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MPEC 2004-B75 : 2003 MS2

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M.P.E.C. 2004-B75                                Issued 2004 Jan. 31, 05:10 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 MS2

                           Revision to MPEC 2003-M50

Additional Observations:
     K03M02S HC2004 01 15.54031 13 03 04.95 +32 04 36.3                 EB075691
     K03M02S HC2004 01 15.54443 13 03 05.68 +32 04 49.5                 EB075691
     K03M02S HC2004 01 15.54704 13 03 06.22 +32 04 59.2                 EB075691
     K03M02S HC2004 01 16.52586 13 06 17.36 +33 01 48.0                 EB075691
     K03M02S HC2004 01 16.52899 13 06 17.88 +33 01 59.0                 EB075691
     K03M02S HC2004 01 16.53183 13 06 18.40 +33 02 08.8                 EB075691

Observer details:
691 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.  Observer A. E. Gleason.  0.9-m f/3
    reflector + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
040115 691 0.41- 0.41+    040116 691 0.42- 0.42+    MPO 50768   -0.28 day

Orbital elements:
2003 MS2                                                             PHA 0.009D
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
M 102.52635              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.92740719     Peri.  254.47246     +0.93959742     +0.06415868
a   1.0414116      Node   100.93614     +0.04765761     +0.94818490
e   0.1263955      Incl.   20.02521     -0.33894756     +0.31117368
P   1.06           H   21.3           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc (radar residuals in s.d.)
030625 699  0.5-  0.5+    030625 557  0.2-  0.1+    030627 046  0.5+  0.6-
030625 699  0.3-  0.7+    030625 557  0.5-  0.2-    030627 046  0.3-  0.1+
030625 699  0.6-  0.1-    030625 557  0.3-  0.2+    030627 046  1.0+  0.6-
030625 699  0.9-  0.1+    030626 673  0.3+  0.3-    030627 046  0.1-  0.3-
030625 699  0.3+  0.0-    030626 926  0.1+  0.0+    030627 046  0.0+  0.1-
030625 699  0.7+  0.4-    030626 926  0.1-  0.6-    030627 046  0.9+  0.7+
030625 699  0.8-  0.6+    030626 926  0.6+  0.5-    030628 926  0.4+  0.2-
030625 699  0.3-  0.4+    030626 673  0.3+  0.3-    030628 926  0.4+  0.0+
030625 118  0.3-  0.8+    030626 673  0.2+  0.0-    030628 926  0.1+  0.5-
030625 118  0.5-  0.9+    030626 673  0.7+  0.2-    030628 926  0.5+  0.1+
030625 046  1.0-  0.5+    030626 557  0.2+  0.6+    030628 926  0.3+  0.1+
030625 046  1.7+  0.3-    030626 557  0.6-  0.6+    030628 253/253D 0.246+
030625 118  1.6-  0.8+    030626 557  0.3-  0.1+    030628 253/253R 0.102-
030625 046  0.6-  1.0+    030626 557  0.2-  0.5+    030628 253/253R 0.003-
030625 046  0.9+  1.1+    030626 557  0.5-  0.0+    030628 224  2.1+  0.2+
030625 118  1.3+  0.4+    030626 557  0.3-  0.4+    030628 224  1.2+  1.1-
030625 046  0.2-  1.1+    030626 557  0.1-  0.5+    030628 224  1.6+  0.2-
030625 046  0.8+  0.2+    030626 557  0.2-  0.1+    030629 253/253D 0.628-
030625 118  0.2-  1.2+    030626 557  0.5-  0.5+    030704 253/253D 0.297+
030625 557  0.4-  0.4+    030626 557  0.2+  0.1+    030704 253/253R 0.131+
030625 557  0.1-  0.1+    030626 557  0.3-  0.7-    040115 691  0.2-  0.3+
030625 557  0.4-  0.1-    030626 557  0.1-  0.2+    040115 691  0.5-  0.8-
030625 557  0.4-  0.1-    030627 926  0.2-  0.5+    040115 691  0.3+  0.2-
030625 557  0.4-  0.0-    030627 926  1.3+  0.3-    040116 691  0.1-  0.5-
030625 557  0.3-  0.0-    030627 046  0.3-  0.1+    040116 691  0.7-  0.4-
030625 557  0.4+  0.3-    030627 046  0.1-  0.4+    040116 691  0.7-  0.5-

Ephemeris:
2003 MS2                 a,e,i = 1.04, 0.13, 20                  q = 0.9098
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2004 01 26    13 35.97   +41 58.5    0.302    1.135   112.5    53.2    20.9
2004 02 05    14 03.83   +50 31.4    0.316    1.148   113.2    52.1    21.0
2004 02 15    14 25.77   +57 47.4    0.336    1.158   112.3    52.1    21.2
2004 02 25    14 38.42   +63 42.3    0.359    1.166   110.6    52.7    21.3
2004 03 06    14 37.95   +68 15.2    0.383    1.171   108.4    53.6    21.5
2004 03 16    14 21.1    +71 22.7    0.405    1.173   106.0    54.6    21.7
2004 03 26    13 48.2    +72 51.4    0.424    1.172   103.7    55.8    21.8
2004 04 05    13 08.8    +72 28.1    0.439    1.169   101.4    57.0    21.9
2004 04 15    12 35.4    +70 19.4    0.449    1.164    99.3    58.3    22.0

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2004 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2004-B75

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