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MPEC 2004-Q25 : 2004 QZ2

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Q25                                Issued 2004 Aug. 22, 15:46 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2004 QZ2

Observations:
     K04Q02Z* C2004 08 20.41053 01 57 24.65 +13 26 55.8          18.9 R EQ025703
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 20.41909 01 57 25.85 +13 27 02.2          19.6 R EQ025703
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 20.42759 01 57 27.03 +13 27 09.2          19.5 R EQ025703
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 20.43610 01 57 28.22 +13 27 15.1          19.6 R EQ025703
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 21.30831 01 59 34.24 +13 38 31.8          19.7 R EQ025651
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 21.31002 01 59 34.47 +13 38 33.1          19.6 R EQ025651
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 21.31175 01 59 34.75 +13 38 34.6          19.6 R EQ025651
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 22.37173 02 02 08.38 +13 52 15.3          18.9 R EQ025H36
     K04Q02Z  C2004 08 22.38177 02 02 09.74 +13 52 25.2          19.8 R EQ025H36
     K04Q02Z 5C2004 08 22.46481 02 02 21.85 +13 53 30.5          19.5 R EQ025673
     K04Q02Z 5C2004 08 22.46690 02 02 22.14 +13 53 32.0                 EQ025673
     K04Q02Z 5C2004 08 22.46898 02 02 22.44 +13 53 33.6                 EQ025673
     K04Q02Z 5C2004 08 22.47106 02 02 22.72 +13 53 35.1                 EQ025673

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers S. Larson, E. Beshore, E. Christensen,
    R. Hill, D. McLean.  Measurer R. Hill.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 QZ2
Epoch 2004 Aug. 3.0 TT = JDT 2453220.5                  MPC
M 318.14325              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36772784     Peri.  216.75578     +0.27566645     -0.96120109
a   1.9295308      Node   217.24545     +0.88582815     +0.25807149
e   0.4339201      Incl.    0.94898     +0.37325124     +0.09742474
P   2.68           H   18.3           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2004 Aug. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2004 QZ2                 a,e,i = 1.93, 0.43, 1                   q = 1.0923
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    02 03.67   +14 00.5    0.678    1.447   116.5    38.7    19.8
2004 09 02    02 29.53   +16 09.8    0.579    1.389   119.6    39.2    19.4
2004 09 12    02 58.79   +18 16.9    0.491    1.333   122.0    39.8    19.0
2004 09 22    03 32.62   +20 16.7    0.415    1.280   123.5    40.8    18.5
2004 10 02    04 12.52   +21 59.4    0.351    1.232   123.9    42.4    18.1
2004 10 12    04 59.57   +23 06.6    0.300    1.188   122.8    44.9    17.8
2004 10 22    05 53.29   +23 12.8    0.263    1.151   120.4    48.2    17.5
2004 11 01    06 50.72   +21 57.6    0.240    1.122   117.1    51.9    17.4
2004 11 11    07 46.36   +19 24.5    0.228    1.102   113.9    55.2    17.3
2004 11 21    08 34.93   +16 07.8    0.227    1.093   111.9    57.0    17.3
2004 12 01    09 13.94   +12 49.5    0.232    1.094   112.1    56.6    17.4
2004 12 11    09 42.88   +10 00.4    0.240    1.106   114.6    54.1    17.4
2004 12 21    10 02.11   +07 57.8    0.250    1.128   119.5    49.3    17.4
2004 12 31    10 12.40   +06 47.7    0.261    1.159   126.9    42.7    17.4
2005 01 10    10 14.46   +06 31.4    0.275    1.198   136.5    34.5    17.3
2005 01 20    10 09.60   +07 03.9    0.294    1.243   147.9    24.9    17.3
2005 01 30    10 00.31   +08 10.4    0.322    1.293   160.5    14.8    17.2
2005 02 09    09 49.59   +09 31.2    0.362    1.346   173.0     5.1    17.2
2005 02 19    09 40.44   +10 46.5    0.417    1.403   172.8     5.1    17.6
2005 03 01    09 34.83   +11 43.2    0.487    1.461   161.6    12.4    18.3
2005 03 11    09 33.31   +12 16.8    0.573    1.520   151.1    18.4    18.9
2005 03 21    09 35.75   +12 27.5    0.672    1.580   141.7    23.0    19.5
2005 03 31    09 41.49   +12 17.8    0.785    1.639   133.2    26.4    20.0
2005 04 10    09 49.81   +11 50.8    0.908    1.698   125.4    28.7    20.5
2005 04 20    10 00.11   +11 09.2    1.042    1.757   118.3    30.2    20.9
2005 04 30    10 11.85   +10 15.5    1.183    1.814   111.5    31.1    21.3
2005 05 10    10 24.65   +09 11.7    1.331    1.870   105.2    31.4    21.6
2005 05 20    10 38.22   +07 59.5    1.485    1.924    99.1    31.3    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q25

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