9    19.1
    2004 12 17    07 28.96   +29 37.4    0.038    1.019   154.8    24.3    19.0
    2004 12 18    07 45.72   +33 00.3    0.036    1.016   151.6    27.4    19.0
    2004 12 19    08 05.96   +36 36.6    0.034    1.013   147.7    31.3    18.9
    2004 12 20    08 30.48   +40 18.8    0.033    1.010   142.9    35.9    19.0
    2004 12 21    09 00.01   +43 55.1    0.032    1.007   137.5    41.2    19.0
    2004 12 22    09 34.96   +47 08.7    0.031    1.005   131.7    47.0    19.1
    2004 12 23    10 14.94   +49 41.3    0.031    1.002   125.5    53.1    19.3
    2004 12 24    10 58.26   +51 17.2    0.031    0.999   119.2    59.2    19.5
    2004 12 25    11 42.12   +51 49.9    0.032    0.996   113.2    65.1    19.7
    2004 12 26    12 23.49   +51 24.4    0.033    0.994   107.5    70.7    20.0
    2004 12 27    13 00.27   +50 14.1    0.034    0.991   102.2    75.8    20.2
    2004 12 28    13 31.66   +48 34.8    0.036    0.989    97.5    80.4    20.5
    2004 12 29    13 57.87   +46 40.5    0.038    0.986    93.3    84.4    20.7
    2004 12 30    14 19.57   +44 41.2    0.041    0.984    89.7    87.9    21.0
    2004 12 31    14 37.55   +42 43.3    0.043    0.982    86.5    91.0    21.3
    2005 01 01    14 52.54   +40 50.4    0.046    0.979    83.7    93.6    21.5
    2005 01 02    15 05.15   +39 04.3    0.049    0.977    81.3    95.8    21.7
    2005 01 03    15 15.87   +37 25.6    0.052    0.975    79.3    97.8    21.9
    2005 01 04    15 25.06   +35 54.4    0.055    0.973    77.5    99.4    22.1
    2005 01 05    15 33.03   +34 30.3    0.058    0.971    75.9   100.8    22.3
    2005 01 06    15 40.01   +33 12.8    0.061    0.969    74.6   101.9    22.5
    2005 01 07    15 46.16   +32 01.3    0.064    0.967    73.4   102.9    22.6
    2005 01 08    15 51.64   +30 55.2    0.067    0.965    72.4   103.8    22.8
    2005 01 09    15 56.56   +29 54.0    0.070    0.964    71.6   104.4    22.9
    2005 01 10    16 01.00   +28 57.0    0.074    0.962    70.9   105.0    23.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-X81
    

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