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    M.P.E.C. 2004-R36                                Issued 2004 Sept. 8, 13:00 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
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                                   2004 RM9

Observations:
     K04R09M* C2004 09 07.34393 01 13 52.11 -22 06 37.3          19.7   ER036704
     K04R09M  C2004 09 07.35498 01 13 52.63 -22 07 31.2          20.0   ER036704
     K04R09M  C2004 09 07.36589 01 13 53.25 -22 08 24.3          19.9   ER036704
     K04R09M  C2004 09 07.37681 01 13 53.80 -22 09 17.4          20.3   ER036704
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.03148 01 14 31.14 -23 01 54.7                 ER036246
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.03237 01 14 31.22 -23 01 58.7                 ER036246
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.03438 01 14 31.31 -23 02 08.3                 ER036246
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.03579 01 14 31.35 -23 02 16.7                 ER036246
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.03663 01 14 31.39 -23 02 18.9                 ER036246
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.40913 01 14 51.84 -23 32 15.0          20.0 R ER036734
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.41512 01 14 52.11 -23 32 42.7          19.9 R ER036734
     K04R09M 5C2004 09 08.41794 01 14 52.66 -23 32 56.6          19.2 R ER036673
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.41801 01 14 52.35 -23 32 56.3          18.9 R ER036H06
     K04R09M 5C2004 09 08.42002 01 14 52.76 -23 33 07.3                 ER036673
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.42368 01 14 52.68 -23 33 24.0          18.8 R ER036H06
     K04R09M 5C2004 09 08.42419 01 14 52.95 -23 33 26.4                 ER036673
     K04R09M 5C2004 09 08.42662 01 14 53.06 -23 33 38.8                 ER036673
     K04R09M  C2004 09 08.42934 01 14 52.95 -23 33 50.9          18.7 R ER036H06

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
    + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  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.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.4-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 RM9
Epoch 2004 Aug. 23.0 TT = JDT 2453240.5                 MPC
M 307.98239              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51651909     Peri.  253.90913     +0.54374453     -0.81429827
a   1.5384326      Node   158.92362     +0.80321171     +0.57508713
e   0.1633444      Incl.   34.39171     -0.24329576     +0.07869634
P   1.91           H   19.6           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2004 Sept. 7-8.

Ephemeris:
2004 RM9                 a,e,i = 1.54, 0.16, 34                  q = 1.2871
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 09 02    01 08.31   -15 04.1    0.442    1.392   144.3    25.0    19.7
2004 09 12    01 18.00   -28 19.5    0.427    1.373   143.2    26.0    19.6
2004 09 22    01 24.40   -40 41.6    0.444    1.354   135.0    31.6    19.8
2004 10 02    01 27.48   -50 18.7    0.484    1.338   124.8    37.9    20.2
2004 10 12    01 27.85   -56 47.7    0.538    1.323   115.7    42.8    20.5
2004 10 22    01 27.18   -60 34.9    0.597    1.311   108.2    46.1    20.8
2004 11 01    01 27.68   -62 18.3    0.654    1.301   102.4    48.2    21.1
2004 11 11    01 30.92   -62 29.2    0.707    1.293    97.9    49.3    21.2
2004 11 21    01 37.73   -61 28.3    0.752    1.289    94.6    49.8    21.4
2004 12 01    01 48.09   -59 29.6    0.790    1.287    92.2    49.9    21.5
2004 12 11    02 01.43   -56 40.5    0.819    1.288    90.7    49.8    21.6
2004 12 21    02 17.29   -53 04.5    0.840    1.293    89.9    49.6    21.6
2004 12 31    02 35.13   -48 44.0    0.856    1.299    89.6    49.2    21.7
2005 01 10    02 54.56   -43 40.4    0.869    1.309    89.7    48.7    21.7
2005 01 20    03 15.36   -37 56.6    0.881    1.321    90.0    48.1    21.7
2005 01 30    03 37.33   -31 39.1    0.896    1.335    90.3    47.5    21.8
2005 02 09    04 00.32   -24 57.7    0.918    1.352    90.3    46.9    21.8
2005 02 19    04 24.27   -18 06.8    0.951    1.370    89.9    46.2    21.9
2005 03 01    04 49.04   -11 23.3    0.995    1.390    88.8    45.5    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-R36

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