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    M.P.E.C. 2004-K53                                Issued 2004 May 25, 16:04 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 KF15
    
    Observations:
         K04K15F* C2004 05 24.28975 17 19 01.92 -03 24 01.0          19.2   EK053704
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.29826 17 19 02.79 -03 23 27.7          19.1   EK053704
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.30677 17 19 03.72 -03 22 55.4          19.3   EK053704
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.31530 17 19 04.65 -03 22 22.5          19.2   EK053704
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.32390 17 19 05.59 -03 21 48.9          19.4   EK053704
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.90879 17 20 18.02 -02 44 20.7          19.0 V EK053151
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.91201 17 20 18.39 -02 44 08.5          19.0 V EK053151
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.91355 17 20 18.56 -02 44 02.4          18.9 V EK053151
         K04K15F  C2004 05 24.91892 17 20 19.18 -02 43 41.7          18.9 V EK053151
         K04K15F 5C2004 05 25.31771 17 21 07.24 -02 17 56.1          18.0 R EK053673
         K04K15F 5C2004 05 25.32118 17 21 07.61 -02 17 42.7                 EK053673
         K04K15F 5C2004 05 25.33692 17 21 09.28 -02 16 42.4                 EK053673
         K04K15F 5C2004 05 25.34097 17 21 09.71 -02 16 26.6                 EK053673
         K04K15F 5C2004 05 25.34583 17 21 10.23 -02 16 07.9                 EK053673
         K04K15F  C2004 05 25.46238 17 21 25.26 -02 07 42.5          18.7 R EK053474
         K04K15F  C2004 05 25.46354 17 21 25.38 -02 07 38.4          18.4 R EK053474
         K04K15F  C2004 05 25.46470 17 21 25.50 -02 07 34.0          18.5 R EK053474
         K04K15F  C2004 05 25.46678 17 21 25.75 -02 07 25.8          18.5 R EK053474
         K04K15F  C2004 05 25.47095 17 21 26.19 -02 07 09.7          18.7 R EK053474
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
        P. M. Kilmartin.  0.6-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2004 KF15
    Epoch 2004 May 15.0 TT = JDT 2453140.5                  MPC
    M 348.63441              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.39461247     Peri.   34.15812     -0.12251052     +0.98158254
    a   1.8408660      Node   229.26858     -0.94830525     -0.15934316
    e   0.3576239      Incl.   11.15359     -0.29275985     +0.10538251
    P   2.50           H   21.0           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2004 May 24-25.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2004 KF15                a,e,i = 1.84, 0.36, 11                  q = 1.1825
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2004 05 25    17 20.46   -02 38.0    0.199    1.196   154.6    21.3    18.9
    2004 06 04    17 39.60   +07 41.2    0.197    1.185   147.4    27.4    19.1
    2004 06 14    17 56.17   +16 03.3    0.207    1.183   140.2    33.4    19.3
    2004 06 24    18 10.29   +21 34.7    0.226    1.187   135.0    37.2    19.7
    2004 07 04    18 22.82   +24 21.5    0.250    1.199   132.2    38.9    19.9
    2004 07 14    18 34.47   +24 53.9    0.279    1.218   131.2    38.9    20.2
    2004 07 24    18 46.10   +23 41.7    0.311    1.244   131.4    37.8    20.5
    2004 08 03    18 58.51   +21 16.1    0.348    1.274   132.1    36.2    20.7
    2004 08 13    19 11.98   +18 04.9    0.392    1.310   132.5    34.8    21.0
    2004 08 23    19 26.75   +14 32.5    0.444    1.350   132.2    33.7    21.3
    2004 09 02    19 42.84   +11 01.6    0.505    1.392   130.8    33.3    21.6
    2004 09 12    20 00.00   +07 47.7    0.576    1.437   128.4    33.3    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-K53
    

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