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MPEC 2003-T75 : 2003 TO9

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M.P.E.C. 2003-T75                                Issued 2003 Oct. 15, 20:00 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
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2003 TO9

Observations:
     K03T09O  C2003 09 18.23744 23 32 29.66 +03 29 54.0          20.2 V      691
     K03T09O  C2003 09 18.26448 23 32 29.18 +03 29 47.5          20.2 V      691
     K03T09O  C2003 09 18.29130 23 32 28.69 +03 29 41.0          20.3 V      691
     K03T09O  C2003 09 27.22915 23 31 42.54 +02 34 33.2          19.2        704
     K03T09O  C2003 09 27.24222 23 31 42.25 +02 34 26.6          19.6        704
     K03T09O  C2003 09 27.25517 23 31 42.08 +02 34 20.0          19.4        704
     K03T09O  C2003 09 27.26836 23 31 41.85 +02 34 13.8          19.7        704
     K03T09O  C2003 09 27.28103 23 31 41.67 +02 34 07.2          19.5        704
     K03T09O  C2003 09 30.22079 23 31 45.92 +02 06 18.0          19.9 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 09 30.23419 23 31 45.70 +02 06 09.7          20.8 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 09 30.24758 23 31 45.58 +02 06 01.3          20.2 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 10 01.21803 23 31 51.32 +01 55 34.6          20.5 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 10 01.23144 23 31 51.08 +01 55 24.3          20.9 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 10 01.24483 23 31 50.95 +01 55 15.2          20.9 R      683
     K03T09O  C2003 10 12.33141 23 37 33.79 -01 09 54.7          17.8 R      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 12.34142 23 37 34.22 -01 10 10.1                      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 12.35139 23 37 34.72 -01 10 25.2                      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 12.36136 23 37 35.19 -01 10 40.4                      699
     K03T09O* C2003 10 15.16361 23 41 40.63 -02 29 30.6          17.5 R      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.18023 23 41 41.90 -02 30 01.9                      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.19688 23 41 43.10 -02 30 34.2                      699
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.21721 23 41 44.64 -02 31 13.6                      699
     K03T09O 5C2003 10 15.38565 23 41 58.32 -02 36 39.6          17.5 R      673
     K03T09O 5C2003 10 15.38750 23 41 58.48 -02 36 42.8                      673
     K03T09O 5C2003 10 15.39005 23 41 58.71 -02 36 48.2                      673
     K03T09O 5C2003 10 15.39132 23 41 58.80 -02 36 50.6                      673
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.75608 23 42 46.51 -02 49 17.0          17.5 V      198
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.75890 23 42 46.79 -02 49 22.6          17.6 V      198
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.76172 23 42 47.07 -02 49 28.7          17.6 V      198
     K03T09O  C2003 10 15.76525 23 42 47.39 -02 49 36.0          17.5 V      198

Observer details:
198 Wildberg.  Observer R. Apitzsch.  0.235-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
683 Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson.  Observer R. Tucker.  Measurer
    J. Kessel.  3 x (0.35-m f/5 reflector + CCD).
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer A. F. Tubbiolo.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observers B. W. Koehn, B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m
    LONEOS 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.

Orbital elements:
2003 TO9
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M   9.45240              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26017291     Peri.  225.14737     +0.45109283     -0.89231942
a   2.4301215      Node   198.05947     +0.83333207     +0.42785181
e   0.6009333      Incl.    3.10144     +0.31948853     +0.14390583
P   3.79           H   22.3           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
030918 691  0.1+  0.2-    030930 683  0.1+  0.3-    031015 699  0.2-  0.1+
030918 691  0.1+  0.2-    031001 683  0.9+  0.6+    031015 699  0.2+  0.0
030918 691  0.0   0.2-    031001 683  0.6-  0.7-    031015 673  0.2+  0.2-
030927 704  0.5+  0.1+    031001 683  0.4-  0.9-    031015 673  0.2+  0.2+
030927 704  0.6-  0.2+    031012 699  0.5+  0.9+    031015 673  0.3+  0.2-
030927 704  0.1+  0.2+    031012 699  0.1-  0.3+    031015 673  0.0   0.1-
030927 704  0.1-  0.8+    031012 699  0.2+  0.0     031015 198  0.4-  0.1+
030927 704  0.4+  0.7+    031012 699  0.2-  0.5-    031015 198  0.4-  0.2+
030930 683  0.1+  0.3-    031015 699  0.4+  0.5-    031015 198  0.3-  0.1-
030930 683  0.7-  0.2-    031015 699  0.6+  0.2+    031015 198  0.7-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2003 TO9                 a,e,i = 2.43, 0.60, 3                   q = 0.9698
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 08    23 33.97   +00 20.9    0.137    1.129   159.7    17.9    19.2
2003 10 10    23 35.35   -00 16.9    0.125    1.116   157.9    19.7    19.0
2003 10 12    23 37.23   -01 01.1    0.114    1.104   156.1    21.5    18.8
2003 10 14    23 39.78   -01 53.4    0.103    1.092   154.4    23.2    18.7
2003 10 16    23 43.19   -02 56.4    0.092    1.080   152.8    25.0    18.4
2003 10 18    23 47.80   -04 14.0    0.082    1.069   151.3    26.6    18.2
2003 10 20    23 54.08   -05 51.9    0.071    1.058   149.8    28.2    17.9
2003 10 22    00 02.84   -07 59.5    0.061    1.048   148.5    29.8    17.6
2003 10 24    00 15.50   -10 52.2    0.051    1.038   147.2    31.3    17.3
2003 10 26    00 34.74   -14 56.0    0.042    1.029   145.7    33.0    16.9
2003 10 28    01 06.17   -20 52.2    0.033    1.021   143.0    35.8    16.4
2003 10 30    02 02.13   -29 21.9    0.026    1.013   137.0    42.0    16.1
2003 11 01    03 44.26   -38 34.9    0.022    1.005   123.9    55.1    16.1
2003 11 03    06 03.34   -40 43.3    0.023    0.999   105.8    72.9    16.7
2003 11 05    07 47.75   -35 04.2    0.028    0.993    91.2    87.2    17.6
2003 11 07    08 45.49   -28 46.7    0.035    0.987    82.6    95.4    18.4
2003 11 09    09 18.28   -24 04.4    0.044    0.983    78.0    99.5    19.1
2003 11 11    09 38.79   -20 44.1    0.053    0.979    75.8   101.2    19.6
2003 11 13    09 52.76   -18 19.3    0.062    0.975    74.9   101.6    19.9
2003 11 15    10 02.94   -16 31.6    0.072    0.973    74.8   101.2    20.2
2003 11 17    10 10.75   -15 09.0    0.082    0.971    75.1   100.2    20.4

2003 11 27    10 33.43   -11 24.0    0.130    0.974    80.3    92.1    21.1
2003 12 07    10 45.05   -09 42.6    0.175    0.994    87.9    81.9    21.4
2003 12 17    10 51.18   -08 35.2    0.216    1.032    96.8    71.2    21.5
2003 12 27    10 52.03   -07 24.5    0.251    1.084   107.0    60.2    21.6
2004 01 06    10 47.35   -05 49.0    0.283    1.146   118.7    48.8    21.7
2004 01 16    10 37.55   -03 40.0    0.316    1.217   131.7    37.1    21.7
2004 01 26    10 23.90   -01 00.2    0.354    1.293   145.8    25.4    21.8
2004 02 05    10 08.99   +01 53.8    0.404    1.373   159.9    14.3    21.8
2004 02 15    09 55.55   +04 38.7    0.470    1.454   171.6     5.7    21.9

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-T75

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