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MPEC 2004-Q24 : 2004 QF1

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M.P.E.C. 2004-Q24                                Issued 2004 Aug. 22, 15:38 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 QF1

Additional Observations:
     K04Q01F  C2004 08 21.31690 02 32 54.06 +30 34 28.6          19.3 R EQ024651
     K04Q01F  C2004 08 21.31836 02 32 54.22 +30 34 31.9          19.3 R EQ024651
     K04Q01F  C2004 08 21.32010 02 32 54.42 +30 34 35.9          19.2 R EQ024651
     K04Q01F 5C2004 08 22.47500 02 34 59.32 +31 22 09.2          19.5 R EQ024673
     K04Q01F 5C2004 08 22.47720 02 34 59.54 +31 22 14.5                 EQ024673
     K04Q01F 5C2004 08 22.47940 02 34 59.77 +31 22 20.2                 EQ024673
     K04Q01F 5C2004 08 22.48160 02 35 00.00 +31 22 25.7                 EQ024673

Observer details:
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2004 QF1                                                             PHA 0.039
Epoch 2004 Aug. 3.0 TT = JDT 2453220.5                  MPC
M 214.17208              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.90542481     Peri.  172.75775     -0.83428727     -0.53355659
a   1.0582001      Node   333.49482     +0.48895064     -0.59966871
e   0.2906562      Incl.   18.12861     +0.25473912     -0.59641832
P   1.09           H   18.3           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2004 Aug. 19-22.

Ephemeris:
2004 QF1                 a,e,i = 1.06, 0.29, 18                  q = 0.7506
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 08 23    02 35.94   +31 44.0    0.604    1.289   103.0    49.8    19.6
2004 09 02    02 55.08   +39 15.7    0.533    1.261   105.6    50.4    19.3
2004 09 12    03 17.38   +48 01.1    0.470    1.228   106.9    51.7    19.0
2004 09 22    03 47.17   +58 00.1    0.419    1.191   106.3    54.0    18.8
2004 10 02    04 38.92   +68 43.8    0.380    1.150   103.4    57.8    18.6
2004 10 12    06 52.94   +77 58.0    0.355    1.106    98.1    63.3    18.5
2004 10 22    11 12.54   +77 16.5    0.343    1.058    91.1    70.1    18.6
2004 11 01    13 10.00   +67 22.4    0.339    1.009    83.0    77.5    18.7
2004 11 11    13 53.69   +55 39.3    0.344    0.958    74.7    85.1    18.9
2004 11 21    14 16.73   +43 28.5    0.354    0.908    66.7    92.3    19.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-Q24

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