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MPEC 2003-F55 : 2003 FF5

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M.P.E.C. 2003-F55                                Issued 2003 Mar. 28, 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

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                                   2003 FF5

Observations:
     K03F05F* C2003 03 27.19145 11 11 19.72 -06 18 33.1          19.6        644
     K03F05F  C2003 03 27.21228 11 11 18.68 -06 17 30.3          19.7        644
     K03F05F  C2003 03 27.23304 11 11 17.57 -06 16 27.8          19.9        644
     K03F05F  C2003 03 27.95503 11 11 00.82 -05 38 53.3          18.7 R      J95
     K03F05F  C2003 03 27.96900 11 11 00.12 -05 38 06.7          18.2 R      J95
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.24430 11 10 55.36 -05 22 38.4          18.8 R      699
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.25863 11 10 54.50 -05 21 50.2                      699
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.27296 11 10 53.79 -05 21 02.3                      699
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.28724 11 10 52.98 -05 20 14.2                      699
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.82825 11 10 45.08 -04 49 22.6                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.82928 11 10 44.93 -04 49 22.3                      557
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.82965 11 10 45.06 -04 49 17.4                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83036 11 10 45.07 -04 49 15.6                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83106 11 10 45.07 -04 49 12.8                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83230 11 10 44.82 -04 49 10.2                      557
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83262 11 10 45.00 -04 49 08.0                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83382 11 10 44.77 -04 49 03.8                      557
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83517 11 10 44.87 -04 49 00.3                      246
     K03F05F  C2003 03 28.83591 11 10 44.87 -04 48 56.7                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m
    KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 FF5
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
M 321.71095              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61859942     Peri.   54.01622     -0.38945348     +0.92070390
a   1.3641529      Node   193.13330     -0.87661732     -0.37889330
e   0.3010187      Incl.    6.34375     -0.28260938     -0.09351038
P   1.59           H   23.0           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2003 Mar. 27-28.

Ephemeris:
2003 FF5                 a,e,i = 1.36, 0.30, 6                   q = 0.9535
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 03 22    11 13.31   -09 46.9    0.118    1.111   164.4    14.0    19.4
2003 03 24    11 12.51   -08 37.7    0.109    1.102   163.7    14.7    19.2
2003 03 26    11 11.73   -07 14.7    0.100    1.094   162.7    15.8    19.1
2003 03 28    11 11.00   -05 35.1    0.092    1.085   161.3    17.2    18.9
2003 03 30    11 10.35   -03 34.9    0.084    1.077   159.5    18.9    18.7
2003 04 01    11 09.82   -01 08.8    0.076    1.069   157.3    21.1    18.6
2003 04 03    11 09.45   +01 50.4    0.068    1.062   154.7    23.8    18.4
2003 04 05    11 09.31   +05 32.6    0.061    1.054   151.4    27.0    18.2
2003 04 07    11 09.48   +10 11.8    0.054    1.046   147.4    31.0    18.1
2003 04 09    11 10.08   +16 06.9    0.047    1.039   142.4    36.0    17.9
2003 04 11    11 11.31   +23 41.9    0.042    1.032   135.9    42.5    17.8
2003 04 13    11 13.54   +33 22.5    0.037    1.025   127.7    50.7    17.8
2003 04 15    11 17.56   +45 21.7    0.033    1.019   117.4    60.9    17.8
2003 04 17    11 25.59   +59 14.1    0.032    1.013   105.6    72.7    18.1
2003 04 19    11 46.8    +73 36.9    0.032    1.007    93.3    84.8    18.5
2003 04 21    14 20      +85 57.3    0.034    1.001    82.4    95.7    19.1
2003 04 23    21 48.7    +80 50.7    0.038    0.995    73.7   104.2    19.7
2003 04 25    22 28.3    +72 05.7    0.043    0.990    67.3   110.4    20.3
2003 04 27    22 40.43   +65 07.2    0.049    0.985    63.0   114.5    20.9
2003 04 29    22 46.69   +59 37.3    0.055    0.981    60.1   117.2    21.3
2003 05 01    22 50.81   +55 14.8    0.062    0.976    58.2   118.7    21.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-F55

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