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MPEC 2003-Q31 : 2002 SR41

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M.P.E.C. 2003-Q31                                Issued 2003 Aug. 25, 23:53 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2002 SR41

                           Revision to MPEC 2002-T05

Additional Observations:
     K02S41R  C2003 08 24.87924 22 14 05.63 +21 14 43.6                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 24.88058 22 14 05.38 +21 14 42.6                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 24.88171 22 14 05.20 +21 14 42.3                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 24.88385 22 14 04.92 +21 14 40.0                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 25.88046 22 11 28.59 +21 07 34.7                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 25.88254 22 11 28.31 +21 07 34.0                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 25.93675 22 11 19.53 +21 07 10.7                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 25.93895 22 11 19.23 +21 07 09.1                      246
     K02S41R  C2003 08 25.94190 22 11 18.89 +21 07 06.5                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m
    KLENOT Telescope + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
030824 246 24.1- 11.9-    030825 246 22.5- 12.3-    MPO 38430   -0.0019 day

Orbital elements:
2002 SR41
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 138.51827              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.87465087     Peri.  258.02795     -0.81059962     -0.55514234
a   1.0828781      Node   247.98057     +0.58430449     -0.74556998
e   0.4905728      Incl.   11.59938     +0.03894260     -0.36870366
P   1.13           H   20.1           G   0.15           U   5
Residuals in seconds of arc
020930 704  0.3-  1.0-    021005 715  0.3-  0.1-    021024 118  0.6-  0.1-
020930 704  0.3-  0.7+    021005 670  1.8+  1.1+    021024 118  0.2-  0.5+
020930 704  1.7+  0.9-    021005 670  1.9+  0.9+    021024 118  0.0   0.3+
020930 704  0.2-  0.1-    021005 620  0.2-  0.5-    021026 587  1.4+  0.8-
020930 704  0.0   0.7-    021005 620  1.7+  0.8-    021026 587 (2.8-  1.6+)
020930 557  0.1+  0.3-    021005 620 (2.7+  3.2-)   021026 587  0.2+  0.0
020930 557  0.1+  0.1-    021010 649  0.1-  0.2+    021028 670  0.1+  1.0+
021001 734  0.4-  1.1+    021010 649  0.0   0.1+    021031 448  0.2-  0.2-
021001 734  1.5-  1.1-    021010 649  0.0   0.2+    021031 448  0.3-  0.2+
021001 587  0.3-  0.6+    021015 649  0.1-  0.3+    021031 448  0.0   0.1+
021001 587  0.5-  0.2+    021015 649  0.0   0.1-    030824 246  0.3+  0.1-
021001 587  0.7-  0.5+    021020 448  0.1+  0.1+    030824 246  0.2-  0.6-
021001 587  0.2+  0.3-    021020 448  0.2+  0.0     030824 246  0.2-  0.4-
021001 118  0.0   0.1+    021020 448  0.1+  0.2+    030824 246  0.6+  1.9-
021001 118  0.3-  0.0     021021 649  0.1+  0.1-    030825 246  1.1-  0.3+
021001 118  0.2-  0.4+    021021 649  0.0   0.1+    030825 246  0.3-  0.5+
021004 540  0.3-  0.1-    021021 649  0.2-  0.1+    030825 246  0.9-  1.6+
021004 540  0.8-  0.3-    021022 118 (2.2+  1.0+)   030825 246  0.1-  1.0+
021004 540  0.1-  0.2+    021022 118  0.6-  0.9-    030825 246  1.8+  0.3-
021005 715  0.2-  0.1+    021022 118  0.7-  0.8-
021005 715  0.3-  0.0     021024 118  0.2+  0.3-

Ephemeris:
2002 SR41                a,e,i = 1.08, 0.49, 12                  q = 0.5516
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 08 19    22 28.84   +21 40.1    0.666    1.600   144.1    21.8    21.3
2003 08 29    22 03.22   +20 40.0    0.630    1.584   149.1    19.1    21.1
2003 09 08    21 37.06   +18 19.9    0.617    1.563   147.5    20.2    21.0
2003 09 18    21 14.48   +15 01.3    0.624    1.537   140.1    24.8    21.2
2003 09 28    20 58.20   +11 19.0    0.649    1.504   130.0    30.7    21.4
2003 10 08    20 49.10   +07 45.0    0.686    1.465   119.6    36.4    21.6
2003 10 18    20 46.65   +04 37.5    0.730    1.421   109.8    41.3    21.8
2003 10 28    20 49.84   +02 02.9    0.775    1.370   100.8    45.4    22.0
2003 11 07    20 57.67   +00 01.4    0.816    1.313    92.7    49.0    22.1
2003 11 17    21 09.20   -01 30.4    0.849    1.249    85.3    52.1    22.1
2003 11 27    21 23.77   -02 37.0    0.872    1.179    78.5    55.1    22.2
2003 12 07    21 40.83   -03 23.4    0.881    1.103    72.2    58.3    22.1
2003 12 17    21 59.85   -03 56.3    0.873    1.020    66.3    62.1    22.1
2003 12 27    22 20.34   -04 24.3    0.846    0.932    60.7    67.0    21.9
2004 01 06    22 41.48   -05 01.2    0.798    0.840    55.1    73.7    21.8
2004 01 16    23 01.62   -06 11.1    0.728    0.748    49.0    83.6    21.7
2004 01 26    23 17.04   -08 36.5    0.638    0.661    41.6    98.5    21.8
2004 02 05    23 19.19   -13 23.3    0.541    0.591    30.9   121.0    22.5
2004 02 15    22 54.04   -20 48.0    0.471    0.554    16.9   148.8    25.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Q31

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