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MPEC 2003-Y98 : 2003 YH136

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M.P.E.C. 2003-Y98                                Issued 2003 Dec. 31, 12:49 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 YH136

Observations:
     K03YD6H* C2003 12 28.42010 11 39 06.09 +08 46 53.4          19.5   EY098704
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 28.43310 11 39 10.87 +08 46 13.3          20.0   EY098704
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 28.44637 11 39 15.80 +08 45 29.5          20.4   EY098704
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 28.45934 11 39 20.62 +08 44 51.2          19.5   EY098704
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 29.36550 11 45 14.73 +07 56 18.2          19.2 R EY098854
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 29.37210 11 45 17.47 +07 55 55.8          19.1 R EY098854
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 29.37871 11 45 20.01 +07 55 34.3          19.2 R EY098854
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 31.12697 11 57 51.17 +06 10 22.3          19.4 R EY098620
     K03YD6H  C2003 12 31.14165 11 57 57.79 +06 09 25.4                 EY098620

Observer details:
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 YH136
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M 329.65473              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55707221     Peri.  308.29879     -0.26908618     +0.94101349
a   1.4628340      Node   304.87081     -0.78704823     -0.33761798
e   0.8289956      Incl.   14.48029     -0.55511053     +0.02253228
P   1.77           H   19.3           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2003 Dec. 28-31.

Ephemeris:
2003 YH136               a,e,i = 1.46, 0.83, 14                  q = 0.2502
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 12 27    11 30.58   +09 55.9    0.443    1.181   105.3    53.5    19.9
2003 12 28    11 36.48   +09 08.3    0.425    1.166   104.7    54.6    19.8
2003 12 29    11 42.80   +08 16.5    0.408    1.152   103.9    56.0    19.7
2003 12 30    11 49.58   +07 20.2    0.391    1.137   103.1    57.4    19.6
2003 12 31    11 56.87   +06 18.8    0.374    1.123   102.0    59.0    19.5
2004 01 01    12 04.73   +05 11.8    0.358    1.108   100.8    60.7    19.5
2004 01 02    12 13.23   +03 58.5    0.343    1.093    99.4    62.6    19.4
2004 01 03    12 22.43   +02 38.4    0.328    1.078    97.8    64.7    19.3
2004 01 04    12 32.41   +01 11.0    0.314    1.063    95.9    67.0    19.3
2004 01 05    12 43.25   -00 24.4    0.301    1.047    93.8    69.5    19.2
2004 01 06    12 55.04   -02 08.0    0.288    1.032    91.4    72.3    19.2
2004 01 07    13 07.83   -03 59.9    0.277    1.016    88.8    75.4    19.2
2004 01 08    13 21.72   -06 00.0    0.267    1.000    85.9    78.7    19.2
2004 01 09    13 36.74   -08 07.5    0.258    0.984    82.6    82.3    19.2
2004 01 10    13 52.93   -10 21.1    0.250    0.968    79.1    86.2    19.2
2004 01 11    14 10.27   -12 38.7    0.244    0.951    75.4    90.3    19.3
2004 01 12    14 28.69   -14 57.6    0.240    0.935    71.4    94.5    19.4
2004 01 13    14 48.06   -17 14.6    0.238    0.918    67.3    98.9    19.6
2004 01 14    15 08.20   -19 26.2    0.237    0.901    63.1   103.3    19.7
2004 01 15    15 28.84   -21 28.9    0.239    0.884    58.9   107.7    20.0
2004 01 16    15 49.70   -23 19.8    0.243    0.867    54.9   111.9    20.2

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y98

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