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    M.P.E.C. 2004-C60                                Issued 2004 Feb. 15, 10:38 UT

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                                   2004 CE39

Observations:
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.31065 11 06 01.02 -03 32 47.0          19.2   EC060644
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.36089 11 05 59.02 -03 29 43.1          19.2   EC060644
     K04C39E* C2004 02 14.39880 11 05 57.23 -03 27 24.3          19.1 R EC060699
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.40595 11 05 57.18 -03 26 56.8          19.0   EC060644
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.42920 11 05 55.99 -03 25 31.7                 EC060699
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.44123 11 05 55.60 -03 24 47.2                 EC060699
     K04C39E  C2004 02 14.45334 11 05 55.07 -03 24 02.7                 EC060699
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.05883 11 05 39.57 -02 45 37.6                 EC060143
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.06533 11 05 39.33 -02 45 11.2          19.6 R EC060143
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.07224 11 05 38.97 -02 44 45.5          19.4 R EC060143
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.38110 11 05 29.48 -02 24 09.6          19.6 R EC060H36
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.38507 11 05 29.50 -02 23 53.6          19.8 R EC060H36
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.38852 11 05 29.30 -02 23 41.9          18.7 R EC060H36
     K04C39E  C2004 02 15.39218 11 05 29.19 -02 23 28.2          19.8 R EC060H36

Observer details:
143 Gnosca.  Observer S. Sposetti.  0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 CE39
Epoch 2004 Feb. 5.0 TT = JDT 2453040.5                  MPC
M 258.25806              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.94747000     Peri.  126.26456     +0.18570625     +0.97334180
a   1.0266579      Node   153.46324     -0.97016785     +0.20335406
e   0.3684519      Incl.   17.53492     -0.15584457     -0.10607953
P   1.04           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2004 Feb. 14-15.

Ephemeris:
2004 CE39                a,e,i = 1.03, 0.37, 18                  q = 0.6484
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 02 15    11 05.69   -02 48.9    0.194    1.168   155.7    20.4    20.2
2004 02 16    11 05.18   -01 40.9    0.187    1.162   157.5    19.0    20.0
2004 02 17    11 04.58   -00 26.4    0.179    1.157   159.4    17.5    19.9
2004 02 18    11 03.88   +00 55.1    0.171    1.152   161.3    16.0    19.7
2004 02 19    11 03.07   +02 24.5    0.164    1.147   163.3    14.3    19.6
2004 02 20    11 02.15   +04 02.4    0.157    1.141   165.4    12.6    19.4
2004 02 21    11 01.11   +05 49.8    0.150    1.136   167.4    10.9    19.2
2004 02 22    10 59.92   +07 47.5    0.144    1.131   169.4     9.3    19.1
2004 02 23    10 58.58   +09 56.4    0.137    1.125   171.1     7.9    18.9
2004 02 24    10 57.07   +12 17.6    0.131    1.119   172.0     7.1    18.8
2004 02 25    10 55.36   +14 52.1    0.125    1.114   171.7     7.3    18.7
2004 02 26    10 53.42   +17 40.7    0.120    1.108   170.1     8.8    18.6
2004 02 27    10 51.23   +20 44.2    0.115    1.103   167.5    11.2    18.6
2004 02 28    10 48.72   +24 03.1    0.110    1.097   164.2    14.3    18.6
2004 02 29    10 45.86   +27 37.7    0.106    1.091   160.3    17.8    18.6
2004 03 01    10 42.56   +31 27.5    0.102    1.085   156.1    21.8    18.7
2004 03 02    10 38.74   +35 31.7    0.099    1.079   151.5    26.0    18.7
2004 03 03    10 34.26   +39 48.4    0.097    1.073   146.6    30.5    18.8
2004 03 04    10 28.96   +44 15.1    0.095    1.068   141.6    35.3    18.9
2004 03 05    10 22.59   +48 48.4    0.094    1.062   136.3    40.2    19.0
2004 03 06    10 14.83   +53 24.4    0.093    1.055   131.0    45.1    19.1
2004 03 07    10 05.18   +57 58.4    0.093    1.049   125.7    50.1    19.2
2004 03 08    09 52.92   +62 25.6    0.094    1.043   120.5    55.1    19.4
2004 03 09    09 36.89   +66 41.0    0.095    1.037   115.3    59.9    19.5
2004 03 10    09 15.3    +70 38.8    0.097    1.031   110.4    64.6    19.7
2004 03 11    08 45.4    +74 12.7    0.099    1.025   105.6    69.0    19.9
2004 03 12    08 02.9    +77 13.4    0.102    1.018   101.1    73.2    20.0
2004 03 13    07 03.3    +79 27.6    0.105    1.012    96.9    77.2    20.2
2004 03 14    05 47.0    +80 39.2    0.109    1.006    92.9    80.9    20.4
2004 03 15    04 26.7    +80 40.7    0.113    0.999    89.1    84.3    20.6
2004 03 16    03 19.1    +79 44.9    0.118    0.993    85.7    87.6    20.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-C60

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