MPEC 2004-Q37 : 2004 QO5

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Q37                                Issued 2004 Aug. 23, 15:46 UT

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                                   2004 QO5

Observations:
     K04Q05O*tC2004 08 20.40237 21 46 36.01 -05 23 34.7          18   V EQ037691
     K04Q05O tC2004 08 20.42740 21 46 55.57 -05 26 15.6                 EQ037691
     K04Q05O  C2004 08 21.27320 21 59 32.11 -07 03 16.9          19.8 R EQ037651
     K04Q05O  C2004 08 21.27431 21 59 33.12 -07 03 24.3          20.3 R EQ037651
     K04Q05O  C2004 08 21.27530 21 59 33.95 -07 03 31.7          19.9 R EQ037651
     K04Q05O tC2004 08 23.32173 22 38 22.18 -11 52 12.3          19.8 V EQ037691
     K04Q05O tC2004 08 23.32439 22 38 25.73 -11 52 39.0          19.5 V EQ037691

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observers A. S. Descour, R. S. McMillan,
    S. F. Hoenig, M. Block.  Measurer M. Block.  0.9-m f/3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 QO5
Epoch 2004 Aug. 3.0 TT = JDT 2453220.5                  MPC
M 342.06998              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36761911     Peri.  213.83713     +0.99435388     -0.07140423
a   1.9299112      Node   149.96208     +0.09005451     +0.95911566
e   0.4835361      Incl.    9.02205     -0.05612975     +0.27385868
P   2.68           H   26.2           G   0.15
From 7 observations 2004 Aug. 20-23.

Ephemeris:
2004 QO5                 a,e,i = 1.93, 0.48, 9                   q = 0.9967
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    22 31.30   -10 59.2    0.043    1.054   174.5     5.3    19.9
2004 08 24    22 54.51   -13 41.7    0.040    1.050   169.4    10.2    19.9
2004 08 25    23 21.82   -16 37.9    0.037    1.046   163.0    16.4    20.0
2004 08 26    23 53.37   -19 38.7    0.035    1.043   155.7    23.5    20.1
2004 08 27    00 28.74   -22 29.8    0.034    1.039   147.6    31.4    20.3
2004 08 28    01 06.68   -24 54.8    0.034    1.036   139.2    39.6    20.5
2004 08 29    01 45.27   -26 41.0    0.035    1.033   131.0    47.6    20.8
2004 08 30    02 22.39   -27 44.2    0.036    1.030   123.3    55.0    21.1
2004 08 31    02 56.34   -28 08.8    0.038    1.027   116.4    61.6    21.4
2004 09 01    03 26.25   -28 04.5    0.041    1.024   110.5    67.3    21.7
2004 09 02    03 51.96   -27 41.2    0.044    1.022   105.5    72.2    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q37

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