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MPEC 2003-S31 : 2003 SL36

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M.P.E.C. 2003-S31                                Issued 2003 Sept. 20, 14:48 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.

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                                   2003 SL36

Observations:
     K03S36L* C2003 09 19.32178 00 07 11.60 -12 22 59.3          18.0 R      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 19.33506 00 07 08.58 -12 16 25.8                      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 19.34832 00 07 05.60 -12 09 54.8                      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 19.36158 00 07 02.62 -12 03 26.4                      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 19.92292 00 06 43.74 -08 12 59.1                      246
     K03S36L  C2003 09 19.92403 00 06 43.57 -08 12 35.9                      246
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.03037 00 06 28.96 -07 36 08.0          18.0 R      587
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.03148 00 06 28.42 -07 35 47.1                      587
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.03258 00 06 28.27 -07 35 24.9          18.2 R      587
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.24666 00 06 32.23 -06 27 21.1          17.8 R      448
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.25156 00 06 31.41 -06 25 55.0          18.6 R      448
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.25760 00 06 30.41 -06 24 08.7          18.9 R      448
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.27601 00 06 28.91 -06 18 39.4          18.8 R      854
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.27687 00 06 28.89 -06 18 30.5          18.8 R      854
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.27773 00 06 28.46 -06 18 11.6          19.3 R      854
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.33352 00 06 14.88 -06 02 41.1          18.9 R      734
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.33644 00 06 14.46 -06 01 50.6          18.7 R      734
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.33708 00 06 19.15 -06 01 25.7          18.0 R      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.33934 00 06 14.09 -06 01 01.5          18.9 R      734
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.34202 00 06 18.35 -06 00 02.1                      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.34700 00 06 17.53 -05 58 37.9                      699
     K03S36L  C2003 09 20.35199 00 06 16.77 -05 57 13.6                      699

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observer F. Manca.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.3-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 SL36
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M  88.09574              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58724450     Peri.  289.05654     +0.31149462     +0.95024728
a   1.4122885      Node   359.09062     -0.84379549     +0.27606822
e   0.4055610      Incl.    3.96204     -0.43701290     +0.14427902
P   1.68           H   26.4           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
030919 699  0.1-  0.5+    030920 587  0.5-  0.5+    030920 734  0.1-  0.8+
030919 699  0.3+  0.2-    030920 448  0.0   1.3+    030920 699  0.9+  0.3-
030919 699  0.5+  0.1-    030920 448  0.3-  0.8+    030920 734  0.5+  0.4+
030919 699  0.0   0.0     030920 448  0.5-  0.5+    030920 699  0.6+  0.7-
030919 246  0.2+  0.6-    030920 854 (1.1+  5.8+)   030920 699  0.0   1.0-
030919 246  0.2+  0.7-    030920 854 (2.9+  0.3-)   030920 699  0.3+  1.2-
030920 587 (4.8+  1.5+)   030920 854 (1.3-  3.6+)
030920 587  0.7-  0.3+    030920 734  0.2-  0.2+

Ephemeris:
2003 SL36                a,e,i = 1.41, 0.41, 4                   q = 0.8395
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 09 18    00 09.78   -30 08.4    0.012    1.015   151.1    28.5    18.0
2003 09 19    00 07.59   -15 14.1    0.017    1.021   165.3    14.5    18.4
2003 09 20    00 06.59   -07 41.4    0.023    1.027   172.1     7.7    18.8
2003 09 21    00 06.00   -03 17.1    0.029    1.033   175.6     4.3    19.2
2003 09 22    00 05.60   -00 25.8    0.035    1.039   177.3     2.7    19.5
2003 09 23    00 05.31   +01 33.5    0.042    1.045   177.5     2.4    19.9
2003 09 24    00 05.09   +03 00.9    0.048    1.051   177.1     2.8    20.2
2003 09 25    00 04.91   +04 07.5    0.054    1.057   176.5     3.4    20.5
2003 09 26    00 04.77   +04 59.8    0.061    1.064   175.8     3.9    20.8
2003 09 27    00 04.66   +05 41.8    0.068    1.070   175.2     4.5    21.1
2003 09 28    00 04.58   +06 16.2    0.074    1.076   174.6     5.0    21.3
2003 09 29    00 04.52   +06 44.7    0.081    1.082   174.0     5.5    21.6
2003 09 30    00 04.48   +07 08.7    0.087    1.089   173.4     6.1    21.8
2003 10 01    00 04.46   +07 29.1    0.094    1.095   172.8     6.6    22.0
2003 10 02    00 04.47   +07 46.7    0.101    1.101   172.1     7.2    22.2
2003 10 03    00 04.50   +08 01.8    0.108    1.108   171.4     7.7    22.3
2003 10 04    00 04.54   +08 15.0    0.115    1.114   170.7     8.3    22.5
2003 10 05    00 04.61   +08 26.5    0.122    1.120   170.0     8.9    22.7
2003 10 06    00 04.70   +08 36.7    0.129    1.127   169.3     9.5    22.8
2003 10 07    00 04.80   +08 45.7    0.136    1.133   168.5    10.1    23.0
2003 10 08    00 04.93   +08 53.6    0.143    1.139   167.8    10.7    23.1

     The object passed 0.00789 AU from the earth on Sept. 16.63 UT.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S31

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