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MPEC 2004-V08 : 2004 VB

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M.P.E.C. 2004-V08                                Issued 2004 Nov. 2, 12:31 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 VB

Observations:
     K04V00B* C2004 11 01.35966 02 56 43.63 +00 08 05.9          17.9 R EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 01.37426 02 56 41.71 +00 08 21.6                 EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 01.38885 02 56 39.83 +00 08 39.6                 EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 01.40343 02 56 37.88 +00 08 57.5                 EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.16464 02 55 10.48 +00 24 22.9          17.7 R EV008854
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.16752 02 55 10.04 +00 24 25.8          18.0 R EV008854
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.17039 02 55 09.72 +00 24 29.6          18.0 R EV008854
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.21337 02 55 04.02 +00 25 21.3          17.0 R EV008673
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.21510 02 55 03.79 +00 25 23.5                 EV008673
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.22378 02 55 02.57 +00 25 35.3                 EV008673
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.22552 02 55 02.33 +00 25 36.9                 EV008673
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.23420 02 55 01.02 +00 25 48.0                 EV008673
     K04V00B 5C2004 11 02.23594 02 55 00.92 +00 25 49.7                 EV008673
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.32880 02 54 47.58 +00 27 48.1          17.8 R EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.33337 02 54 47.22 +00 27 56.3          18.4 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.33578 02 54 46.92 +00 27 57.4          17.8 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.33818 02 54 46.56 +00 28 01.4          17.8 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.34059 02 54 46.20 +00 28 04.2          17.7 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.34301 02 54 45.84 +00 28 07.3          18.4 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.34542 02 54 45.56 +00 28 10.3          17.8 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.34666 02 54 45.01 +00 28 11.6                 EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.34782 02 54 45.24 +00 28 13.2          18.1 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.35023 02 54 44.87 +00 28 16.2          17.9 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.35264 02 54 44.48 +00 28 19.3          18.1 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.35509 02 54 44.17 +00 28 21.8          18.3 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.35750 02 54 43.77 +00 28 25.9          18.0 R EV008G72
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.36451 02 54 42.49 +00 28 33.9                 EV008699
     K04V00B  C2004 11 02.38238 02 54 39.87 +00 28 57.5                 EV008699

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  Measurers B. W. Koehn,
    B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G72 University Hills.  Observer J. Foster.  0.33-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 VB                                                              PHA 0.045
Epoch 2004 Oct. 22.0 TT = JDT 2453300.5                 MPC
M 311.22685              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58048357     Peri.   70.81911     -0.54264467     -0.82716661
a   1.4232333      Node    52.91778     +0.68536200     -0.53654985
e   0.3847119      Incl.   10.54917     +0.48560859     -0.16706186
P   1.70           H   21.0           G   0.15
From 28 observations 2004 Nov. 1-2.

Ephemeris:
2004 VB                  a,e,i = 1.42, 0.38, 11                  q = 0.8757
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 11 01    02 57.42   +00 01.7    0.185    1.171   163.6    13.8    18.5
2004 11 06    02 45.93   +02 02.1    0.154    1.141   166.0    12.1    17.9
2004 11 11    02 28.84   +05 15.8    0.125    1.111   164.9    13.5    17.5
2004 11 16    02 02.93   +10 26.1    0.100    1.083   158.2    19.8    17.2
2004 11 21    01 21.76   +18 33.6    0.079    1.054   145.8    31.8    17.0
2004 11 26    00 12.64   +29 58.8    0.065    1.027   126.7    50.4    17.0
2004 12 01    22 22.29   +40 38.1    0.062    1.001   102.7    73.9    17.5
2004 12 06    20 18.16   +43 21.1    0.069    0.977    81.2    94.8    18.5
2004 12 11    18 50.47   +39 55.9    0.085    0.955    66.9   108.4    19.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-V08

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