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MPEC 2003-W16 : 2003 WG

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M.P.E.C. 2003-W16                                Issued 2003 Nov. 18, 21:45 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

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                                    2003 WG

Observations:
     K03W00G* C2003 11 18.13301 23 29 08.75 -01 19 20.2          17.1 R      699
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.14301 23 29 15.14 -01 17 04.2                      699
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.15297 23 29 21.50 -01 14 49.2                      699
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.16296 23 29 27.90 -01 12 36.0                      699
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.26840 23 30 35.00 -00 48 59.0          17.5 R      673
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.26962 23 30 35.77 -00 48 42.9                      673
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.27060 23 30 36.39 -00 48 29.7                      673
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.27153 23 30 36.99 -00 48 17.3                      673
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.27234 23 30 37.49 -00 48 06.8                      673
     K03W00G 5C2003 11 18.27303 23 30 37.96 -00 47 57.3                      673
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.77650 23 35 53.51 +00 59 24.7          17.2        026
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.77927 23 35 55.13 +00 59 58.9          17.3        026
     K03W00G IC2003 11 18.81428 23 36 15.52 +01 07 09.7                      587
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.81610 23 36 16.53 +01 07 32.3          17.2 R      587
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.81791 23 36 17.56 +01 07 56.7                      587
     K03W00G  C2003 11 18.81971 23 36 18.58 +01 08 18.0                      587

Observer details:
026 Berne-Zimmerwald.  Observers M. Ploner, C. Mordasini, R. Musci,
    M. Prohaska, T. Schildknecht, E. Stoeveken.  1.0-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 WG
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5                 MPC
M  13.23279              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26915697     Peri.  261.06189     +0.53727607     +0.77450234
a   2.3757403      Node    47.02946     -0.47470895     +0.60491694
e   0.7791355      Incl.   27.14952     -0.69712684     +0.18499086
P   3.66           H   19.3           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2003 Nov. 18-18.

Ephemeris:
2003 WG                  a,e,i = 2.38, 0.78, 27                  q = 0.5247
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 11 17    23 15.58   -05 57.9    0.149    1.057   113.3    59.3    17.4
2003 11 27    00 27.96   +17 34.5    0.296    1.192   127.9    40.8    18.6
2003 12 07    00 58.02   +24 42.7    0.472    1.323   126.7    36.7    19.8
2003 12 17    01 18.02   +27 57.9    0.660    1.449   122.3    35.1    20.6
2003 12 27    01 34.89   +29 52.3    0.858    1.570   116.8    34.0    21.4
2004 01 06    01 50.77   +31 12.2    1.063    1.686   110.9    33.0    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W16

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