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MPEC 2003-M42 : 2003 MT

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M.P.E.C. 2003-M42                                Issued 2003 June 24, 14:43 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2003 MT

Observations:
     K03M00T* C2003 06 23.19714 15 34 06.68 -13 50 00.5          18.7 V      691
     K03M00T  C2003 06 23.23459 15 34 06.98 -13 47 16.8          18.9 V      691
     K03M00T  C2003 06 23.27030 15 34 07.27 -13 44 40.9          18.9 V      691
     K03M00T  C2003 06 23.88897 15 34 18.62 -12 59 48.3          19.1 R      620
     K03M00T  C2003 06 23.90563 15 34 18.74 -12 58 35.7          18.5 R      620
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.18266 15 34 24.32 -12 38 27.6          19.0 R      854
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.18446 15 34 24.42 -12 38 20.0          18.8 R      854
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.18625 15 34 24.40 -12 38 12.0          18.9 R      854
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.20131 15 34 24.57 -12 37 05.7          18.0 R      926
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.20253 15 34 24.57 -12 37 00.8          18.9 R      926
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.20377 15 34 24.56 -12 36 55.7          19.3 R      926
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.26060 15 34 24.95 -12 32 48.6          17.7 R      649
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.26296 15 34 24.99 -12 32 38.5          17.9 R      649
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.26509 15 34 25.21 -12 32 27.4          17.7 R      448
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.26533 15 34 25.03 -12 32 28.3          17.9 R      649
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.26947 15 34 25.27 -12 32 08.8          17.8 R      448
     K03M00T  C2003 06 24.27417 15 34 25.32 -12 31 48.0          17.8 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, V. Morgan.  0.75-m
    Newtonian + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer M. T. Read.  0.9-m f/3 reflector
    + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 MT
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 348.86894              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18751567     Peri.   43.37704     +0.46039930     +0.77601023
a   3.0230431      Node   258.56128     -0.88601312     +0.37166750
e   0.5959577      Incl.   26.09294     -0.05489286     +0.50957962
P   5.26           H   19.1           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2003 June 23-24.

Ephemeris:
2003 MT                  a,e,i = 3.02, 0.60, 26                  q = 1.2214
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 06 20    15 33.52   -17 41.0    0.383    1.354   147.1    24.1    18.8
2003 06 30    15 37.22   -05 41.1    0.378    1.308   134.0    34.0    19.0
2003 07 10    15 46.34   +05 13.2    0.395    1.271   122.0    42.7    19.3
2003 07 20    16 00.30   +14 03.9    0.426    1.243   112.5    49.0    19.6
2003 07 30    16 18.34   +20 44.9    0.465    1.227   105.8    52.8    19.8
2003 08 09    16 39.93   +25 34.5    0.509    1.221   101.5    54.4    20.1
2003 08 19    17 04.56   +28 55.2    0.553    1.228    99.2    54.5    20.2
2003 08 29    17 31.92   +31 03.1    0.597    1.246    98.4    53.3    20.4
2003 09 08    18 01.78   +32 10.6    0.642    1.275    98.8    51.3    20.6
2003 09 18    18 33.72   +32 27.1    0.688    1.313   100.1    48.9    20.7
2003 09 28    19 07.19   +31 59.7    0.738    1.360   101.7    46.2    20.9
2003 10 08    19 41.53   +30 57.7    0.795    1.414   103.4    43.4    21.0
2003 10 18    20 15.89   +29 31.4    0.862    1.473   104.7    40.9    21.2
2003 10 28    20 49.53   +27 51.6    0.941    1.537   105.2    38.6    21.4
2003 11 07    21 21.91   +26 10.0    1.034    1.604   104.7    36.7    21.7
2003 11 17    21 52.65   +24 35.7    1.142    1.674   103.3    35.1    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M42

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