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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F10                                Issued 2004 Mar. 16, 22:09 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.
    
             Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2004 FA
    
    Observations:
         K04F00A* C2004 03 16.22200 10 54 16.68 -04 41 08.3          18.6 V EF010691
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.24785 10 54 19.06 -04 39 35.9          18.7 V EF010691
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.27549 10 54 21.59 -04 37 55.8          18.6 V EF010691
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.30825 10 54 24.55 -04 35 56.7          18.7 R EF010854
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.30935 10 54 24.62 -04 35 53.6          19.1 R EF010854
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.31045 10 54 24.73 -04 35 48.3          18.5 R EF010854
         K04F00A 5C2004 03 16.36910 10 54 31.04 -04 32 14.9          18.5 R EF010673
         K04F00A 5C2004 03 16.37049 10 54 31.19 -04 32 09.9                 EF010673
         K04F00A 5C2004 03 16.37396 10 54 31.51 -04 31 57.2                 EF010673
         K04F00A 5C2004 03 16.37685 10 54 31.83 -04 31 46.8                 EF010673
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.84892 10 55 43.33 -04 01 26.8          18.3 R EF010587
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85148 10 55 43.10 -04 01 21.1                 EF010246
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85213 10 55 43.71 -04 01 13.5          18.2 R EF010587
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85287 10 55 43.26 -04 01 15.5                 EF010246
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85441 10 55 43.47 -04 01 08.5                 EF010246
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85530 10 55 43.57 -04 01 05.5                 EF010246
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.85534 10 55 44.07 -04 01 00.9                 EF010587
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.90010 10 55 49.31 -03 57 59.7          18.8 V EF010151
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.90176 10 55 49.53 -03 57 52.6          18.7 V EF010151
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.90232 10 55 49.59 -03 57 50.4          18.7 V EF010151
         K04F00A  C2004 03 16.90262 10 55 49.61 -03 57 48.7          18.6 V EF010151
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer M. Block.  0.9-m f/3 reflector
        + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 FA
    Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5                 MPC
    M  24.39248              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.33222850     Peri.   55.51779     -0.56187793     +0.82721974
    a   2.0646422      Node   180.30022     -0.80138513     -0.54457838
    e   0.5763838      Incl.    9.11456     -0.20512205     -0.13835420
    P   2.97           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    040316 691  0.1-  0.2+    040316 673  0.1+  0.4+    040316 246  0.4+  0.0
    040316 691  0.1-  0.2-    040316 673  0.2-  0.2+    040316 246  0.3+  0.6-
    040316 691  0.1-  0.1-    040316 673  0.3+  0.2-    040316 587  0.3-  0.1-
    040316 854  0.4+  0.0     040316 587  0.0   0.1+    040316 151  0.3-  0.1+
    040316 854  0.1-  0.9-    040316 246  0.0   0.7-    040316 151  0.1+  0.4+
    040316 854  0.0   0.4+    040316 587  0.0   0.3+    040316 151  0.0   0.3+
    040316 673  0.1-  0.5+    040316 246  0.0   0.7-    040316 151  0.2-  0.7+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 FA                  a,e,i = 2.04, 0.57, 9                   q = 0.8768
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 03 16    10 53.78   -04 53.2    0.084    1.077   165.8    13.1    19.1
    2004 03 17    10 56.04   -03 49.6    0.076    1.069   166.1    12.9    18.8
    2004 03 18    10 58.86   -02 31.4    0.069    1.062   166.4    12.7    18.6
    2004 03 19    11 02.42   -00 53.1    0.061    1.055   166.7    12.5    18.3
    2004 03 20    11 07.04   +01 13.2    0.054    1.048   167.0    12.3    18.0
    2004 03 21    11 13.21   +04 00.4    0.046    1.041   167.0    12.4    17.6
    2004 03 22    11 21.82   +07 49.5    0.039    1.034   166.1    13.4    17.3
    2004 03 23    11 34.53   +13 16.8    0.032    1.028   163.2    16.3    17.0
    2004 03 24    11 54.91   +21 23.9    0.026    1.021   156.7    22.7    16.7
    2004 03 25    12 31.76   +33 35.4    0.021    1.014   144.4    34.9    16.6
    2004 03 26    13 49.76   +49 36.0    0.018    1.008   124.7    54.4    16.8
    2004 03 27    16 31.67   +60 19.7    0.018    1.002   101.2    77.8    17.5
    2004 03 28    19 10.50   +56 26.6    0.021    0.995    81.6    97.2    18.6
    2004 03 29    20 26.16   +48 20.4    0.026    0.989    68.7   109.8    19.7
    2004 03 30    21 02.21   +41 50.7    0.033    0.983    60.7   117.6    20.7
    2004 03 31    21 22.38   +37 09.6    0.040    0.977    55.6   122.4    21.5
    2004 04 01    21 35.14   +33 45.0    0.047    0.971    52.3   125.5    22.1
    2004 04 02    21 43.95   +31 11.5    0.054    0.966    50.1   127.5    22.6
    2004 04 03    21 50.42   +29 12.9    0.061    0.960    48.6   128.7    22.9
    2004 04 04    21 55.41   +27 38.7    0.069    0.955    47.6   129.4    23.2
    2004 04 05    21 59.42   +26 22.1    0.077    0.950    46.9   129.7    23.5
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F10
    

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