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    M.P.E.C. 2008-Y09                                Issued 2008 Dec. 19, 19:21 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2004 KT
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2004-K17
    
    Additional Observations:
         K04K00T  C2008 12 18.87296 21 53 13.19 +34 17 00.1          19.7 C EY009493
         K04K00T  C2008 12 18.88052 21 53 14.30 +34 16 49.5          20.1 C EY009493
         K04K00T  C2008 12 18.88582 21 53 15.02 +34 16 41.9          20.1 C EY009493
         K04K00T  C2008 12 19.77432 21 55 24.56 +33 56 17.4          20.0 C EY009493
         K04K00T  C2008 12 19.78010 21 55 25.38 +33 56 09.3          20.0 C EY009493
         K04K00T  C2008 12 19.78589 21 55 26.22 +33 56 01.1          20.1 C EY009493
    
    Observer details:
    493 Calar Alto.  Observer F. Hormuth.  1.23-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 KT                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1855 AU
    Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
    M 319.61489              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.39044470     Peri.  238.40301     -0.59806335     -0.40710570
    a   1.8539429      Node   268.08573     +0.73334203     -0.62546427
    e   0.6636341      Incl.   43.68847     -0.32331052     -0.66562707
    P   2.52           H   18.0           G   0.15           U   2
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    040516 E12  0.2+  0.8-    040523 926  0.2-  0.2+    040712 413  0.0   0.1+
    040516 E12  0.8-  0.4+    040528 926  0.0   0.1-    040713 413  0.2-  0.1-
    040516 E12  0.2-  0.4-    040528 926  0.2-  0.1+    040713 413  0.2-  0.2-
    040516 E12  0.8-  1.3+    040528 926  0.1-  0.4+    040714 413  0.5-  0.3+
    040516 E12  0.1-  0.1+    040530 413  0.1+  0.1-    040714 413  0.0   0.1-
    040516 E12  0.3+  0.0     040530 413  0.2+  0.2-    040715 413  0.2-  0.1+
    040516 E12  0.3+  0.0     040531 413  0.1+  0.1-    040715 413  0.3-  0.1-
    040516 E12  0.1+  0.0     040531 413  0.1+  0.1-    040719 413  0.1-  0.0
    040517 428  0.5-  0.1+    040607 413  0.0   0.1+    040719 413  0.0   0.1+
    040517 428  1.0-  0.1+    040607 413  0.0   0.0     040720 413  0.0   0.1-
    040517 428  0.1+  0.1-    040607 413  0.1+  0.0     040720 413  0.1+  0.0
    040517 428  0.6+  0.2-    040610 926  0.2+  0.4+    040903 413  0.8+  0.4-
    040518 651  0.2+  0.7-    040610 926  0.1+  0.0     081218 493  0.1+  0.1+
    040518 651  0.6-  0.2-    040610 926  0.3-  0.1+    081218 493  0.4+  0.1+
    040518 651  0.5-  0.6+    040614 926  0.1+  0.3+    081218 493  0.1-  0.1-
    040518 E12  0.5+  0.4+    040614 926  0.2+  0.3+    081219 493  0.0   0.0
    040523 926  0.3+  0.2-    040614 926  0.0   0.1+    081219 493  0.2-  0.0
    040523 926  0.0   0.2-    040712 413  0.0   0.0     081219 493  0.1-  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 KT                  a,e,i = 1.85, 0.66, 44                  q = 0.6236
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2008 12 20    21 55.96   +33 51.1    1.139    1.389    81.4    44.5    20.7
    2008 12 30    22 22.02   +30 00.7    1.101    1.283    75.8    48.0    20.6
    2009 01 09    22 50.98   +26 03.3    1.060    1.174    70.0    51.9    20.4
    2009 01 19    23 22.45   +21 46.1    1.016    1.063    64.2    56.4    20.2
    2009 01 29    23 55.86   +16 51.7    0.968    0.951    58.3    61.7    20.0
    2009 02 08    00 30.20   +10 57.5    0.917    0.842    52.4    68.0    19.8
    2009 02 18    01 03.56   +03 37.8    0.864    0.744    46.8    75.5    19.7
    2009 02 28    01 32.78   -05 24.4    0.811    0.667    42.0    83.6    19.6
    2009 03 10    01 53.12   -15 53.4    0.762    0.627    39.1    90.8    19.6
    2009 03 20    01 59.74   -26 35.3    0.720    0.634    39.4    94.4    19.7
    2009 03 30    01 50.98   -35 50.9    0.684    0.688    43.4    93.5    19.7
    2009 04 09    01 29.01   -42 51.1    0.646    0.773    50.5    89.3    19.6
    2009 04 19    00 56.65   -47 51.7    0.601    0.876    60.0    83.5    19.5
    2009 04 29    00 13.40   -51 35.9    0.547    0.986    71.9    76.2    19.3
    2009 05 09    23 12.62   -54 23.6    0.490    1.098    86.9    66.7    19.0
    2009 05 19    21 44.69   -55 07.5    0.440    1.209   105.8    53.6    18.6
    2009 05 29    19 57.78   -50 46.8    0.415    1.317   129.3    36.5    18.2
    2009 06 08    18 28.88   -40 40.6    0.435    1.421   154.8    17.7    17.9
    2009 06 18    17 33.74   -29 27.8    0.507    1.521   173.4     4.4    17.8
    2009 06 28    17 03.11   -20 47.9    0.624    1.618   160.3    12.2    18.8
    2009 07 08    16 47.19   -15 03.5    0.771    1.710   145.8    19.5    19.6
    2009 07 18    16 40.10   -11 27.4    0.939    1.798   133.7    24.1    20.3
    2009 07 28    16 38.66   -09 14.9    1.121    1.883   123.5    26.7    20.8
    2009 08 07    16 41.05   -07 55.2    1.312    1.963   114.5    28.0    21.3
    2009 08 17    16 46.13   -07 08.8    1.510    2.040   106.3    28.4    21.7
    2009 08 27    16 53.23   -06 43.2    1.711    2.114    98.7    28.2    22.0
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2008 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2008-Y09
    

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