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M.P.E.C. 2003-U12                                Issued 2003 Oct. 18, 11:09 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 UM3

Observations:
     K03U03M* C2003 10 17.30722 01 16 10.54 +12 25 29.2          21.8 V      691
     K03U03M  C2003 10 17.34625 01 16 12.26 +12 25 45.7          21.6 V      691
     K03U03M  C2003 10 17.37271 01 16 13.53 +12 25 55.0          21.7 V      691
     K03U03M HC2003 10 17.41619 01 16 16.00 +12 26 09.2          21.1 V      291
     K03U03M HC2003 10 17.42028 01 16 16.34 +12 26 09.7          21.7 V      291
     K03U03M HC2003 10 17.42423 01 16 16.53 +12 26 11.7          21.3 V      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.28056 01 17 54.94 +12 31 58.7          21.2 V      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.29355 01 17 55.22 +12 32 02.9          21.6 V      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.29879 01 17 55.32 +12 32 04.7                      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.30719 01 17 55.45 +12 32 08.1          21.8 V      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.31131 01 17 55.54 +12 32 09.4          21.9 V      291
     K03U03M  C2003 10 18.31780 01 17 55.64 +12 32 10.8                      291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer A. E. Gleason.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer J. A. Larsen.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 UM3
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M  29.46149              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61281001     Peri.  284.57274     +0.53318454     +0.84596089
a   1.3727311      Node    17.65510     -0.76564449     +0.48655579
e   0.4412802      Incl.    1.51652     -0.35986492     +0.21820551
P   1.61           H   28.1           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2003 Oct. 17-18.

Ephemeris:
2003 UM3                 a,e,i = 1.37, 0.44, 2                   q = 0.7670
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 18    01 17.47   +12 31.4    0.044    1.040   175.7     4.1    21.8
2003 10 19    01 18.86   +12 36.4    0.051    1.048   175.5     4.3    22.1
2003 10 20    01 19.90   +12 39.9    0.059    1.055   175.1     4.6    22.5
2003 10 21    01 20.72   +12 42.5    0.067    1.062   174.6     5.1    22.8
2003 10 22    01 21.38   +12 44.4    0.074    1.069   174.0     5.6    23.0
2003 10 23    01 21.93   +12 45.9    0.082    1.076   173.4     6.1    23.3
2003 10 24    01 22.40   +12 47.0    0.089    1.084   172.6     6.8    23.5
2003 10 25    01 22.82   +12 47.9    0.097    1.091   171.9     7.4    23.8
2003 10 26    01 23.20   +12 48.6    0.105    1.098   171.1     8.1    24.0
2003 10 27    01 23.56   +12 49.1    0.113    1.105   170.2     8.8    24.2
2003 10 28    01 23.89   +12 49.7    0.120    1.112   169.4     9.5    24.4

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U12

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