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MPEC 2004-B72 : 2004 BF85

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M.P.E.C. 2004-B72                                Issued 2004 Jan. 30, 12:16 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2004 BF85

Observations:
     K04B85F* C2004 01 29.20760 05 48 55.02 +00 20 24.3          18.4   EB072704
     K04B85F  C2004 01 29.21981 05 48 46.76 +00 19 53.7          18.4   EB072704
     K04B85F  C2004 01 29.23191 05 48 38.58 +00 19 23.4          18.5   EB072704
     K04B85F  C2004 01 29.24458 05 48 29.98 +00 18 52.0          18.9   EB072704
     K04B85F  C2004 01 29.25676 05 48 21.75 +00 18 21.2          18.8   EB072704
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.14937 05 38 14.29 -00 19 44.3          17.8 R EB072448
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.15301 05 38 11.68 -00 19 54.0          17.7 R EB072448
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.15666 05 38 09.06 -00 20 03.6          17.7 R EB072448
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.22060 05 37 23.02 -00 22 52.0          18.0 R EB072854
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.22156 05 37 22.36 -00 22 54.8          17.8 R EB072854
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.22445 05 37 20.35 -00 23 02.1          17.9 R EB072854
     K04B85F 5C2004 01 30.26476 05 36 51.49 -00 24 50.3          18.0 R EB072673
     K04B85F 5C2004 01 30.26557 05 36 50.90 -00 24 52.5                 EB072673
     K04B85F 5C2004 01 30.26649 05 36 50.23 -00 24 54.7                 EB072673
     K04B85F 5C2004 01 30.26730 05 36 49.65 -00 24 56.9                 EB072673
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.33327 05 36 01.67 -00 27 50.6          17.9 R EB072G90
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.33585 05 35 59.80 -00 27 57.5          18.3 R EB072G90
     K04B85F  C2004 01 30.33868 05 35 57.76 -00 28 05.2          18.3 R EB072G90

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.35-m f/11.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 BF85                                                            PHA 0.020
Epoch 2004 Jan. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453020.5                 MPC
M 331.29407              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40910654     Peri.   17.70810     -0.63052160     +0.77536866
a   1.7971256      Node   213.22883     -0.71969026     -0.60106489
e   0.7186263      Incl.    3.69323     -0.29066896     -0.19371227
P   2.41           H   20.2           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2004 Jan. 29-30.

Ephemeris:
2004 BF85                a,e,i = 1.80, 0.72, 4                   q = 0.5057
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 01 26    06 20.63   +02 20.8    0.208    1.160   144.1    29.8    18.4
2004 01 27    06 11.49   +01 46.1    0.200    1.147   141.0    32.7    18.4
2004 01 28    06 01.69   +01 09.0    0.193    1.135   137.7    35.7    18.4
2004 01 29    05 51.20   +00 29.4    0.185    1.122   134.2    39.0    18.3
2004 01 30    05 39.98   -00 12.7    0.179    1.110   130.5    42.4    18.3
2004 01 31    05 28.01   -00 57.5    0.173    1.097   126.6    46.1    18.3
2004 02 01    05 15.27   -01 44.6    0.167    1.084   122.5    50.0    18.4
2004 02 02    05 01.76   -02 34.0    0.162    1.071   118.2    54.2    18.4
2004 02 03    04 47.49   -03 25.4    0.158    1.059   113.7    58.5    18.4
2004 02 04    04 32.51   -04 18.3    0.154    1.046   108.9    63.1    18.5
2004 02 05    04 16.88   -05 12.1    0.151    1.033   104.1    67.8    18.5
2004 02 06    04 00.69   -06 06.0    0.148    1.020    99.1    72.7    18.6
2004 02 07    03 44.04   -06 59.3    0.147    1.007    93.9    77.7    18.8
2004 02 08    03 27.08   -07 51.2    0.146    0.994    88.7    82.8    18.9
2004 02 09    03 09.95   -08 40.8    0.146    0.981    83.5    88.0    19.1
2004 02 10    02 52.82   -09 27.3    0.147    0.968    78.3    93.2    19.3
2004 02 11    02 35.85   -10 10.1    0.148    0.954    73.2    98.3    19.5
2004 02 12    02 19.19   -10 48.8    0.150    0.941    68.1   103.4    19.8
2004 02 13    02 02.97   -11 23.1    0.153    0.928    63.2   108.4    20.0
2004 02 14    01 47.30   -11 53.0    0.157    0.915    58.4   113.2    20.4
2004 02 15    01 32.27   -12 18.6    0.161    0.902    53.8   117.9    20.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-B72

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