MPEC 2004-A46 : 2004 AM

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M.P.E.C. 2004-A46                                Issued 2004 Jan. 13, 15:30 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                    2004 AM

Observations:
     K04A00M* C2004 01 12.28867 08 24 50.88 +00 43 30.8          19.9   EA046644
     K04A00M  C2004 01 12.30971 08 24 46.76 +00 42 47.7          19.5   EA046644
     K04A00M  C2004 01 12.33080 08 24 42.59 +00 42 04.6          20.2   EA046644
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.17786 08 21 59.64 +00 13 22.8          19.9 R EA046649
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.18142 08 21 58.93 +00 13 15.9          19.9 R EA046649
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.18496 08 21 58.23 +00 13 08.7          20.2 R EA046649
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.36145 08 21 23.76 +00 07 14.8          20.1 R EA046448
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.37112 08 21 21.87 +00 06 54.6          20.6 R EA046448
     K04A00M  C2004 01 13.38004 08 21 19.93 +00 06 37.5          20.6 R EA046448
     K04A00M 3C2004 01 13.44514 08 21 07.21 +00 04 26.8          19.7 R EA046290
     K04A00M 3C2004 01 13.44714 08 21 06.81 +00 04 22.7          19.4 R EA046290
     K04A00M 3C2004 01 13.45079 08 21 06.11 +00 04 15.2          19.4 R EA046290
     K04A00M 3C2004 01 13.45424 08 21 05.41 +00 04 08.4          19.6 R EA046290

Observer details:
290 Mt. Graham.  Observer W. Ryan.  1.8-m f/9.0 reflector + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers M. Glaze, R. Trentman, J. Wright,
    K. Colville.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 AM
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M  73.53972              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49546460     Peri.   81.38613     +0.74649343     -0.22731198
a   1.5817128      Node   289.66705     -0.16233002     +0.84922627
e   0.2472954      Incl.   41.61349     +0.64528794     +0.47659627
P   1.99           H   19.3           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2004 Jan. 12-13.

Ephemeris:
2004 AM                  a,e,i = 1.58, 0.25, 42                  q = 1.1906
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 01 06    08 44.79   +04 27.6    0.672    1.600   149.8    18.0    20.4
2004 01 16    08 12.95   -01 18.6    0.682    1.633   156.8    13.7    20.3
2004 01 26    07 42.74   -05 53.4    0.728    1.665   152.5    15.8    20.6
2004 02 05    07 18.24   -08 58.4    0.805    1.696   142.3    20.8    21.0
2004 02 15    07 01.15   -10 45.9    0.904    1.725   131.5    25.4    21.4
2004 02 25    06 51.23   -11 39.2    1.017    1.753   121.7    28.7    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-A46

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