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MPEC 2003-Y82 : 2003 SA224

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M.P.E.C. 2003-Y82                                Issued 2003 Dec. 28, 19:32 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                  2003 SA224

                           Revision to MPEC 2003-T15

Additional Observations:
     K03SM4A 2 1990 09 20.38750 02 10 05.50 +19 55 47.9                 EY082261
     K03SM4A 2 1990 09 20.45000 02 10 02.56 +19 56 23.6                 EY082261
     K03SM4A 2 1990 10 24.25694 01 17 25.59 +24 06 44.2                 EY082261
     K03SM4A 2 1990 10 24.31597 01 17 17.90 +24 06 54.1                 EY082261

Observer details:
261 Palomar-DSS.  Observers J. Mueller, C. Brewer.  Measurer G. Forti.  1.2-m
    Oschin Schmidt.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
900920 261 0.55+ 0.34+    901024 261 0.68+ 0.54+    MPO 53821   -0.90 day

Orbital elements:
2003 SA224
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M   1.00198              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46515659     Peri.  141.77218     -0.81510385     -0.57918670
a   1.6496935      Node     2.91618     +0.45486792     -0.65288935
e   0.3290211      Incl.   13.85795     +0.35874907     -0.48813754
P   2.12           H   16.6           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
900920 261  0.6-  1.5+    031002 854  0.0   0.3+    031012 649  0.1-  0.3-
900920 261  1.4-  0.6-    031002 333  0.3+  0.0     031012 649  0.5+  0.3+
901024 261  1.2-  1.0+    031002 333  0.1-  0.2-    031025 568  0.0   0.2-
901024 261  1.4+  0.3+    031002 333  0.6+  0.2+    031025 568  0.0   0.2-
030930 704  1.1+  0.3+    031003 118  0.1-  0.1-    031027 J95  0.6-  0.3+
030930 704  0.2-  0.3-    031003 118  0.1-  0.1-    031027 J95  1.3-  0.2-
030930 704  0.7-  0.9+    031003 G90  0.1-  0.1-    031030 649  0.1-  0.3-
031001 G90  0.2+  0.5-    031003 G90  0.5-  0.0     031030 649  0.2-  0.5-
031001 G90  0.2+  0.3+    031003 G90  0.0   0.1+    031030 649  0.1+  0.4-
031001 G90  0.3-  0.0     031005 J95  0.7+  0.2+    031201 704  0.7+  0.4+
031001 673  0.3-  0.3+    031005 J95  0.4+  0.2-    031201 704  0.3+  0.6+
031001 673  0.3+  0.5+    031005 J95  0.1-  0.0     031201 704  0.1+  0.2+
031001 673  0.3-  0.1+    031005 704  0.1+  0.4-    031201 704  0.4+  0.7+
031001 673  0.2-  0.1+    031005 704  0.8+  0.1-    031201 704  0.3+  0.4+
031001 673  0.3+  0.3+    031005 704  0.7+  0.3+    031223 704  0.9+  0.9+
031001 673  0.0   0.6+    031007 649  0.8+  1.4-    031223 704  0.7+  0.7+
031002 G90  0.9-  0.5-    031007 649  0.5-  0.6+    031223 704  0.9+  0.8+
031002 G90  1.1-  0.1-    031007 649  0.5-  0.2-    031223 704  0.6+  0.8+
031002 854  0.2-  0.5+    031012 649  0.4-  0.2-    031223 704  0.3-  0.3+
031002 G90  0.5+  0.1-    031012 649  0.3-  0.1-

Ephemeris:
2003 SA224               a,e,i = 1.65, 0.33, 14                  q = 1.1069
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 12 27    13 46.37   -00 46.3    0.944    1.107    70.1    56.6    18.7
2004 01 06    14 17.65   -06 02.6    0.934    1.113    70.9    56.6    18.7
2004 01 16    14 48.07   -11 06.3    0.925    1.126    72.2    56.3    18.7
2004 01 26    15 17.72   -15 52.7    0.917    1.147    74.1    55.7    18.7
2004 02 05    15 46.57   -20 19.1    0.907    1.173    76.5    54.8    18.7
2004 02 15    16 14.51   -24 24.8    0.895    1.206    79.5    53.7    18.7
2004 02 25    16 41.24   -28 10.5    0.880    1.242    83.1    52.3    18.7
2004 03 06    17 06.32   -31 39.0    0.862    1.283    87.3    50.6    18.7
2004 03 16    17 29.22   -34 54.2    0.841    1.326    92.1    48.6    18.7
2004 03 26    17 49.17   -38 00.9    0.817    1.370    97.6    46.2    18.6
2004 04 05    18 05.26   -41 03.7    0.792    1.416   103.8    43.3    18.5
2004 04 15    18 16.40   -44 06.0    0.768    1.463   110.7    39.9    18.4
2004 04 25    18 21.16   -47 07.7    0.746    1.509   118.3    36.0    18.3
2004 05 05    18 18.10   -50 01.4    0.729    1.556   126.3    31.5    18.2
2004 05 15    18 06.24   -52 31.6    0.721    1.601   134.5    26.7    18.1
2004 05 25    17 46.04   -54 14.8    0.726    1.646   141.9    22.3    18.1
2004 06 04    17 20.88   -54 49.4    0.746    1.690   147.1    19.0    18.1
2004 06 14    16 56.16   -54 10.9    0.783    1.732   148.4    17.9    18.2
2004 06 24    16 36.70   -52 34.8    0.838    1.773   145.6    18.9    18.4
2004 07 04    16 24.78   -50 27.6    0.910    1.812   140.1    21.1    18.7
2004 07 14    16 20.14   -48 12.9    0.998    1.849   133.2    23.6    19.0
2004 07 24    16 21.60   -46 04.9    1.099    1.885   126.0    25.8    19.4
2004 08 03    16 27.83   -44 10.6    1.211    1.919   118.9    27.6    19.7
2004 08 13    16 37.64   -42 30.9    1.331    1.951   111.9    28.8    19.9
2004 08 23    16 50.19   -41 04.3    1.458    1.981   105.2    29.5    20.2
2004 09 02    17 04.80   -39 48.1    1.590    2.009    98.8    29.8    20.4
2004 09 12    17 20.97   -38 39.1    1.725    2.035    92.5    29.6    20.6
2004 09 22    17 38.34   -37 34.5    1.862    2.059    86.4    29.1    20.8
2004 10 02    17 56.61   -36 31.8    1.998    2.081    80.5    28.3    20.9
2004 10 12    18 15.54   -35 28.8    2.132    2.101    74.6    27.3    21.1
2004 10 22    18 34.95   -34 23.6    2.264    2.119    68.9    26.0    21.2
2004 11 01    18 54.66   -33 15.0    2.390    2.136    63.2    24.5    21.3

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y82

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