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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F31                                Issued 2004 Mar. 19, 15:27 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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             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2004 FW1

Observations:
     K04F01W* C2004 03 17.17465 08 37 21.92 -09 41 53.8          18.7   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 17.18606 08 37 13.08 -09 41 20.2          19.6   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 17.20797 08 36 56.21 -09 40 15.8          19.2   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 17.21924 08 36 47.54 -09 39 41.1          19.5   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.11067 08 25 14.17 -08 53 14.0          18.9   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.12222 08 25 04.68 -08 52 36.1          18.8   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.13330 08 24 55.54 -08 51 59.5          19.0   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.13409 08 24 54.90 -08 51 57.0          18.9   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.14442 08 24 46.37 -08 51 22.7          19.0   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.14621 08 24 44.83 -08 51 16.8          19.6   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.15582 08 24 36.96 -08 50 45.4          19.2   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 18.15761 08 24 35.53 -08 50 39.2          19.4   EF031704
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.17997 08 10 20.82 -07 50 43.7          19.1 R EF031926
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.18051 08 10 20.34 -07 50 42.0          19.0 R EF031926
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.18104 08 10 19.79 -07 50 38.0          19.2 R EF031926
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.20459 08 09 58.32 -07 49 15.7          19.1 R EF031649
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.20581 08 09 57.27 -07 49 11.3          19.0 R EF031649
     K04F01W  C2004 03 19.20946 08 09 54.04 -07 48 57.3          19.0 R EF031649
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.22112 08 09 44.78 -07 48 11.7          18.5 R EF031673
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.22367 08 09 42.47 -07 48 02.0                 EF031673
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.22795 08 09 38.70 -07 47 46.1                 EF031673
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.23270 08 09 34.57 -07 47 28.4                 EF031673
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.24149 08 09 26.73 -07 46 55.2                 EF031673
     K04F01W 5C2004 03 19.24763 08 09 21.24 -07 46 31.9                 EF031673

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observers A. Grigsby, J. Young.
    0.6-m 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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 FW1
Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5                 MPC
M 331.06139              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49326883     Peri.   90.67870     +0.26793632     +0.96236338
a   1.5864033      Node   195.10065     -0.93872778     +0.25015544
e   0.7099041      Incl.   10.05019     -0.21679549     +0.10620260
P   2.00           H   21.2           G   0.15
From 24 observations 2004 Mar. 17-19.

Ephemeris:
2004 FW1                 a,e,i = 1.59, 0.71, 10                  q = 0.4602
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 03 16    08 51.50   -10 34.9    0.181    1.131   135.3    38.2    19.3
2004 03 18    08 26.71   -08 58.7    0.166    1.106   128.1    45.1    19.2
2004 03 20    07 58.24   -06 57.1    0.154    1.080   119.6    53.3    19.3
2004 03 22    07 26.18   -04 29.3    0.145    1.055   110.0    62.6    19.3
2004 03 24    06 51.10   -01 38.9    0.139    1.029    99.5    72.9    19.5
2004 03 26    06 14.15   +01 24.2    0.137    1.003    88.3    83.9    19.8
2004 03 28    05 36.92   +04 26.2    0.138    0.977    77.1    95.0    20.2
2004 03 30    05 01.07   +07 13.0    0.143    0.950    66.2   105.9    20.8
2004 04 01    04 27.87   +09 35.3    0.152    0.923    56.1   116.1    21.5
2004 04 03    03 58.05   +11 29.9    0.164    0.896    46.9   125.4    22.3
2004 04 05    03 31.81   +12 58.3    0.178    0.869    38.7   133.9    23.3

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F31

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