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MPEC 2003-U76 : 2003 UW26

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M.P.E.C. 2003-U76                                Issued 2003 Oct. 27, 01:14 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 UW26

Observations:
     K03U26W* C2003 10 24.14820 23 03 56.58 -20 58 17.5          18.7 R      699
     K03U26W  C2003 10 24.16165 23 03 57.25 -20 57 28.7                      699
     K03U26W  C2003 10 24.17503 23 03 58.10 -20 56 39.8                      699
     K03U26W  C2003 10 24.18839 23 03 58.86 -20 55 52.0                      699
     K03U26W  C2003 10 24.82525 23 04 40.01 -20 17 30.0          18.7 R      620
     K03U26W  C2003 10 24.83075 23 04 40.28 -20 17 09.9          19.3 R      620
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.14718 23 05 00.68 -19 58 09.3          19.0 R      711
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.15198 23 05 00.93 -19 57 54.2          19.1 R      711
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.15653 23 05 01.23 -19 57 35.4          18.8 R      711
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.18060 23 05 02.64 -19 56 09.1          19.4 R      926
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.18219 23 05 02.85 -19 56 03.7          20.1 R      926
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.18377 23 05 02.97 -19 55 57.3          19.3 R      926
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.97032 23 05 54.92 -19 08 46.3          19.1 R      859
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.97702 23 05 55.29 -19 08 22.9          19.0 R      859
     K03U26W  C2003 10 25.98282 23 05 55.64 -19 08 01.7          18.7 R      859
     K03U26W  C2003 10 26.90257 23 06 56.94 -18 13 52.4                      246
     K03U26W  C2003 10 26.90319 23 06 56.99 -18 13 50.6                      246
     K03U26W  C2003 10 26.90506 23 06 57.18 -18 13 43.8                      246
     K03U26W  C2003 10 26.90574 23 06 57.24 -18 13 42.2                      246
     K03U26W  C2003 10 26.90644 23 06 57.33 -18 13 40.6                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m
    KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
    Schmidt + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector with prime
    focus corrector + CCD.
859 Wykrota Observatory-CEAMIG.  Observer C. Jacques.  0.30-m f/3.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 UW26
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M   2.04681              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22660045     Peri.  324.49308     +0.97958192     +0.12780907
a   2.6645806      Node    29.34838     -0.00137523     +0.77615955
e   0.5146373      Incl.   18.45977     -0.20104072     +0.61744732
P   4.35           H   19.1           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2003 Oct. 24-26.

Ephemeris:
2003 UW26                a,e,i = 2.66, 0.51, 18                  q = 1.2933
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 18    22 57.97   -27 17.1    0.434    1.310   128.1    36.8    19.4
2003 10 28    23 08.21   -17 09.4    0.473    1.331   126.5    36.9    19.6
2003 11 07    23 20.99   -08 03.9    0.531    1.360   123.7    37.3    19.9
2003 11 17    23 35.71   -00 20.3    0.607    1.396   120.1    37.8    20.3
2003 11 27    23 52.03   +06 03.7    0.698    1.438   116.2    38.0    20.6
2003 12 07    00 09.69   +11 20.3    0.802    1.485   112.0    37.9    21.0
2003 12 17    00 28.43   +15 42.9    0.917    1.537   107.9    37.5    21.4
2003 12 27    00 48.11   +19 23.4    1.042    1.592   103.6    36.9    21.7
2004 01 06    01 08.61   +22 31.0    1.176    1.650    99.3    36.0    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U76

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