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MPEC 2003-B46 : 2003 BT35

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M.P.E.C. 2003-B46                                Issued 2003 Jan. 30, 16:29 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2003 BT35

Observations:
     K03B35T* C2003 01 28.23623 05 46 15.42 +00 23 36.4          18.1        704
     K03B35T  C2003 01 28.25167 05 46 10.89 +00 26 13.9          18.3        704
     K03B35T  C2003 01 28.26724 05 46 06.34 +00 28 52.7          18.2        704
     K03B35T  C2003 01 28.28258 05 46 01.84 +00 31 29.2          18.6        704
     K03B35T  C2003 01 28.29807 05 45 57.33 +00 34 07.5          18.6        704
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.85745 05 38 42.51 +04 58 42.9          17.6 R      J95
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.86198 05 38 41.26 +04 59 29.0          17.2 R      J95
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.86493 05 38 40.37 +04 59 58.7          17.8 R      J95
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.86777 05 38 39.58 +05 00 27.6          17.7 R      J95
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.88203 05 38 35.57 +05 02 52.1          17.8 R      J95
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.92214 05 38 24.01 +05 09 43.8          17.7 R      620
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.92789 05 38 22.39 +05 10 41.5          17.8 R      620
     K03B35T  C2003 01 29.93645 05 38 20.00 +05 12 07.6          17.6 R      620
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.08689 05 37 39.79 +05 37 29.3          19.1 R      734
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.08959 05 37 38.94 +05 37 58.0          18.2 R      734
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.09087 05 37 38.62 +05 38 09.8          19.5 R      734
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.16922 05 37 16.76 +05 51 25.5          17.9 R      651
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.17078 05 37 16.31 +05 51 41.1          18.2 R      651
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.17183 05 37 16.01 +05 51 51.6          18.1 R      651
     K03B35T  C2003 01 30.20102 05 37 07.40 +05 56 44.8                      446

Observer details:
446 Kingsnake Observatory.  Observer J. McClusky.  0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
    + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, J. Nomen.
    0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    Newtonian + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 BT35
Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
M 322.05561              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59294724     Peri.   40.25035     -0.70251965     +0.00257597
a   1.4032186      Node   122.53723     +0.20244780     -0.95795502
e   0.1735737      Incl.   57.58169     +0.68226171     +0.28690684
P   1.66           H   19.2           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2003 Jan. 28-30.

Ephemeris:
2003 BT35                a,e,i = 1.40, 0.17, 58                  q = 1.1597
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 31    05 33.52   +08 10.5    0.311    1.212   130.8    38.0    18.6
2003 02 05    05 12.39   +21 08.7    0.336    1.203   123.2    43.3    18.9
2003 02 10    04 54.17   +31 43.9    0.378    1.195   114.8    48.6    19.3
2003 02 15    04 38.99   +39 52.5    0.430    1.188   107.1    52.6    19.7
2003 02 20    04 26.70   +46 04.3    0.490    1.181   100.6    55.4    20.0
2003 02 25    04 17.06   +50 51.7    0.552    1.175    95.1    57.0    20.3
2003 03 02    04 09.80   +54 40.4    0.616    1.171    90.4    57.8    20.6
2003 03 07    04 04.66   +57 48.2    0.680    1.166    86.3    58.1    20.8
2003 03 12    04 01.40   +60 27.7    0.742    1.163    82.8    57.9    21.0
2003 03 17    03 59.81   +62 47.1    0.801    1.161    79.8    57.5    21.1
2003 03 22    03 59.75   +64 52.1    0.858    1.160    77.1    56.8    21.2
2003 03 27    04 01.18   +66 46.7    0.910    1.160    74.7    56.1    21.4
2003 04 01    04 04.13   +68 34.0    0.959    1.160    72.6    55.3    21.4
2003 04 06    04 08.7    +70 16.3    1.003    1.162    70.9    54.4    21.5
2003 04 11    04 15.0    +71 55.0    1.043    1.165    69.4    53.6    21.6
2003 04 16    04 23.4    +73 31.3    1.078    1.168    68.2    52.9    21.6
2003 04 21    04 34.3    +75 05.7    1.107    1.172    67.2    52.2    21.7
2003 04 26    04 48.6    +76 38.5    1.132    1.178    66.5    51.6    21.7
2003 05 01    05 07.5    +78 09.5    1.152    1.184    66.1    51.1    21.8
2003 05 06    05 32.9    +79 37.2    1.166    1.191    65.9    50.7    21.8
2003 05 11    06 07.8    +80 58.4    1.176    1.198    66.0    50.3    21.8
2003 05 16    06 55.9    +82 06.7    1.180    1.206    66.3    50.1    21.8
2003 05 21    08 00.0    +82 51.1    1.181    1.215    66.8    49.9    21.8
2003 05 26    09 16.6    +82 57.7    1.177    1.225    67.6    49.8    21.9
2003 05 31    10 32.6    +82 17.1    1.169    1.235    68.5    49.8    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-B46

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