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    M.P.E.C. 2003-A10                                Issued 2003 Jan. 2, 16:10 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.
    
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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2003 AA
    
    Observations:
         K03A00A* C2003 01 01.35200 08 11 27.15 +08 45 35.5          18.5        704
         K03A00A  C2003 01 01.36736 08 11 26.76 +08 46 44.1          18.6        704
         K03A00A  C2003 01 01.38273 08 11 26.35 +08 47 52.7          18.5        704
         K03A00A  C2003 01 01.39811 08 11 25.95 +08 49 01.2          18.5        704
         K03A00A  C2003 01 01.41365 08 11 25.55 +08 50 10.6          18.5        704
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.22315 08 11 12.94 +09 50 27.5          18.4 R      854
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.22497 08 11 12.83 +09 50 34.4          18.3 R      854
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.22676 08 11 12.76 +09 50 42.8          18.3 R      854
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.29472 08 11 10.76 +09 55 48.7          18.5 R      858
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.29734 08 11 10.72 +09 56 01.1          18.6 R      858
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.30000 08 11 10.64 +09 56 12.5          18.7 R      858
         K03A00A  C2003 01 02.46370 08 11 06.33 +10 08 30.0                      670
    
    Observer details:
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
        S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 AA
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5                  MPC
    M  14.42321              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.42448152     Peri.  326.23037     +0.15863209     -0.91276652
    a   1.7534640      Node   112.05512     +0.97166746     +0.07666852
    e   0.2874135      Incl.   23.96269     +0.17520906     +0.40122215
    P   2.32           H   19.9           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2003 Jan. 1-2.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 AA                  a,e,i = 1.75, 0.29, 24                  q = 1.2495
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 01 01    08 11.55   +08 19.8    0.321    1.280   154.4    19.4    18.9
    2003 01 11    08 06.91   +21 06.5    0.320    1.300   170.9     6.9    18.5
    2003 01 21    07 59.80   +32 57.8    0.347    1.324   166.9     9.7    18.8
    2003 01 31    07 53.23   +41 50.8    0.398    1.351   152.6    19.6    19.5
    2003 02 10    07 50.49   +47 29.8    0.469    1.382   140.8    26.8    20.2
    2003 02 20    07 53.49   +50 37.5    0.551    1.415   131.5    31.6    20.7
    2003 03 02    08 02.26   +51 59.7    0.642    1.451   123.9    34.6    21.2
    2003 03 12    08 15.89   +52 09.3    0.740    1.487   117.5    36.3    21.6
    2003 03 22    08 32.99   +51 27.6    0.841    1.525   111.9    37.3    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-A10
    

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