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MPEC 2004-V18 : 2004 VW

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M.P.E.C. 2004-V18                                Issued 2004 Nov. 4, 23:36 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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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2004 VW

Observations:
     K04V00W* C2004 11 04.20828 23 13 25.50 +12 19 36.2          18.1 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.21790 23 13 16.15 +12 17 07.4          18.0 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.22757 23 13 06.59 +12 14 38.0          18.0 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.23721 23 12 57.13 +12 12 08.7          18.1 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.25755 23 12 37.05 +12 06 50.4          17.9 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.26799 23 12 26.88 +12 04 06.6          18.5 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.28889 23 12 06.44 +11 58 36.6          18.2 R EV018703
     K04V00W 2C2004 11 04.31722 23 11 38.39 +11 51 06.2          18.6 R EV018H06
     K04V00W 2C2004 11 04.32118 23 11 34.57 +11 50 03.4          18.7 R EV018H06
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33240 23 11 24.30 +11 47 03.4          18.1 R EV018854
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33407 23 11 22.50 +11 46 38.8          17.8 R EV018854
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33494 23 11 21.55 +11 46 26.6          17.9 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33546 23 11 20.97 +11 46 17.9          18.1 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33598 23 11 20.42 +11 46 09.2          18.1 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.33651 23 11 19.91 +11 46 01.0          18.3 R EV018703
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.82191 23 03 29.28 +09 30 50.0          19.0 R EV018J95
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.82621 23 03 24.80 +09 29 35.1          19.1 R EV018J95
     K04V00W  C2004 11 04.85082 23 02 58.36 +09 22 21.5          18.7 R EV018J95

Observer details:
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.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 VW
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
M  17.46320              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53805868     Peri.  257.82114     -0.50701670     -0.84860928
a   1.4970959      Node   223.73475     +0.85109013     -0.46519468
e   0.5119600      Incl.   12.61508     +0.13630719     -0.25190512
P   1.83           H   22.9           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
041104 703  0.4-  0.5-    041104 703  0.4+  0.9-    041104 703  0.0   0.3-
041104 703  1.1+  0.4-    041104 H06  0.2-  0.7+    041104 703  0.7-  0.7-
041104 703  0.2+  0.2+    041104 H06  0.1+  0.9+    041104 703  0.6-  0.4-
041104 703  0.3+  0.9+    041104 854 (5.2+  3.9-)   041104 J95  1.0-  0.2+
041104 703  1.3-  0.2+    041104 854 (2.6+  1.9-)   041104 J95  0.8+  0.5+
041104 703  0.2-  0.1+    041104 703  1.1+  0.1+    041104 J95  0.2+  0.6-

Ephemeris:
2004 VW                  a,e,i = 1.50, 0.51, 13                  q = 0.7306
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 11 01    23 52.74   +22 19.4    0.080    1.057   142.9    34.4    19.0
2004 11 02    23 42.44   +19 53.2    0.073    1.049   139.8    37.6    18.8
2004 11 03    23 30.53   +16 53.9    0.066    1.041   136.0    41.4    18.7
2004 11 04    23 16.66   +13 12.9    0.060    1.032   131.4    46.1    18.6
2004 11 05    23 00.39   +08 39.9    0.054    1.024   125.6    51.9    18.5
2004 11 06    22 41.23   +03 05.2    0.049    1.016   118.6    58.9    18.5
2004 11 07    22 18.61   -03 36.5    0.046    1.008   110.2    67.4    18.6
2004 11 08    21 52.04   -11 18.3    0.043    0.999   100.4    77.1    18.7
2004 11 09    21 21.23   -19 33.6    0.042    0.991    89.7    87.8    19.1
2004 11 10    20 46.39   -27 37.0    0.042    0.983    78.9    98.7    19.5
2004 11 11    20 08.49   -34 40.6    0.044    0.975    68.6   109.0    20.2

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V18

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