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MPEC 2004-S40 : 2004 SA20

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M.P.E.C. 2004-S40                                Issued 2004 Sept. 22, 16:42 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 SA20

Observations:
     K04S20A* C2004 09 21.40570 03 24 56.15 -16 49 11.5          18.9   ES040704
     K04S20A  C2004 09 21.41784 03 24 35.85 -16 48 06.5          18.7   ES040704
     K04S20A  C2004 09 21.43047 03 24 14.76 -16 46 58.2          19.1   ES040704
     K04S20A  C2004 09 21.44236 03 23 55.02 -16 45 54.0          19.5   ES040704
     K04S20A  C2004 09 21.45424 03 23 35.28 -16 44 49.6          19.2   ES040704
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.29826 03 03 13.12 -15 31 58.8          18.4 R ES040H06
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.30126 03 03 09.05 -15 31 43.9          17.6 R ES040H06
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.30424 03 03 04.95 -15 31 31.1          18.4 R ES040H06
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.34196 03 02 14.81 -15 28 26.2          19.1 R ES040651
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.34296 03 02 13.56 -15 28 21.8          19.4 R ES040651
     K04S20A  C2004 09 22.34389 03 02 12.21 -15 28 16.4          19.3 R ES040651

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian 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.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 SA20
Epoch 2004 Sept. 12.0 TT = JDT 2453260.5                MPC
M  11.26057              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29081360     Peri.  147.60295     +0.21497338     +0.97602962
a   2.2562795      Node   134.78547     -0.90591721     +0.21227600
e   0.6883909      Incl.    2.74175     -0.36482935     +0.04801123
P   3.39           H   22.9           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2004 Sept. 21-22.

Ephemeris:
2004 SA20                a,e,i = 2.26, 0.69, 3                   q = 0.7031
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 09 22    03 09.92   -15 55.5    0.068    1.049   130.0    47.1    19.0
2004 09 24    02 32.21   -13 25.8    0.085    1.070   140.9    36.3    19.2
2004 09 26    02 07.50   -11 33.9    0.103    1.092   148.5    28.7    19.4
2004 09 28    01 50.35   -10 10.2    0.122    1.113   154.2    23.1    19.7
2004 09 30    01 37.83   -09 05.9    0.142    1.135   158.5    18.8    19.9
2004 10 02    01 28.31   -08 15.1    0.163    1.157   161.9    15.6    20.1
2004 10 04    01 20.85   -07 33.6    0.184    1.178   164.4    13.2    20.3
2004 10 06    01 14.86   -06 58.9    0.206    1.200   166.1    11.5    20.6
2004 10 08    01 09.96   -06 29.0    0.228    1.222   167.1    10.5    20.8
2004 10 10    01 05.91   -06 02.9    0.250    1.244   167.3    10.2    21.0
2004 10 12    01 02.53   -05 39.4    0.273    1.265   166.8    10.4    21.3
2004 10 14    00 59.69   -05 17.9    0.296    1.287   165.8    10.9    21.5
2004 10 16    00 57.31   -04 58.0    0.320    1.308   164.5    11.7    21.7
2004 10 18    00 55.33   -04 39.2    0.345    1.330   163.0    12.6    22.0
2004 10 20    00 53.68   -04 21.4    0.370    1.351   161.3    13.6    22.2
2004 10 22    00 52.33   -04 04.2    0.396    1.373   159.6    14.6    22.4

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-S40

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