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MPEC 2004-V17 : 2004 VV

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M.P.E.C. 2004-V17                                Issued 2004 Nov. 4, 23:30 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.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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                                    2004 VV

Observations:
     K04V00V* C2004 11 03.09902 17 56 56.15 +32 24 57.9          18.1 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 03.10548 17 56 56.91 +32 25 15.3          18.1 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 03.11190 17 56 57.50 +32 25 31.1          17.9 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 03.11833 17 56 58.28 +32 25 47.8          18.5 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.07123 17 58 43.91 +33 07 22.9          19.5 R EV017448
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.07632 17 58 44.45 +33 07 36.1          19.4 R EV017448
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.08533 17 58 45.48 +33 07 59.4          19.5 R EV017448
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.09985 17 58 47.05 +33 08 35.1          18.5 R EV017854
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.10264 17 58 47.24 +33 08 42.9          18.3 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.10561 17 58 47.72 +33 08 50.7          18.5 R EV017854
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.10975 17 58 48.00 +33 09 01.9          18.5 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.11136 17 58 48.25 +33 09 05.0          18.5 R EV017854
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.11683 17 58 48.71 +33 09 19.5          18.1 R EV017703
     K04V00V  C2004 11 04.12392 17 58 49.54 +33 09 38.0          18.3 R EV017703
     K04V00V bC2004 11 04.83219 18 00 07.01 +33 39 33.1          18.8 R EV017J95
     K04V00V bC2004 11 04.83734 18 00 07.68 +33 39 44.9          18.6 R EV017J95

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer E. J. Christensen.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
    R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 VV
Epoch 2004 Oct. 22.0 TT = JDT 2453300.5                 MPC
M  13.23118              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49104042     Peri.  353.29564     +0.92696258     +0.30379604
a   1.5911992      Node   342.95814     -0.29978580     +0.24710831
e   0.4812025      Incl.   48.68121     -0.22554122     +0.92013339
P   2.01           H   17.4           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2004 Nov. 3-4.

Ephemeris:
2004 VV                  a,e,i = 1.59, 0.48, 49                  q = 0.8255
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 11 01    17 52.96   +30 48.3    0.642    0.951    67.2    74.2    18.9
2004 11 11    18 10.87   +37 34.7    0.741    1.015    70.1    66.5    19.1
2004 11 21    18 27.69   +42 47.7    0.828    1.085    72.8    60.4    19.3
2004 12 01    18 45.42   +47 17.0    0.903    1.159    75.6    55.5    19.5
2004 12 11    19 05.65   +51 30.9    0.965    1.234    78.5    51.5    19.7
2004 12 21    19 29.89   +55 46.1    1.018    1.308    81.6    48.1    19.8
2004 12 31    20 00.04   +60 08.3    1.065    1.382    84.8    45.1    20.0
2005 01 10    20 39.23   +64 33.6    1.110    1.453    87.7    42.5    20.1
2005 01 20    21 32.37   +68 46.7    1.159    1.523    90.2    40.3    20.2
2005 01 30    22 45.95   +72 13.6    1.214    1.590    92.0    38.3    20.4
2005 02 09    00 21.99   +74 03.2    1.280    1.654    92.8    36.6    20.5
2005 02 19    02 04.94   +73 36.1    1.358    1.716    92.6    35.1    20.7
2005 03 01    03 31.63   +71 09.0    1.451    1.774    91.2    33.9    20.9
2005 03 11    04 36.10   +67 34.0    1.556    1.830    88.9    32.9    21.1
2005 03 21    05 24.00   +63 33.3    1.674    1.883    85.7    31.8    21.2
2005 03 31    06 01.28   +59 29.7    1.802    1.933    81.8    30.8    21.4
2005 04 10    06 31.87   +55 33.8    1.938    1.979    77.5    29.6    21.6
2005 04 20    06 58.10   +51 49.8    2.079    2.023    72.8    28.3    21.8
2005 04 30    07 21.34   +48 18.8    2.222    2.065    67.8    26.9    21.9
2005 05 10    07 42.45   +44 59.9    2.365    2.103    62.7    25.3    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V17

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