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MPEC 2003-T77 : 2003 TR9

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M.P.E.C. 2003-T77                                Issued 2003 Oct. 15, 22:22 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 TR9

Observations:
     K03T09R* C2003 10 09.29648 03 32 07.48 +16 23 49.9          18.3 R      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 09.30642 03 31 58.94 +16 22 34.2                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 09.31636 03 31 50.25 +16 21 18.1                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 09.32628 03 31 41.80 +16 20 04.1                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 14.30092 02 39 12.39 +07 53 37.9          19.0 R      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 14.31092 02 39 07.40 +07 52 49.7                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 14.32090 02 39 02.42 +07 52 02.0                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 14.33087 02 38 57.73 +07 51 15.9                      699
     K03T09R  C2003 10 15.20906 02 32 26.62 +06 45 08.4          18.7 R      649
     K03T09R  C2003 10 15.21084 02 32 25.83 +06 45 00.6          18.9 R      649
     K03T09R  C2003 10 15.21262 02 32 25.07 +06 44 53.2          18.6 R      649
     K03T09R  C2003 10 15.21440 02 32 24.30 +06 44 45.2          18.6 R      649

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
    + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 TR9
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M  28.42565              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49966493     Peri.   70.87596     -0.01734245     +0.99729184
a   1.5728361      Node   198.57014     -0.98082290     -0.03084776
e   0.6815856      Incl.   12.96911     -0.19412799     +0.06676374
P   1.97           H   21.5           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2003 Oct. 9-15.

Ephemeris:
2003 TR9                 a,e,i = 1.57, 0.68, 13                  q = 0.5008
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 08    03 51.83   +19 16.5    0.127    1.091   134.3    40.9    18.8
2003 10 18    02 15.21   +03 51.2    0.217    1.209   167.4    10.4    19.3
2003 10 28    01 40.05   -01 50.4    0.336    1.320   163.8    12.1    20.5
2003 11 07    01 25.02   -03 53.9    0.473    1.425   151.6    19.3    21.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-T77

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