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MPEC 2009-F68 : 2009 FS23

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M.P.E.C. 2009-F68                                Issued 2009 Mar. 24, 14:03 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2009 FS23

Observations:
     K09F23S* C2009 03 23.24091 12 10 00.64 -02 03 27.0          19.6   EF068704
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.25268 12 10 11.14 -02 01 48.7          19.7   EF068704
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.26464 12 10 21.79 -02 00 08.1          19.9   EF068704
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.27650 12 10 32.46 -01 58 26.8          20.2   EF068704
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.28836 12 10 43.10 -01 56 48.2          20.5   EF068704
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.94704 12 21 04.52 -00 25 21.4                 EF068J95
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.94897 12 21 06.24 -00 25 05.9                 EF068J95
     K09F23S  C2009 03 23.95093 12 21 08.03 -00 24 49.1          19.3 R EF068J95
     K09F23S 5C2009 03 24.28299 12 26 17.57 +00 21 41.4          19.2 R EF068673
     K09F23S 5C2009 03 24.28530 12 26 19.74 +00 22 00.6                 EF068673
     K09F23S  C2009 03 24.28554 12 26 19.00 +00 22 07.1          20.0 R EF068854
     K09F23S 5C2009 03 24.29565 12 26 28.72 +00 23 25.7                 EF068673
     K09F23S  C2009 03 24.30328 12 26 34.51 +00 24 33.1          19.6 R EF068854
     K09F23S 5C2009 03 24.30382 12 26 35.80 +00 24 33.1                 EF068673
     K09F23S 5C2009 03 24.32442 12 26 54.07 +00 27 24.7                 EF068673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m f/16
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Bezpalko, D. Torres,
    R. Kracke, G. Spitz, J. Kistler.  Measurers J. Stuart, S. Scruggs.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.36-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 FS23                                                Earth MOID = 0.0583 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  31.35346              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34164790     Peri.  354.19982     -0.99861322     -0.05181481
a   2.0265168      Node   182.87986     +0.05259307     -0.97387989
e   0.4800747      Incl.   10.69067     +0.00236857     -0.22107280
P   2.88           H   25.4           G   0.15           U   8
Residuals in seconds of arc
090323 704  0.9+  0.1+    090323 J95  0.0   0.2+    090324 854  0.4+  0.2+
090323 704  0.0   0.5-    090323 J95  0.2-  0.4-    090324 673  0.5-  0.3-
090323 704  1.0-  0.5-    090323 J95  0.2+  0.1+    090324 854  0.1+  0.5-
090323 704  0.2-  1.1+    090324 673  1.0-  0.2+    090324 673  1.9-  0.4-
090323 704  0.3+  0.0     090324 673  1.1+  0.3+    090324 673  1.5+  0.9+

Ephemeris:
2009 FS23                a,e,i = 2.03, 0.48, 11                  q = 1.0536
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 03 20    11 18.67   -09 25.4    0.0595   1.054   166.3    12.9    20.1
2009 03 25    12 37.21   +02 00.7    0.0596   1.057   173.5     6.1    19.9
2009 03 30    13 44.70   +11 36.8    0.0690   1.062   156.7    21.8    20.8
2009 04 04    14 33.12   +17 31.7    0.0846   1.071   146.0    31.4    21.5
2009 04 09    15 05.37   +20 45.4    0.104    1.083   140.1    36.4    22.1

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