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MPEC 2003-W40 : 2003 WX25

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M.P.E.C. 2003-W40                                Issued 2003 Nov. 22, 22:36 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 WX25

Observations:
     K03W25X* C2003 11 21.13415 00 03 33.44 -01 44 35.8          19.3        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 21.14679 00 03 32.73 -01 44 00.9          19.3        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 21.15958 00 03 31.94 -01 43 27.8          19.4        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 21.17213 00 03 31.14 -01 42 53.7          19.4        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 21.18534 00 03 30.32 -01 42 18.1          20.3        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.11198 00 02 42.19 -01 00 49.7          19.5        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.12410 00 02 41.51 -01 00 15.8          19.3        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.13268 00 02 41.08 -00 59 52.6          19.5        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.13658 00 02 40.83 -00 59 43.3          19.6        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.14284 00 02 40.46 -00 59 25.2          19.6        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.14902 00 02 40.07 -00 59 09.3          19.7        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.15303 00 02 39.86 -00 58 58.6          19.6        704
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.25423 00 02 34.26 -00 54 26.2          19.9 R      448
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.25754 00 02 34.15 -00 54 18.4          20.3 R      448
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.26126 00 02 33.93 -00 54 08.0          19.0 R      448
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.79112 00 02 08.59 -00 30 21.0                      246
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.79194 00 02 08.59 -00 30 19.0                      246
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.79656 00 02 08.31 -00 30 06.3                      246
     K03W25X  C2003 11 22.79782 00 02 08.29 -00 30 02.1                      246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m
    KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 WX25
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5                 MPC
M 350.20839              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18695200     Peri.   38.91642     +0.22865655     -0.93667962
a   3.0291165      Node    39.97558     +0.75774079     +0.00019690
e   0.5913719      Incl.   24.38311     +0.61118334     +0.35018746
P   5.27           H   18.8           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2003 Nov. 21-22.

Ephemeris:
2003 WX25                a,e,i = 3.03, 0.59, 24                  q = 1.2378
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 11 17    00 07.85   -04 46.5    0.547    1.381   125.6    35.6    19.7
2003 11 27    23 59.36   +02 40.7    0.559    1.334   116.6    41.4    19.8
2003 12 07    23 57.27   +10 18.1    0.581    1.296   108.8    46.0    19.9
2003 12 17    00 01.17   +17 47.1    0.612    1.266   102.5    49.4    20.1
2003 12 27    00 10.74   +24 58.7    0.648    1.246    97.5    51.5    20.2
2004 01 06    00 25.92   +31 48.9    0.687    1.238    94.0    52.4    20.4
2004 01 16    00 47.02   +38 13.4    0.729    1.241    91.7    52.4    20.5
2004 01 26    01 14.94   +44 06.2    0.773    1.255    90.3    51.7    20.6
2004 02 05    01 50.90   +49 17.3    0.821    1.280    89.7    50.4    20.8
2004 02 15    02 35.94   +53 30.2    0.874    1.315    89.6    48.7    20.9
2004 02 25    03 29.99   +56 24.3    0.934    1.358    89.7    46.8    21.1
2004 03 06    04 30.24   +57 42.0    1.002    1.408    89.8    44.8    21.3
2004 03 16    05 31.20   +57 17.9    1.080    1.465    89.7    42.8    21.5
2004 03 26    06 27.43   +55 25.2    1.170    1.526    89.1    40.8    21.7
2004 04 05    07 16.11   +52 29.1    1.271    1.590    88.0    39.0    21.9

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W40

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