Electronic Telegram No. 547 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html 2002 JF56 L. Barrera, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias y Educacion, Santiago; and C. Tubiana, R. Duffard, and H. Boehnhardt, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, write that minor planet 2002 JF56 was observed with the FORS2 instrument at the European Southern Observatory's 8.2-m Very Large Telescope telescope 'Antu' on four nights between May 25 and June 2. Preliminary analysis of the visible spectra indicate an S-type taxonomy for the object, which was being viewed during a distant fly-by of the 'New Horizons' spacecraft on June 13. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT 2006 June 16 (CBET 547) Daniel W. E. Green