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    M.P.E.C. 2004-F80                                Issued 2004 Mar. 29, 16:24 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
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                                   2004 FN18

Observations:
     K04F18N* C2004 03 27.40376 15 15 15.67 -21 40 08.7          20.4   EF080704
     K04F18N  C2004 03 27.41364 15 15 15.13 -21 40 01.1          20.5   EF080704
     K04F18N  C2004 03 27.42337 15 15 14.59 -21 39 53.1          20.4   EF080704
     K04F18N  C2004 03 28.42260 15 14 25.55 -21 24 50.4          20.5 R EF080926
     K04F18N  C2004 03 28.42535 15 14 25.32 -21 24 48.4          20.8 R EF080926
     K04F18N  C2004 03 28.42808 15 14 25.15 -21 24 45.7          20.9 R EF080926
     K04F18N  C2004 03 29.41900 15 13 33.76 -21 09 31.8          20.1 V EF080291
     K04F18N  C2004 03 29.42331 15 13 33.52 -21 09 27.7          20.6 V EF080291
     K04F18N  C2004 03 29.42866 15 13 33.21 -21 09 22.6          20.7 V EF080291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. A. Larsen.  1.8-m f/2.7 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 FN18
Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5                 MPC
M  80.19576              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47382681     Peri.  225.98454     +0.18622926     -0.96435893
a   1.6295072      Node   214.62154     +0.96924195     +0.21165169
e   0.3968529      Incl.   19.31938     +0.16089970     -0.15879362
P   2.08           H   18.5           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2004 Mar. 27-29.

Ephemeris:
2004 FN18                a,e,i = 1.63, 0.40, 19                  q = 0.9828
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 03 26    15 16.33   -22 00.6    0.982    1.815   133.0    23.7    20.9
2004 04 05    15 06.81   -19 20.2    0.946    1.860   145.8    17.6    20.6
2004 04 15    14 53.72   -16 11.9    0.930    1.903   159.5    10.6    20.4
2004 04 25    14 38.84   -12 50.2    0.941    1.943   173.2     3.5    20.1
2004 05 05    14 24.39   -09 36.4    0.979    1.981   171.0     4.6    20.3
2004 05 15    14 12.18   -06 49.7    1.044    2.017   157.9    10.9    20.8
2004 05 25    14 03.32   -04 41.4    1.133    2.051   145.6    16.2    21.2
2004 06 04    13 58.20   -03 13.7    1.242    2.082   134.4    20.4    21.6
2004 06 14    13 56.61   -02 22.7    1.365    2.110   124.2    23.4    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-F80

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