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MPEC 2003-E14 : S/2001 J 8

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M.P.E.C. 2003-E14                                Issued 2003 Mar. 5, 22:08 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                  S/2001 J 8

                           Revision to MPEC 2002-J54

Additional Observations:
    SK01J080  C2003 02 24.44985 08 56 04.23 +18 35 03.0                      568
    SK01J080  C2003 02 24.47407 08 56 03.65 +18 35 05.0          23.0 R      568
    SK01J080  C2003 03 05.49785 08 52 51.01 +18 46 15.6          22.5 R      568
    SK01J080  C2003 03 05.50841 08 52 50.83 +18 46 16.2                      568

Observer details:
568 Mauna Kea.  Observers S. S. Sheppard, D. C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna.
    Measurer S. S. Sheppard.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope + CCD,
    2.2-m University of Hawaii Telescope + CCD.

Orbital elements:
S/2001 J 8
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 123.95334              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52913986     Peri.   37.54780     +0.86532666     +0.44090850
a   0.1490706      Node    65.33133     +0.37225648     -0.88379929
e   0.3250225      Incl.  164.79435     +0.33561120     -0.15652000
P   1.86           H   16.3           P/d   680.35
Residuals in seconds of arc
011209 568  0.6-  0.2+    020108 568  0.6+  0.2+    030224 568  0.1-  0.1+
011209 568  0.5-  0.2+    020109 568  0.2+  0.2-    030224 568  0.0   0.1+
011219 568  0.3+  0.2-    020109 568  0.4+  0.5-    030305 568  0.2-  0.1-
011219 568  0.1+  0.1-    020211 568  0.6-  0.0     030305 568  0.2+  0.1-
020108 568  0.5+  0.4+    020211 568  0.3-  0.0

Ephemeris:
    S/2001 J 8                                                   q = 0.1006
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta     r_J   dR.A. ("/m)  dDecl.m1"/')
2003 03 02    08 54.11   +18 42.0    4.325    0.149  3835+/4.50+    92+/  1.5+
2003 03 12    08 51.10   +18 51.7    4.423    0.153  4225+/4.96+   137-/  2.3-
2003 03 22    08 49.19   +18 56.6    4.544    0.157  4575+/5.37+   365-/  6.1-
2003 04 01    08 48.49   +18 56.3    4.684    0.162  4885+/5.74+   591-/  9.8-
2003 04 11    08 49.04   +18 51.1    4.838    0.165  5157+/6.05+   813-/ 13.5-
2003 04 21    08 50.80   +18 41.1    5.001    0.169  5391+/6.32+  1030-/ 17.2-
2003 05 01    08 53.70   +18 26.5    5.169    0.173  5587+/6.54+  1242-/ 20.7-
2003 05 11    08 57.63   +18 07.6    5.338    0.176  5745+/6.72+  1446-/ 24.1-
2003 05 21    09 02.47   +17 44.7    5.504    0.179  5864+/6.84+  1641-/ 27.4-
2003 05 31    09 08.09   +17 18.1    5.664    0.182  5943+/6.92+  1827-/ 30.4-
2003 06 10    09 14.38   +16 48.0    5.815    0.184  5984+/6.95+  2001-/ 33.3-
2003 06 20    09 21.22   +16 14.8    5.955    0.187  5986+/6.93+  2161-/ 36.0-
2003 06 30    09 28.49   +15 38.7    6.081    0.189  5950+/6.87+  2307-/ 38.5-
2003 07 10    09 36.11   +15 00.0    6.192    0.191  5877+/6.76+  2438-/ 40.6-

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E14

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