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MPEC 2009-F69 : 2009 FT23

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M.P.E.C. 2009-F69                                Issued 2009 Mar. 24, 14:08 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 FT23

Observations:
     K09F23T* C2009 03 23.29425 13 16 35.63 +02 53 39.4          18.7   EF069704
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.30610 13 16 53.50 +03 00 59.9          19.3   EF069704
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.31811 13 17 11.81 +03 08 30.0          19.7   EF069704
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.33037 13 17 30.50 +03 16 11.9          19.1   EF069704
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.93527713 38 58.87 +11 07 48.0          18.0 R EF069J95
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.94185813 39 15.81 +11 14 10.3                 EF069J95
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.94268613 39 17.95 +11 14 58.6                 EF069J95
     K09F23T  C2009 03 23.94350713 39 20.09 +11 15 46.3          17.7 R EF069J95
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.03730 13 43 32.26 +12 49 35.9          18.1 C EF069J41
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.05033 13 44 08.58 +13 03 08.6          17.6 C EF069J41
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.05652 13 44 25.94 +13 09 36.9          18.5 C EF069J41
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.06266 13 44 43.28 +13 16 04.8          18.0 C EF069J41
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.31149 13 58 41.90 +18 04 46.4          17.6 R EF069854
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.31287 13 58 46.80 +18 06 31.4          17.6 R EF069854
     K09F23T  C2009 03 24.31426 13 58 51.74 +18 08 16.6          17.6 R EF069854
     K09F23T 5C2009 03 24.35297 14 01 15.22 +18 57 06.5          18.3 R EF069673
     K09F23T 5C2009 03 24.39366 14 03 47.90 +19 50 13.3                 EF069673
     K09F23T 5C2009 03 24.39444 14 03 50.96 +19 51 16.4                 EF069673
     K09F23T 5C2009 03 24.39983 14 04 11.61 +19 58 21.8                 EF069673
     K09F23T 5C2009 03 24.40950 14 04 49.03 +20 11 13.2                 EF069673

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.
J41 Raheny.  Observer D. Grennan.  0.36-m f/4.6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2009 FT23                                                Earth MOID = 0.0117 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  18.91510              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75123812     Peri.   98.42903     +0.17756687     +0.98408794
a   1.1984437      Node   181.83620     -0.96309714     +0.17243572
e   0.4456571      Incl.   11.51790     -0.20227188     +0.04285852
P   1.31           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
090323 704  0.2-  0.3-    090323 J95  0.0   0.0     090324 854  0.8+  1.4+
090323 704  0.2-  0.0     090324 J41  0.7+  0.3+    090324 673  0.0   1.2-
090323 704  1.1+  0.4+    090324 J41  0.2+  0.0     090324 673  0.9-  0.3-
090323 704  0.4+  0.4-    090324 J41  0.5-  0.5-    090324 673  0.2+  1.0+
090323 J95  0.2+  0.2-    090324 J41  0.8-  0.2+    090324 673  0.3-  1.4-
090323 J95  0.3-  0.0     090324 854  0.7+  0.2+    090324 673  0.2+  0.8-
090323 J95  0.3-  0.1+    090324 854  0.8+  1.2+

Ephemeris:
2009 FT23                a,e,i = 1.20, 0.45, 12                  q = 0.6643
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 03 20    12 34.88   -12 30.1    0.0494   1.043   164.3    15.0    20.3
2009 03 21    12 41.85   -10 01.1    0.0409   1.036   165.9    13.5    19.8
2009 03 22    12 52.21   -06 12.5    0.0325   1.028   166.9    12.7    19.3
2009 03 23    13 09.20   +00 11.7    0.0245   1.020   164.8    14.8    18.7
2009 03 24    13 41.63   +12 16.4    0.0173   1.013   154.0    25.6    18.3
2009 03 25    15 00.47   +35 28.1    0.0125   1.005   126.6    52.9    18.3
2009 03 26    18 27.40   +56 15.3    0.0131   0.997    87.2    92.1    19.7
2009 03 27    21 24.99   +51 34.9    0.0184   0.989    61.5   117.5    21.9
2009 03 28    22 28.98   +44 20.4    0.0258   0.981    48.9   130.0    23.6
2009 03 29    22 56.86   +39 38.0    0.0338   0.974    42.1   136.6    24.9
2009 03 30    23 12.05   +36 33.7    0.0422   0.966    37.9   140.5    25.9

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2009 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2009-F69

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