MPEC 2003-A27 : 2003 AO4
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M.P.E.C. 2003-A27 Issued 2003 Jan. 6, 14:11 UT
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2003 AO4
Observations:
K03A04O* C2003 01 05.37413 09 33 07.08 +31 34 58.4 18.3 R 699
K03A04O C2003 01 05.38871 09 33 04.65 +31 34 26.5 699
K03A04O C2003 01 05.40318 09 33 02.14 +31 33 56.5 699
K03A04O C2003 01 05.41761 09 32 59.70 +31 33 24.5 699
K03A04O C2003 01 06.26800 09 30 42.38 +31 02 38.7 18.8 R 854
K03A04O C2003 01 06.26980 09 30 42.15 +31 02 34.4 18.8 R 854
K03A04O C2003 01 06.27339 09 30 41.45 +31 02 24.2 18.8 R 854
K03A04O C2003 01 06.29885 09 30 36.94 +31 01 33.4 19.2 R 446
K03A04O C2003 01 06.44358 09 30 12.38 +30 56 18.8 18.3 R 926
K03A04O C2003 01 06.44503 09 30 12.12 +30 56 15.7 18.6 R 926
K03A04O C2003 01 06.44684 09 30 11.79 +30 56 11.3 18.9 R 926
Observer details:
446 Kingsnake Observatory. Observer J. McClusky. 0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
+ CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer M. E. Van Ness. 0.59-m LONEOS
Schmidt + 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 AO4
Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5 MPC
M 18.28264 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30438320 Peri. 112.28526 +0.46464776 -0.83530347
a 2.1887136 Node 306.63460 +0.61577879 +0.54330673
e 0.4565839 Incl. 21.48367 +0.63633241 +0.08417789
P 3.24 H 19.1 G 0.15
From 11 observations 2003 Jan. 5-6.
Ephemeris:
2003 AO4 a,e,i = 2.19, 0.46, 21 q = 1.1894
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 01 01 09 44.56 +34 09.7 0.435 1.343 139.2 28.6 19.2
2003 01 11 09 17.62 +28 08.9 0.438 1.392 154.4 17.8 19.0
2003 01 21 08 50.61 +22 02.2 0.464 1.444 170.5 6.5 18.7
2003 01 31 08 27.91 +16 33.6 0.515 1.499 174.1 3.9 18.9
2003 02 10 08 11.89 +12 12.2 0.591 1.556 160.2 12.4 19.7
2003 02 20 08 02.82 +09 00.4 0.688 1.614 148.2 18.8 20.3
2003 03 02 07 59.72 +06 44.7 0.801 1.673 137.8 23.4 20.8
2003 03 12 08 01.40 +05 07.9 0.928 1.733 128.8 26.5 21.3
2003 03 22 08 06.74 +03 55.5 1.066 1.793 120.7 28.5 21.8
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-A27
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