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MPEC 2003-W06 : 2003 WE

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M.P.E.C. 2003-W06                                Issued 2003 Nov. 18, 11:57 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.

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                                    2003 WE

Observations:
     K03W00E* C2003 11 17.37219 03 29 41.31 +11 35 24.9          18.3 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.38241 03 29 39.77 +11 36 38.7          17.3 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.39275 03 29 38.19 +11 37 53.4          18.8 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.40308 03 29 36.76 +11 39 07.3          18.8 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.48084 03 29 26.40 +11 48 26.5          18.8 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.48421 03 29 26.20 +11 48 50.3          18.8 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.48756 03 29 25.60 +11 49 12.8          18.8 V      703
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.65422 03 29 15.12 +12 09 14.6                      900
     K03W00E  C2003 11 17.65875 03 29 14.54 +12 09 46.9          18.6 V      900
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.17908 03 28 33.57 +13 09 12.7          19.8 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.18019 03 28 33.44 +13 09 20.5          19.5 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.18130 03 28 33.18 +13 09 28.7          20.0 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.25677 03 28 22.81 +13 17 53.7          20.0 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.25897 03 28 22.53 +13 18 07.9          19.9 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.26010 03 28 22.44 +13 18 15.2          19.7 R      854
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.29578 03 28 17.24 +13 22 11.5          18.5 R      926
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.29667 03 28 17.08 +13 22 17.3          18.8 R      926
     K03W00E  C2003 11 18.29753 03 28 16.94 +13 22 23.8          18.7 R      926
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.31846 03 28 14.96 +13 24 34.0          18.5 R      673
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.31939 03 28 14.82 +13 24 39.8                      673
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.32020 03 28 14.70 +13 24 44.6                      673
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.32112 03 28 14.58 +13 24 51.2                      673
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.32193 03 28 14.47 +13 24 56.3                      673
     K03W00E 5C2003 11 18.32286 03 28 14.36 +13 25 02.0                      673

Observer details:
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers S. Larson, E. Beshore, E. Christensen,
    R. Hill, S. Kolar, D. McLean.  0.68-m f/1.8 Schmidt + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 WE
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5                 MPC
M  46.14551              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75118275     Peri.  284.87036     +0.95523299     +0.28489942
a   1.1985026      Node    58.63407     -0.22257863     +0.86964804
e   0.2418565      Incl.    5.36013     -0.19490688     +0.40316820
P   1.31           H   24.8           G   0.15
From 24 observations 2003 Nov. 17-18.

Ephemeris:
2003 WE                  a,e,i = 1.20, 0.24, 5                   q = 0.9086
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 11 17    03 30.39   +10 49.7    0.056    1.044   172.0     7.6    19.2
2003 11 27    03 19.90   +23 26.4    0.097    1.082   168.3    10.6    20.6
2003 12 07    03 18.24   +28 11.4    0.145    1.121   158.1    19.2    21.8
2003 12 17    03 22.23   +30 20.1    0.199    1.160   149.4    25.6    22.8
2003 12 27    03 30.69   +31 23.3    0.261    1.199   141.7    30.6    23.6

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W06

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