MPEC 2003-W51 : COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.


Read MPEC 2003-W50 Read MPEC 2003-W52


M.P.E.C. 2003-W51                                Issued 2003 Nov. 25, 16:18 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

                            COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

Observations:
    PK03S010  C2003 11 19.20075 00 12 48.11 +06 58 57.7          18.7 T      750
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.14525 00 13 21.32 +06 49 00.2          22.6 T      H72
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.14919 00 13 21.10 +06 48 58.6          19.6 T      H72
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.15315 00 13 21.02 +06 48 57.7          18.4 T      H72
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.15708 00 13 21.31 +06 48 57.8          18.8 T      H72
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.47627 00 13 24.96 +06 48 16.2          18.4 T      900
    PK03S010  C2003 11 23.49069 00 13 25.14 +06 48 14.6                      900

Observer details:
750 Hobbs Observatory, Fall Creek.  Observer R. Elliott.  0.3-m f/10 Schmidt
    Cassegrain + CCD.
900 Moriyama.  Observer Y. Ikari.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
H72 Evelyn L. Egan Observatory, Fort Myers.  Observers M. Fauerbach, M. Mon.
    0.40-m f/5.3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
T 2004 Mar. 27.5726 TT                                  MPC
q   2.595602             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1012831      Peri.  175.8028      +0.5461354      -0.8327786
a   4.558040       Node   241.0713      +0.7655254      +0.5400903
e   0.430544       Incl.    5.9444      +0.3401573      +0.1215822
P   9.73
From 248 observations 2003 Sept. 4-Nov. 23.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W51

Read MPEC 2003-W50 Read MPEC 2003-W52


Our Web policy. Index to the CBAT/MPC/ICQ pages.

MPC