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MPEC 2004-A18 : COMET P/2003 UD16 (LONEOS)

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M.P.E.C. 2004-A18                                Issued 2004 Jan. 3, 19:17 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
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                          COMET P/2003 UD16 (LONEOS)

Additional Observations:
    PK03U16D  C1989 12 17.17569 03 56 21.38 +27 29 23.0                 EA018261
    PK03U16D  C1989 12 17.22431 03 56 19.51 +27 29 29.6                 EA018261
    PK03U16D  C1991 02 19.25000 08 54 52.00 +46 13 42.6                 EA018261
    PK03U16D  C1991 02 19.30903 08 54 49.71 +46 13 40.7                 EA018261

Observer details:
261 Palomar-DSS.  Measurer M. Meyer.  1.2-m Oschin Schmidt.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 UD16 (LONEOS)
Epoch 1989 Nov. 10.0 TT = JDT 2447840.5
T 1989 Oct. 21.97484 TT                                 MPC
q   3.6475040            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.06840742     Peri.    3.89285     +0.49920881     -0.80151774
a   5.9210751      Node    56.46319     +0.78393571     +0.25595852
e   0.3839794      Incl.   23.26117     +0.36910075     +0.54042071
P  14.41

Epoch 2004 Mar. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453080.5
T 2004 Mar. 3.07823 TT                                  MPC
q   3.6508526            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.06886614     Peri.    4.99908     +0.50346694     -0.80005225
a   5.8947523      Node    55.16130     +0.77830258     +0.25598204
e   0.3806606      Incl.   23.42153     +0.37518813     +0.54257682
P  14.31
Residuals in seconds of arc
891217 261  0.4-  0.0     031101 704  0.0   0.1+    031212 620  0.3+  0.0
891217 261  0.9+  0.8-    031118 703  0.8+  0.3-    031217 699  0.1-  0.4-
910219 261  0.3-  0.9+    031118 703  1.1-  0.2+    031217 699  0.3-  0.1+
910219 261  0.5+  0.2-    031118 703  0.2+  0.1-    031217 699  1.3+  0.1+
031016 699  0.3-  0.5+    031118 703  1.5-  0.3-    031217 699  0.9+  0.6+
031016 699  0.7+  0.5+    031119 644  0.6+  0.1+    031218 246  0.4+  0.1+
031016 699  1.1-  0.6-    031119 644  0.3+  0.1-    031218 246  0.6+  0.5-
031016 699 (2.5-  2.6-)   031119 644  0.0   0.2+    031218 246  0.1+  0.3+
031021 704  0.2+  0.8+    031121 699  0.6+  0.8-    031218 246  0.3+  0.4-
031021 704  0.9-  0.4+    031121 699  0.4-  0.4-    031218 246  0.4+  0.4-
031021 704  1.3-  0.4-    031121 699  0.3+  0.5-    031218 246  0.2+  0.2-
031021 644  0.6-  0.3-    031121 699  0.1+  0.3-    031218 246  0.3+  0.0
031021 644  0.2+  0.2-    031130 704  0.3-  0.4+    031218 246  0.0   0.2-
031021 644  0.1+  0.6-    031130 696  0.2-  0.2-    031221 704  0.2-  0.5+
031023 699  1.1-  0.5-    031130 696  0.1-  0.0     031221 704  0.5+  0.6+
031023 699  0.8-  0.6+    031130 704  0.9-  0.6+    031221 704  0.2+  0.5+
031023 699  0.6-  0.4-    031130 704  0.1-  0.5+    031221 704  0.1+  0.3+
031023 699  0.5+  1.0-    031208 204  0.3+  0.6-    031223 704  0.3-  0.6+
031101 704  0.9-  0.4-    031208 204  0.3+  0.1+    031223 704  0.3+  1.8+
031101 704  0.3+  0.3+    031208 204  1.0-  0.7+    031223 704  0.0   0.5+
031101 704  0.3+  0.3+    031211 620  0.1-  0.2-    031223 215  0.5+  0.6-
031101 704  0.5+  0.3+    031211 620  0.8+  0.3-

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-A18

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