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MPEC 2003-S44 : 2003 SZ84

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M.P.E.C. 2003-S44                                Issued 2003 Sept. 22, 14:08 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.

         Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
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                                   2003 SZ84

Observations:
     K03S84Z* C2003 09 20.48446 02 21 55.82 +16 40 01.4          20.6        644
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 20.49560 02 21 54.68 +16 40 16.0          20.3        644
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 20.50677 02 21 53.60 +16 40 30.7          20.2        644
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91398 02 19 33.53 +17 11 35.1                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91493 02 19 33.43 +17 11 36.2                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91589 02 19 33.37 +17 11 37.3                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91681 02 19 33.20 +17 11 39.2                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91793 02 19 33.12 +17 11 41.0                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.91898 02 19 33.04 +17 11 42.7                      246
     K03S84Z  C2003 09 21.92001 02 19 33.00 +17 11 44.2                      246
     K03S84Z FC2003 09 22.04096 02 19 20.26 +17 14 23.9          20.2 R      620

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 SZ84
Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
M  16.31526              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19997655     Peri.  296.78293     +0.59384348     +0.80218144
a   2.8961208      Node    10.35394     -0.55913860     +0.46694589
e   0.5838650      Incl.   20.20938     -0.57854468     +0.37211085
P   4.93           H   19.4           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2003 Sept. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2003 SZ84                a,e,i = 2.90, 0.58, 20                  q = 1.2052
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 09 18    02 25.84   +15 43.1    0.639    1.527   135.4    27.5    20.6
2003 09 28    02 08.41   +19 15.8    0.656    1.595   147.4    19.8    20.5
2003 10 08    01 48.02   +21 56.2    0.692    1.664   158.9    12.5    20.5
2003 10 18    01 27.87   +23 39.1    0.752    1.735   165.7     8.2    20.5
2003 10 28    01 10.86   +24 32.3    0.835    1.807   162.3     9.6    20.9
2003 11 07    00 58.76   +24 52.9    0.941    1.880   153.3    13.7    21.4
2003 11 17    00 51.90   +24 58.2    1.066    1.952   143.6    17.5    21.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S44

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