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MPEC 2008-L43 : 2003 OB4

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M.P.E.C. 2008-L43                                Issued 2008 June 10, 03:52 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 OB4

                           Revision to MPEC 2003-O22

Additional Observations:
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.03972 17 59 59.98 +00 15 14.5                 EL043J95
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.04380 18 00 00.06 +00 15 19.8                 EL043J95
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.04787 18 00 00.13 +00 15 24.6          19.7 R EL043J95
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.92370 18 00 20.62 +00 32 55.3                 EL043J95
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.92767 18 00 20.74 +00 33 00.8                 EL043J95
     K03O04B  C2008 06 09.93294 18 00 20.82 +00 33 06.1          19.2 R EL043J95

Observer details:
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
080609 J95 0.51- 0.04-    080609 J95 0.52- 0.04-    MPO 53737   +0.24 day

Orbital elements:
2003 OB4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.3148 AU
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5                  MPC
M 343.12571              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19916796     Peri.  111.60279     +0.60677585     +0.79392912
a   2.9039540      Node   195.93810     -0.77144720     +0.57645380
e   0.5551317      Incl.    8.10711     -0.19155230     +0.19333280
P   4.95           H   19.0           G   0.15           U   2
Residuals in seconds of arc
030601 691  0.1+  0.2+    030723 644  0.6+  0.5+    030724 176  0.1-  0.1-
030601 691  0.1+  0.1+    030723 644  0.1+  0.8+    030724 176  0.8-  0.3-
030601 691  0.1-  0.2+    030724 H59  1.3-  1.3-    030819 413  0.0   0.2-
030622 699  0.1-  0.7+    030724 H59  1.9-  0.3-    030819 413  0.0   0.3+
030622 699  0.6-  0.7+    030724 H59  0.3+  0.8-    030907 413  0.5-  0.7+
030622 699  0.1-  2.0+    030724 H59  0.5+  0.3+    080609 J95  0.1-  0.3-
030622 699  0.4+  0.3+    030724 673  0.4+  0.6+    080609 J95  0.0   0.1+
030703 691  0.0   0.0     030724 673  0.5+  0.4+    080609 J95  0.1-  0.0
030703 691  0.0   0.1+    030724 673  0.7+  0.1+    080609 J95  0.3-  0.6-
030703 691  0.1-  0.0     030724 176  1.2+  0.4+    080609 J95  0.4+  0.2+
030723 644  0.1+  0.6+    030724 176  0.5+  0.2+    080609 J95  0.2+  0.8-

Ephemeris:
2003 OB4                 a,e,i = 2.90, 0.56, 8                   q = 1.2919
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 06 03    17 57.48   -01 46.6    0.499    1.476   152.9    18.2    19.3
2008 06 13    18 01.46   +01 34.0    0.444    1.427   153.8    18.3    19.0
2008 06 23    18 04.96   +04 36.9    0.403    1.385   152.0    20.2    18.7
2008 07 03    18 09.21   +06 59.8    0.373    1.349   148.5    23.2    18.6
2008 07 13    18 15.79   +08 22.5    0.354    1.321   144.7    26.4    18.5
2008 07 23    18 26.11   +08 34.9    0.343    1.302   141.5    29.0    18.5
2008 08 02    18 40.94   +07 35.6    0.341    1.293   139.4    30.7    18.5
2008 08 12    19 00.51   +05 34.1    0.348    1.293   138.1    31.5    18.6
2008 08 22    19 24.18   +02 51.3    0.364    1.303   137.4    31.7    18.7
2008 09 01    19 50.68   -00 07.4    0.393    1.323   136.6    31.6    18.9
2008 09 11    20 18.67   -02 55.2    0.435    1.351   135.3    31.6    19.2
2008 09 21    20 46.80   -05 11.9    0.491    1.387   133.2    31.9    19.5
2008 10 01    21 14.10   -06 48.2    0.562    1.430   130.2    32.3    19.9
2008 10 11    21 40.14   -07 42.7    0.648    1.479   126.6    32.8    20.3
2008 10 21    22 04.71   -07 59.5    0.748    1.533   122.5    33.2    20.7
2008 10 31    22 27.86   -07 45.1    0.861    1.590   118.0    33.5    21.1
2008 11 10    22 49.77   -07 05.6    0.986    1.651   113.3    33.4    21.5
2008 11 20    23 10.62   -06 07.3    1.124    1.714   108.4    33.2    21.8

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