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MPEC 2003-C64 : 2003 CQ20

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M.P.E.C. 2003-C64                                Issued 2003 Feb. 13, 22:36 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 CQ20

Observations:
     K03C20Q* C2003 02 10.34219 13 29 30.40 +57 02 36.3          17.9 R      699
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 10.35584 13 29 31.79 +57 01 31.0                      699
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 10.36955 13 29 32.98 +57 00 23.8                      699
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 10.38325 13 29 34.18 +56 59 17.5                      699
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.17777 13 34 33.45 +52 34 34.7          18.1 R      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.17861 13 34 33.53 +52 34 28.7                      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.17944 13 34 33.59 +52 34 23.5                      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.18030 13 34 33.58 +52 34 18.0                      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.18115 13 34 33.66 +52 34 12.3                      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.18199 13 34 33.76 +52 34 07.4                      621
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80281 13 35 37.83 +51 25 46.4                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80343 13 35 37.84 +51 25 43.0                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80447 13 35 38.00 +51 25 36.7                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80552 13 35 38.22 +51 25 28.2                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80766 13 35 38.27 +51 25 15.8                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80831 13 35 38.36 +51 25 11.4                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.80903 13 35 38.57 +51 25 05.3                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.81060 13 35 38.67 +51 24 57.0                      046
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.88241 13 35 45.59 +51 17 12.5                      557
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.88416 13 35 45.72 +51 17 00.5                      557
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.88530 13 35 45.88 +51 16 52.9                      557
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.88704 13 35 46.02 +51 16 41.7                      557
     K03C20Q  C2003 02 13.88792 13 35 46.03 +51 16 35.5                      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
621 Bergisch Gladbach.  Observer W. Bickel.  0.60-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 CQ20                                                            PHA 0.037
Epoch 2003 Feb. 10.0 TT = JDT 2452680.5                 MPC
M 355.20799              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32652346     Peri.  172.25537     -0.92766951     -0.36720968
a   2.0886217      Node   345.62516     +0.32630358     -0.70904045
e   0.4993158      Incl.   15.82997     +0.18153585     -0.60201220
P   3.02           H   20.6           G   0.15
From 23 observations 2003 Feb. 10-13.

Ephemeris:
2003 CQ20                a,e,i = 2.09, 0.50, 16                  q = 1.0457
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 02 10    13 28.72   +57 30.9    0.138    1.060   118.7    54.7    18.4
2003 02 20    13 42.58   +36 26.3    0.094    1.047   126.4    49.5    17.4
2003 03 02    13 44.69   -03 59.6    0.078    1.048   134.9    42.1    16.8
2003 03 12    13 37.41   -38 53.8    0.105    1.061   127.9    47.6    17.6
2003 03 22    13 23.69   -54 39.7    0.153    1.088   123.3    50.0    18.6
2003 04 01    13 06.98   -61 04.3    0.206    1.125   123.0    48.2    19.2
2003 04 11    12 52.53   -63 05.5    0.262    1.171   124.8    44.6    19.7
2003 04 21    12 44.65   -62 45.6    0.319    1.225   127.4    40.6    20.2
2003 05 01    12 44.23   -61 03.9    0.379    1.284   130.0    37.0    20.5
2003 05 11    12 50.50   -58 36.6    0.445    1.348   131.8    33.9    20.9
2003 05 21    13 01.72   -55 50.1    0.517    1.414   132.6    31.8    21.3
2003 05 31    13 16.20   -53 00.9    0.598    1.481   131.9    30.6    21.7

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-C64

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