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MPEC 2003-W30 : 2003 WQ21

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M.P.E.C. 2003-W30                                Issued 2003 Nov. 21, 12:53 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
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                                   2003 WQ21

Observations:
     K03W21Q* C2003 11 20.22621 02 40 04.85 +02 39 14.2          17.8 V      703
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 20.23977 02 40 05.76 +02 37 30.6          19.3 V      703
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 20.25329 02 40 06.71 +02 35 48.7          19.0 V      703
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 20.26682 02 40 07.55 +02 34 05.5          19.5 V      703
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.14892 02 41 25.99 +00 44 26.6          19.3 R      854
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.15448 02 41 26.43 +00 43 44.2          19.6 R      854
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.16003 02 41 26.79 +00 43 05.7          19.3 R      854
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.20834 02 41 29.89 +00 37 10.2          20.0 R      448
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.22030 02 41 30.67 +00 35 42.3          19.7 R      448
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.22652 02 41 31.02 +00 34 56.3          20.0 R      448
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.25500 02 41 33.18 +00 31 29.8          19.5 R      926
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.25568 02 41 33.23 +00 31 24.6          19.3 R      926
     K03W21Q  C2003 11 21.25634 02 41 33.29 +00 31 19.7          19.9 R      926

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 WQ21
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5                 MPC
M 354.90920              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63252084     Peri.  189.04495     +0.51516496     -0.81449744
a   1.3440626      Node   230.44596     +0.80642126     +0.56607720
e   0.1582473      Incl.   20.24736     +0.29032710     -0.12708474
P   1.56           H   22.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2003 Nov. 20-21.

Ephemeris:
2003 WQ21                a,e,i = 1.34, 0.16, 20                  q = 1.1314
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 11 17    02 35.35   +09 46.6    0.148    1.133   164.5    13.5    19.3
2003 11 27    02 49.71   -09 48.0    0.174    1.131   143.5    31.2    20.2
2003 12 07    03 03.83   -21 34.0    0.218    1.134   128.6    42.8    21.0
2003 12 17    03 18.18   -27 36.0    0.270    1.140   119.1    48.9    21.7

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W30

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