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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F40                                Issued 2004 Mar. 20, 00:48 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 FE3
    
    Observations:
         K04F03E  C2004 03 16.61455 12 18 47.77 -22 16 12.0          19.2 R EF040E12
         K04F03E  C2004 03 16.62676 12 18 46.62 -22 16 15.2          19.1 R EF040E12
         K04F03E  C2004 03 16.63888 12 18 45.37 -22 16 19.4          18.4 R EF040E12
         K04F03E  C2004 03 16.65105 12 18 44.18 -22 16 22.5          18.9 R EF040E12
         K04F03E* C2004 03 17.32053 12 17 38.15 -22 19 34.0          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 17.34320 12 17 35.85 -22 19 37.6          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 17.35447 12 17 34.74 -22 19 41.4          19.9   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.27957 12 16 01.79 -22 23 38.5          19.6   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.28008 12 16 01.73 -22 23 41.3          19.4   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.28889 12 16 00.80 -22 23 41.8          19.6   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.28910 12 16 00.62 -22 23 40.6          19.5   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.29074 12 16 00.61 -22 23 41.8          19.6   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.29126 12 16 00.63 -22 23 44.4          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.29176 12 16 00.52 -22 23 41.9          19.9 R EF040651
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.29351 12 16 00.34 -22 23 42.1          19.6 R EF040651
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.29523 12 16 00.16 -22 23 42.2          19.6 R EF040651
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.30079 12 15 59.53 -22 23 44.3          19.9   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.30099 12 15 59.30 -22 23 43.1          19.8   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.30234 12 15 59.37 -22 23 43.8          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.30286 12 15 59.43 -22 23 47.5          19.5   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.31251 12 15 58.35 -22 23 46.9          19.3   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.31271 12 15 58.13 -22 23 46.3          19.8   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.31411 12 15 58.18 -22 23 47.8          19.5   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.31462 12 15 58.22 -22 23 49.6          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.32568 12 15 56.98 -22 23 49.7          20.1   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.32620 12 15 57.03 -22 23 53.7          19.8   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.33600 12 15 55.88 -22 23 52.7          19.5   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.33620 12 15 55.89 -22 23 53.5          19.7   EF040704
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.35494 12 15 53.85 -22 23 57.1          19.8 R EF040448
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.36404 12 15 52.90 -22 23 59.5          19.8 R EF040448
         K04F03E  C2004 03 18.37846 12 15 51.43 -22 24 02.8          19.3 R EF040448
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.25952 12 14 21.21 -22 27 35.7          19.3 R EF040649
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.26306 12 14 20.84 -22 27 36.4          19.3 R EF040649
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.26662 12 14 20.45 -22 27 37.5          19.5 R EF040649
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.27797 12 14 19.34 -22 27 40.4          19.5   EF040704
         K04F03E 5C2004 03 19.29965 12 14 17.10 -22 27 45.0          19.5 R EF040673
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.29992 12 14 17.05 -22 27 45.5          19.8   EF040704
         K04F03E 5C2004 03 19.30613 12 14 16.40 -22 27 46.4                 EF040673
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.31076 12 14 15.96 -22 27 48.2          19.6   EF040704
         K04F03E 5C2004 03 19.31285 12 14 15.67 -22 27 48.2                 EF040673
         K04F03E 5C2004 03 19.31701 12 14 15.29 -22 27 49.1                 EF040673
         K04F03E  C2004 03 19.32153 12 14 14.71 -22 27 50.0          19.7   EF040704
    
    Observer details:
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
        0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer A. Grigsby.  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.
    E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observers R. H. McNaught, G. J. Garradd, S. Larson,
        E. Beshore, E. Christensen.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 FE3
    Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5                 MPC
    M 306.92461              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.29066432     Peri.  339.12989     +0.73379783     +0.66455917
    a   2.2570520      Node   337.27999     -0.56000707     +0.47412653
    e   0.6351297      Incl.   21.42362     -0.38462036     +0.57755099
    P   3.39           H   16.7           G   0.15
    From 34 observations 2004 Mar. 16-19.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 FE3                 a,e,i = 2.26, 0.64, 21                  q = 0.8235
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 03 16    12 19.80   -22 13.3    1.304    2.244   154.5    11.0    19.7
    2004 03 26    12 02.04   -22 46.7    1.208    2.169   159.0     9.5    19.4
    2004 04 05    11 42.14   -22 47.8    1.141    2.093   155.4    11.5    19.3
    2004 04 15    11 22.26   -22 17.5    1.101    2.014   146.1    16.1    19.3
    2004 04 25    11 04.69   -21 24.4    1.086    1.932   134.9    21.6    19.4
    2004 05 05    10 51.13   -20 22.7    1.088    1.848   123.6    27.0    19.4
    2004 05 15    10 42.35   -19 26.2    1.101    1.762   113.0    31.9    19.5
    2004 05 25    10 38.45   -18 44.9    1.118    1.673   103.3    36.1    19.5
    2004 06 04    10 39.11   -18 25.1    1.134    1.583    94.7    39.7    19.5
    2004 06 14    10 43.85   -18 29.0    1.143    1.490    87.1    42.9    19.5
    2004 06 24    10 52.31   -18 57.5    1.143    1.397    80.4    45.9    19.5
    2004 07 04    11 04.21   -19 49.7    1.128    1.303    74.6    48.8    19.4
    2004 07 14    11 19.46   -21 03.4    1.099    1.209    69.6    52.0    19.2
    2004 07 24    11 38.23   -22 35.6    1.054    1.118    65.4    55.7    19.1
    2004 08 03    12 00.86   -24 20.6    0.991    1.032    61.9    60.2    18.9
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F40
    

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