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MPEC 2003-S47 : 2003 RD6

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M.P.E.C. 2003-S47                                Issued 2003 Sept. 22, 14:26 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 RD6

                           Revision to MPEC 2003-R33

Additional Observations:
     K03R06D 2 1990 09 25.30278 00 22 25.88 +14 32 45.5                      261
     K03R06D 2 1990 09 25.33750 00 22 23.93 +14 30 25.5                      261
     K03R06D 2 1992 05 01.16806 11 23 04.77 +21 02 14.9                      261
     K03R06D 2 1992 05 01.20278 11 23 05.14 +21 03 36.3                      261

Observer details:
261 Palomar-DSS.  Observers C. Brewer, J. Mueller, J. D. Mendenhall.  Measurer
    G. Forti.  1.2-m Schmidt.

Orbital elements:
2003 RD6
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M 103.55217              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45728205     Peri.   88.15432     +0.12569947     +0.98743110
a   1.6685784      Node   190.62023     -0.98206219     +0.13753195
e   0.3181685      Incl.   31.32294     +0.14054716     +0.07787678
P   2.16           H   17.4           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
900925 261 (0.7-  2.4-)   030906 704  0.1-  0.5-    030920 J87  1.1+  0.7-
900925 261  0.3-  0.8-    030906 704  0.4+  0.3+    030920 J87  0.9-  0.3+
920501 261 (1.5-  3.2+)   030907 704  0.5-  1.1+    030920 J87  0.3+  0.3-
920501 261  0.5-  1.2+    030907 704  0.5+  0.7+    030920 246  0.7+  0.3+
030905 704  0.6+  0.3-    030907 704  0.1-  1.2+    030920 246  0.5+  0.0
030905 704  1.2+  0.2-    030907 704  0.5-  0.9+    030920 246  0.4+  0.1+
030905 704  0.0   0.3+    030908 J95  0.6-  0.7-    030920 246  0.3+  0.4+
030905 704  0.4-  0.2+    030908 J95  0.2+  0.6-    030920 246  0.3+  0.6+
030905 J87  0.3+  0.5-    030908 J95  0.1+  0.6-    030920 246  0.5+  0.4+
030905 J87  0.0   0.6-    030908 413  0.4+  0.7-    030920 704  0.0   0.3+
030905 J87  0.7-  0.9+    030910 413  0.0   0.4-    030920 608  0.3-  0.7-
030905 246  0.3-  0.1+    030910 413  0.2+  0.3-    030920 704  0.2-  0.0
030906 246  0.0   0.0     030911 170  0.5-  0.3-    030920 608  0.0   0.8-
030906 246  0.1-  0.2+    030911 170  0.3-  0.2-    030920 704  0.1-  0.8+
030906 246  0.0   0.2+    030911 170  1.1+  0.2+    030920 608  0.5-  0.9-
030906 246  0.2-  0.2+    030918 413  0.3+  0.3-    030920 704  0.5+  0.3+
030906 118  0.5-  0.9+    030918 413  0.3+  0.3-    030920 704  0.3+  0.5+
030906 118  0.8-  0.3+    030918 132  0.9+  0.1-    030922 118  0.2-  0.3+
030906 118  0.1+  0.1-    030918 132  0.0   0.0     030922 118  0.5+  0.5+
030906 854  1.2-  0.6+    030918 132  0.9-  0.3+    030922 118  0.6-  0.1+
030906 854  1.5-  1.0-    030919 J87  0.1-  0.4-    030922 118  0.0   0.6+
030906 704  0.1+  0.5-    030919 J87  0.4+  0.5-    030922 118  0.3-  0.6+

Ephemeris:
2003 RD6                 a,e,i = 1.67, 0.32, 31                  q = 1.1377
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 09 18    02 37.21   +12 21.8    0.658    1.535   133.7    28.2    18.7
2003 09 28    02 30.06   +04 55.9    0.644    1.580   146.5    20.5    18.5
2003 10 08    02 18.84   -02 36.5    0.656    1.624   156.9    14.0    18.3
2003 10 18    02 05.63   -09 18.3    0.697    1.666   159.3    12.2    18.5
2003 10 28    01 52.78   -14 28.0    0.764    1.708   152.4    15.6    18.8
2003 11 07    01 42.37   -17 53.7    0.855    1.749   142.5    20.2    19.3
2003 11 17    01 35.52   -19 47.7    0.963    1.788   132.7    24.0    19.7
2003 11 27    01 32.53   -20 30.5    1.085    1.826   123.5    26.8    20.1
2003 12 07    01 33.20   -20 21.7    1.215    1.862   115.2    28.6    20.4
2003 12 17    01 37.01   -19 37.3    1.351    1.897   107.6    29.6    20.7
2003 12 27    01 43.45   -18 28.6    1.491    1.929   100.5    30.1    21.0
2004 01 06    01 52.07   -17 03.8    1.631    1.960    93.9    30.0    21.2
2004 01 16    02 02.43   -15 29.1    1.770    1.990    87.7    29.6    21.4
2004 01 26    02 14.26   -13 48.5    1.907    2.017    81.8    28.9    21.6
2004 02 05    02 27.29   -12 05.5    2.040    2.043    76.2    27.9    21.7
2004 02 15    02 41.32   -10 22.7    2.169    2.066    70.8    26.8    21.9
2004 02 25    02 56.23   -08 41.9    2.291    2.088    65.7    25.6    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S47

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