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MPEC 2004-Q28 : 2004 QD3

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Q28                                Issued 2004 Aug. 22, 15:53 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.

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                                   2004 QD3

Observations:
     K04Q03D* C2004 08 21.66202 23 21 51.36 -21 52 20.6          19.1 R EQ028E12
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 21.67333 23 21 49.23 -21 52 09.7          19.2 R EQ028E12
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 21.68462 23 21 47.00 -21 52 00.4          19.4 R EQ028E12
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 21.69591 23 21 44.83 -21 51 50.5          19.5 R EQ028E12
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 22.28403 23 19 54.67 -21 43 28.8          20.1 R EQ028651
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 22.28597 23 19 54.28 -21 43 26.9          20.0 R EQ028651
     K04Q03D  C2004 08 22.28756 23 19 53.92 -21 43 24.7          20.3 R EQ028651
     K04Q03D 5C2004 08 22.40556 23 19 30.94 -21 41 39.6          19.5 R EQ028673
     K04Q03D 5C2004 08 22.40903 23 19 30.23 -21 41 36.9                 EQ028673
     K04Q03D 5C2004 08 22.41238 23 19 29.55 -21 41 33.8                 EQ028673
     K04Q03D 5C2004 08 22.41528 23 19 28.96 -21 41 30.9                 EQ028673

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.
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers G. J. Garradd, S. Larson, E. Beshore,
    E. Christensen, R. Hill.  Measurer G. J. Garradd.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 QD3
Epoch 2004 Aug. 3.0 TT = JDT 2453220.5                  MPC
M 256.50678              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58806792     Peri.  114.43112     -0.17196432     -0.97309412
a   1.4109698      Node   343.15391     +0.59671509     +0.02096426
e   0.3112387      Incl.   31.94828     +0.78381080     -0.22945226
P   1.68           H   19.5           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2004 Aug. 21-22.

Ephemeris:
2004 QD3                 a,e,i = 1.41, 0.31, 32                  q = 0.9718
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    23 17.61   -21 32.4    0.560    1.551   160.7    12.4    19.9
2004 09 02    22 41.37   -18 13.9    0.508    1.511   169.6     6.9    19.4
2004 09 12    22 01.56   -13 29.5    0.487    1.469   158.2    14.7    19.6
2004 09 22    21 25.65   -07 56.5    0.496    1.426   141.4    26.0    19.9
2004 10 02    20 58.70   -02 29.0    0.530    1.380   126.0    35.9    20.3
2004 10 12    20 41.54   +02 23.2    0.577    1.334   113.0    43.5    20.6
2004 10 22    20 32.82   +06 38.8    0.630    1.287   102.4    49.1    20.9
2004 11 01    20 30.57   +10 29.0    0.680    1.239    93.7    53.0    21.1
2004 11 11    20 33.13   +14 05.2    0.725    1.192    86.7    56.0    21.2
2004 11 21    20 39.38   +17 37.5    0.759    1.147    81.0    58.3    21.3
2004 12 01    20 48.51   +21 13.3    0.780    1.104    76.4    60.2    21.3
2004 12 11    21 00.11   +24 57.3    0.786    1.065    73.0    62.1    21.3
2004 12 21    21 14.21   +28 53.9    0.777    1.031    70.6    64.1    21.3
2004 12 31    21 31.14   +33 05.9    0.752    1.004    69.2    66.3    21.2
2005 01 10    21 52.02   +37 35.3    0.713    0.984    68.8    68.7    21.1
2005 01 20    22 19.07   +42 23.6    0.661    0.974    69.4    71.1    21.0
2005 01 30    22 56.51   +47 25.9    0.600    0.973    71.0    73.3    20.9
2005 02 09    23 52.25   +52 16.6    0.535    0.981    73.7    74.8    20.7
2005 02 19    01 17.10   +55 28.5    0.476    0.999    77.4    74.9    20.5
2005 03 01    03 08.70   +53 52.0    0.432    1.025    82.1    73.2    20.3
2005 03 11    04 53.10   +45 21.8    0.417    1.058    87.1    69.7    20.2
2005 03 21    06 07.41   +32 48.0    0.438    1.096    91.2    65.3    20.2
2005 03 31    06 57.82   +20 29.0    0.492    1.138    93.2    61.2    20.4
2005 04 10    07 34.55   +10 25.1    0.572    1.183    93.5    57.7    20.7
2005 04 20    08 03.93   +02 39.9    0.667    1.230    92.5    54.7    21.1
2005 04 30    08 29.28   -03 19.2    0.770    1.277    90.9    52.1    21.4
2005 05 10    08 52.47   -08 04.5    0.878    1.325    88.8    49.7    21.7
2005 05 20    09 14.58   -12 00.2    0.987    1.371    86.6    47.4    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q28

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