MPEC 2003-U46 : 2003 US12
The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.
Read MPEC 2003-U45
Read MPEC 2003-U47
M.P.E.C. 2003-U46 Issued 2003 Oct. 22, 15:11 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 US12
Observations:
K03U12S* C2003 10 21.22325 22 58 47.61 +06 39 50.4 18.6 704
K03U12S C2003 10 21.23511 22 58 40.73 +06 40 09.3 19.3 704
K03U12S C2003 10 21.24659 22 58 34.13 +06 40 27.7 18.8 704
K03U12S C2003 10 21.25824 22 58 27.41 +06 40 46.9 18.8 704
K03U12S C2003 10 21.26994 22 58 20.74 +06 41 05.3 18.5 704
K03U12S C2003 10 22.15079 22 51 34.75 +07 01 54.8 18.7 R 649
K03U12S C2003 10 22.15257 22 51 33.97 +07 01 56.9 18.5 R 649
K03U12S C2003 10 22.15435 22 51 33.14 +07 01 59.4 18.7 R 649
K03U12S C2003 10 22.15976 22 51 32.12 +07 02 18.2 18.9 R 448
K03U12S C2003 10 22.16154 22 51 31.32 +07 02 20.5 18.8 R 448
K03U12S C2003 10 22.16676 22 51 28.95 +07 02 27.0 18.8 R 448
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.16794 22 51 29.77 +07 02 25.0 18.0 R 673
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.16956 22 51 28.96 +07 02 27.0 673
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.17101 22 51 28.37 +07 02 28.6 673
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.17257 22 51 27.70 +07 02 30.1 673
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.17350 22 51 27.24 +07 02 31.5 673
K03U12S 5C2003 10 22.17500 22 51 26.60 +07 02 33.4 673
Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. L. Stevens. 0.3-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg. Observer R. Fredrick. 0.75-m Newtonian
+ CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young. 0.6-m
reflector + 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 US12
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5 MPC
M 102.30865 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.68311233 Peri. 200.55541 -0.73119186 +0.67272337
a 0.6999397 Node 22.95065 -0.57833604 -0.52334696
e 0.6016620 Incl. 16.86758 -0.36178155 -0.52302125
P 0.59 H 23.1 G 0.15
From 17 observations 2003 Oct. 21-22.
Ephemeris:
2003 US12 a,e,i = 0.70, 0.60, 17 q = 0.2788
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 10 18 23 53.05 +03 48.6 0.033 1.027 155.4 23.8 16.9
2003 10 19 23 28.41 +05 08.8 0.042 1.032 148.7 30.1 17.6
2003 10 20 23 12.21 +05 59.8 0.050 1.037 144.0 34.4 18.1
2003 10 21 23 00.90 +06 34.6 0.059 1.042 140.3 37.6 18.6
2003 10 22 22 52.65 +06 59.8 0.068 1.047 137.4 40.1 19.0
2003 10 23 22 46.41 +07 18.8 0.077 1.051 135.0 42.0 19.3
2003 10 24 22 41.58 +07 33.8 0.087 1.056 132.9 43.6 19.6
2003 10 25 22 37.76 +07 45.9 0.096 1.060 131.1 45.0 19.9
2003 10 26 22 34.70 +07 56.0 0.105 1.064 129.4 46.2 20.1
2003 10 27 22 32.22 +08 04.6 0.115 1.068 127.9 47.2 20.3
2003 10 28 22 30.20 +08 12.1 0.124 1.072 126.5 48.2 20.5
2003 10 29 22 28.55 +08 18.8 0.133 1.076 125.2 49.0 20.7
2003 10 30 22 27.21 +08 24.8 0.143 1.079 123.9 49.8 20.9
2003 10 31 22 26.11 +08 30.3 0.152 1.083 122.8 50.5 21.1
2003 11 01 22 25.22 +08 35.4 0.161 1.086 121.6 51.1 21.2
2003 11 02 22 24.51 +08 40.2 0.171 1.089 120.5 51.7 21.4
2003 11 03 22 23.96 +08 44.7 0.180 1.092 119.5 52.3 21.5
2003 11 04 22 23.54 +08 49.1 0.190 1.095 118.4 52.8 21.6
2003 11 05 22 23.23 +08 53.3 0.199 1.098 117.4 53.3 21.8
2003 11 06 22 23.03 +08 57.4 0.208 1.100 116.5 53.8 21.9
2003 11 07 22 22.92 +09 01.5 0.218 1.102 115.5 54.2 22.0
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-U46
Read MPEC 2003-U45
Read MPEC 2003-U47
Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.
