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MPEC 2003-F08 : CRITICAL-LIST MINOR PLANETS (2003 APR. 1.0 TT)

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M.P.E.C. 2003-F08                                Issued 2003 Mar. 19, 03:07 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,
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                  CRITICAL-LIST MINOR PLANETS (2003 APR. 1.0 TT)

     Ephemerides and orbital elements for the objects listed here
are available on the Minor Planet Center's WWW site at:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/CritList/index.html

1.  Objects observed at only one opposition:
      None

2.  Objects observed at only two oppositions:
     (4581)  (5335)  (5797)  (7236)  (7839)  (8014)  (9767) (10860) (11885)
    (14402) (16064) (16636) (18106) (20086) (20236) (20255) (20790) (23548)
    (23714) (24475) (25143) (25872) (26209) (26817) (31849) (35432) (36017)
    (37314) (38071) (40329)

3.  Objects observed at only three oppositions:
     (2608)  (3360)  (3908)  (4544)  (4688)  (5370)  (6489)  (6491)  (7336)
     (7822)  (8034) (10636) (11318) (16657) (16851) (16912) (17181) (17274)
    (17493) (18172) (18514) (19356) (20425) (20461) (21374) (24443) (24447)
    (26166) (26310) (26760) (27002) (27234) (29869) (30765) (30775) (30785)
    (30786) (30854) (31221) (31345) (31346) (33342) (35107) (35670) (36183)
    (36584) (37117) (37308) (37329) (37336) (37343) (37367) (37384) (37405)
    (37638) (38239) (39557) (39774) (40245) (40261) (40310) (40430) (41429)
    (41440) (42286) (46959) (47302) (47529) (52340) (52387) (52689) (52760)
    (52761) (53110) (53426) (53429) (53430) (53789) (54071) (54401) (54509)
    (54660) (54686) (55408)

4.  Objects observed at four or more oppositions, last more than five
    years ago:
     (1221)  (1566)  (1915)  (2062)  (2063)  (2202)  (3688)  (4257)  (5590)
     (5620)  (5879)

5.  Objects observed at four or more oppositions, only one night in last
    five years:
     (2340)  (3554)  (5011)  (5660)  (6063)  (6130) (15760)

6.  Other poorly-observed objects observed at four or more oppositions:
     (2135)  (3200)  (3362)  (3753)  (5381)  (5786) (14827) (15504) (15883)
    (16308) (19730) (19958) (20161) (20860) (20968) (21277) (22145) (22152)
    (23606) (23699) (24028) (24031) (24495) (24502) (24782) (24952) (25367)
    (25370) (25529) (25905) (26144) (26189) (26469) (26558) (26663) (26677)
    (26715) (26731) (27031) (27129) (27346) (29824) (29991) (30025) (30030)
    (30586) (30610) (30673) (31903) (32537) (32597) (32604) (33411) (33814)
    (34671) (34675) (34722) (34753) (35658) (35666) (37341) (39572) (40263)
    (40267) (42763) (42843) (43180) (43546) (43579) (44594) (54598)

   Ephemeris Positions Of Critical-List Minor Planets For 2003 Apr. 1.0 TT

 Designation (and name)   Ref.   R.A. (2000) Decl.  Geo.  Hel.  El.   Ph.   V
(52387) 1993 OM7          38596* 06 46.39 -66 22.9  0.44  1.13  94.6  62.2 18.5
(30610) 2623 P-L          16661* 07 18.75 +37 37.0  2.50  2.77  95.1  21.0 20.6
(53789) 2000 ED104        39156* 07 54.88 -17 19.2  0.73  1.42 109.2  41.6 19.0
(40267) 1999 GJ4          43321* 08 21.24 +25 47.7  1.12  1.74 110.6  32.5 18.1
(54660) 2000 UJ1          39500* 08 21.57 -49 28.3  1.17  1.78 109.6  32.0 20.6
(35107) 1991 VH           43320* 08 34.89 +35 24.3  0.55  1.30 110.4  46.1 17.9
(37336) 2001 RM           24868* 09 15.05 -28 50.0  2.66  3.34 125.7  14.0 20.9
(37117) 2000 VU2          24800* 11 27.88 -13 13.9  5.00  5.95 160.1   3.3 20.9
(54071) 2000 GQ146        39268* 12 05.41 +76 15.8  0.27  1.08  99.3  66.5 17.3
(52340) 1992 SY           38580* 12 17.80 -04 22.4  0.29  1.29 174.5   4.3 16.1
(37367) 2001 VC           24879* 12 19.13 +31 32.3  2.06  2.93 143.8  11.6 20.0
(33411) 1999 CV91         21402* 13 05.27 -02 43.2  1.48  2.47 173.4   2.6 19.7
(37405) 2001 XT100        30238* 13 44.50 -07 37.4  2.13  3.10 163.6   5.2 18.9
(31849) 2000 EZ21         18908* 14 20.05 -25 04.1  1.18  2.10 148.2  14.6 18.2
(36584) 2000 QE127        24621* 14 28.00 -27 45.9  2.82  3.69 145.1   8.9 20.2
(40261) 1999 CD117        38169* 14 36.57 -18 13.6  1.57  2.48 148.2  12.3 18.0
 (6489) Golevka           38159* 14 42.46 -17 05.4  0.45  1.39 147.3  22.7 19.3
(30765) 1981 EJ48         18531* 15 16.87 -39 30.2  2.22  2.96 130.0  15.0 20.0
 (7822) 1991 CS           43316* 15 51.38 +55 30.8  0.54  1.28 108.5  47.8 18.4
 (6491) 1991 OA           36059* 15 51.65 -39 05.2  0.39  1.26 124.4  40.7 18.6
(27346) 2000 DN8          14633* 15 52.90 +33 17.8  1.92  2.58 120.9  19.4 20.5
(37314) 2001 QP           24859* 16 39.44 -00 30.4  2.72  3.34 120.0  15.0 20.2
(16851) 1997 YU1           7421* 16 50.91 -44 08.6  2.35  2.88 112.3  18.7 20.4
(19958) 1985 RN4           7684* 17 00.24 -22 45.4  1.78  2.38 114.6  22.5 20.6
 (4257) Ubasti            25937* 17 04.50 +27 37.6  1.42  1.98 108.8  28.5 19.7
(40263) 1999 FQ5          28156* 17 31.37 +09 38.3  1.10  1.67 106.1  35.0 20.5
(27234) 1999 RC2          14598* 17 42.67 -60 19.2  1.07  1.59 100.8  38.1 18.8
(26677) 2001 EJ18         14067* 17 50.82 -06 07.3  0.94  1.51 102.6  40.2 18.8
 (5011) Ptah              14996* 18 28.14 -30 39.5  1.29  1.70  94.7  35.9 20.3

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-F08

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