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M.P.E.C. 2003-S40 Issued 2003 Sept. 22, 03:27 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2003 SS84
Observations:
K03S84S* C2003 09 20.23835 22 52 14.73 +10 03 29.8 19.7 704
K03S84S C2003 09 20.25093 22 52 13.01 +10 03 29.4 20.1 704
K03S84S C2003 09 20.26332 22 52 11.54 +10 03 24.7 19.8 704
K03S84S C2003 09 20.27563 22 52 09.91 +10 03 21.1 19.9 704
K03S84S C2003 09 20.28774 22 52 08.25 +10 03 20.3 19.8 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.19880 22 50 25.23 +09 59 59.9 19.3 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.21124 22 50 23.58 +09 59 57.4 19.0 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.22366 22 50 21.82 +09 59 54.1 19.6 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.22501 22 50 21.58 +09 59 54.1 18.6 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.22712 22 50 21.87 +09 59 53.7 18.8 644
K03S84S C2003 09 21.23613 22 50 20.09 +09 59 50.7 19.3 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.23712 22 50 19.94 +09 59 48.1 19.0 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.24854 22 50 18.86 +09 59 48.6 18.7 644
K03S84S C2003 09 21.25056 22 50 17.99 +09 59 48.0 19.1 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.26330 22 50 16.22 +09 59 45.0 18.9 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.26981 22 50 15.87 +09 59 43.4 18.7 644
K03S84S C2003 09 21.27542 22 50 14.51 +09 59 41.9 18.7 704
K03S84S C2003 09 21.78653 22 49 14.17 +09 57 12.6 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.78735 22 49 14.03 +09 57 12.5 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.78801 22 49 13.94 +09 57 12.4 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.78970 22 49 13.72 +09 57 11.7 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.79087 22 49 13.58 +09 57 11.4 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.79194 22 49 13.41 +09 57 11.4 246
K03S84S C2003 09 21.79668 22 49 12.92 +09 57 09.5 18.7 V 611
K03S84S C2003 09 21.79994 22 49 12.48 +09 57 08.6 18.7 V 611
K03S84S C2003 09 21.80334 22 49 12.01 +09 57 07.9 18.9 V 611
K03S84S C2003 09 21.86736 22 49 03.05 +09 56 52.4 18.5 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.87034 22 49 02.63 +09 56 51.7 18.5 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.87090 22 49 02.55 +09 56 51.5 18.5 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.87219 22 49 02.35 +09 56 51.0 18.4 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.87265 22 49 02.29 +09 56 50.7 18.6 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.87296 22 49 02.24 +09 56 50.4 18.6 V 151
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90417 22 48 58.13 +09 56 49.2 18.5 R 176
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90578 22 48 57.89 +09 56 48.9 18.1 R 176
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90587 22 48 57.15 +09 56 42.4 18.8 R 118
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90740 22 48 57.65 +09 56 48.2 18.3 R 176
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90813 22 48 56.81 +09 56 41.6 18.6 R 118
K03S84S C2003 09 21.90902 22 48 57.42 +09 56 48.2 18.4 R 176
K03S84S C2003 09 21.91064 22 48 57.19 +09 56 47.4 18.4 R 176
K03S84S C2003 09 21.91135 22 48 56.31 +09 56 40.4 18.4 R 118
K03S84S C2003 09 21.91567 22 48 56.62 +09 56 35.7 18.5 R 966
K03S84S C2003 09 21.93319 22 48 54.09 +09 56 30.6 18.5 R 966
Observer details:
118 Modra. Observer S. Gajdos. 0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur. Observer M. Griesser. 0.40-m f/5.8
Hypergraph + CCD.
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
0.41-m reflector + CCD.
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy. 1.06-m KLENOT
Telescope + CCD.
611 Starkenburg. Observer F. Hormuth. 0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT. Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
M. Hicks. 1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
H. Stange. Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers. 1.0-m
f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
966 Church Stretton. Observer S. P. Laurie. 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2003 SS84 PHA 0.007
Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5 MPC
M 337.50440 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.36216845 Peri. 234.64064 +0.29356424 -0.95545146
a 1.9492265 Node 198.36041 +0.90550205 +0.28817268
e 0.5766479 Incl. 5.56338 +0.30640836 +0.06378883
P 2.72 H 21.7 G 0.15
From 41 observations 2003 Sept. 20-21.
Ephemeris:
2003 SS84 a,e,i = 1.95, 0.58, 6 q = 0.8252
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 09 18 22 56.01 +10 09.2 0.176 1.175 163.5 14.1 19.1
2003 09 19 22 54.41 +10 07.3 0.168 1.166 162.9 14.7 19.0
2003 09 20 22 52.68 +10 04.6 0.160 1.158 162.2 15.4 18.9
2003 09 21 22 50.80 +10 01.2 0.152 1.149 161.4 16.2 18.8
2003 09 22 22 48.75 +09 56.9 0.144 1.141 160.5 17.1 18.7
2003 09 23 22 46.52 +09 51.6 0.136 1.132 159.5 18.1 18.6
2003 09 24 22 44.07 +09 45.2 0.128 1.124 158.4 19.2 18.5
2003 09 25 22 41.36 +09 37.5 0.121 1.115 157.2 20.4 18.4
2003 09 26 22 38.36 +09 28.3 0.113 1.107 155.9 21.7 18.2
2003 09 27 22 34.99 +09 17.3 0.106 1.099 154.5 23.2 18.1
2003 09 28 22 31.19 +09 04.2 0.098 1.091 152.9 24.8 18.0
2003 09 29 22 26.85 +08 48.6 0.091 1.083 151.1 26.5 17.9
2003 09 30 22 21.85 +08 29.7 0.084 1.074 149.2 28.5 17.7
2003 10 01 22 16.00 +08 06.8 0.077 1.066 147.0 30.8 17.6
2003 10 02 22 09.06 +07 38.6 0.069 1.058 144.5 33.3 17.4
2003 10 03 22 00.66 +07 03.3 0.062 1.050 141.6 36.3 17.3
2003 10 04 21 50.29 +06 18.4 0.055 1.042 138.2 39.8 17.1
2003 10 05 21 37.17 +05 19.9 0.049 1.035 134.1 44.0 16.9
2003 10 06 21 20.11 +04 01.5 0.042 1.027 128.9 49.3 16.7
2003 10 07 20 57.23 +02 13.7 0.036 1.019 122.2 56.1 16.6
2003 10 08 20 25.65 -00 17.8 0.030 1.012 113.1 65.3 16.5
2003 10 09 19 41.28 -03 49.5 0.026 1.004 100.8 77.8 16.5
2003 10 10 18 40.26 -08 22.1 0.023 0.997 84.3 94.4 16.8
2003 10 11 17 24.64 -13 02.4 0.021 0.989 64.5 114.4 17.8
2003 10 12 16 07.58 -16 16.3 0.023 0.982 45.0 134.1 19.6
2003 10 13 15 03.69 -17 35.8 0.026 0.975 29.3 150.0 22.2
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