• MPC Preparation (Info)

  • MPEC 2003-A13 : 2003 AC1

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


    Read MPEC 2003-A12 Read MPEC 2003-A14


    M.P.E.C. 2003-A13                                Issued 2003 Jan. 3, 16:07 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 AC1
    
    Observations:
         K03A01C* C2003 01 01.43483 09 00 34.99 +11 02 12.8          19.8        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 01.45052 09 00 39.14 +11 03 20.5          19.5        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 01.46553 09 00 43.09 +11 04 26.1          19.4        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 01.48037 09 00 47.02 +11 05 30.3          19.4        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.37554 09 04 59.17 +12 12 14.3          19.9        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.37566 09 04 59.66 +12 12 11.8          19.4        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.39055 09 05 03.70 +12 13 21.1          19.7        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.39068 09 05 03.80 +12 13 19.9          19.4        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.40546 09 05 07.86 +12 14 27.4          19.7        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.40558 09 05 07.95 +12 14 28.2          19.8        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.42034 09 05 12.09 +12 15 36.7          19.7        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 02.42047 09 05 11.94 +12 15 37.5          19.0        704
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.29337 09 09 30.55 +13 24 06.3          18.8 R      651
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.29480 09 09 31.01 +13 24 12.7          18.9 R      651
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.29610 09 09 31.34 +13 24 19.8          19.1 R      651
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.33754 09 09 43.23 +13 27 38.9          18.7 R      858
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.34327 09 09 44.87 +13 28 07.1          18.9 R      858
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.35350 09 09 47.82 +13 28 55.9          19.1 R      858
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.42740 09 10 09.53 +13 34 56.3          18.9 R      926
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.42840 09 10 09.87 +13 35 02.3          19.6 R      926
         K03A01C  C2003 01 03.42940 09 10 10.08 +13 35 06.3          19.7 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + 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.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/3.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 AC1
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5                  MPC
    M 352.81500              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.17310451     Peri.   39.20287     -0.81458575     -0.44245702
    a   3.1885786      Node   110.58338     +0.37804814     -0.89540529
    e   0.6576036      Incl.   23.61900     +0.43992005     -0.04981106
    P   5.69           H   20.8           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2003 Jan. 1-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 AC1                 a,e,i = 3.19, 0.66, 24                  q = 1.0918
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 01 01    08 58.62   +10 31.3    0.276    1.221   145.5    27.1    19.7
    2003 01 03    09 08.02   +13 00.9    0.261    1.209   146.5    26.7    19.5
    2003 01 05    09 18.44   +15 47.7    0.247    1.199   147.1    26.5    19.4
    2003 01 07    09 30.03   +18 51.6    0.235    1.188   147.2    26.6    19.2
    2003 01 09    09 42.97   +22 11.7    0.225    1.178   146.8    27.2    19.1
    2003 01 11    09 57.42   +25 45.3    0.217    1.169   145.7    28.3    19.1
    2003 01 13    10 13.57   +29 28.3    0.210    1.160   143.9    30.0    19.0
    2003 01 15    10 31.56   +33 15.0    0.205    1.151   141.4    32.2    19.0
    2003 01 17    10 51.48   +36 58.2    0.203    1.143   138.4    34.9    19.1
    2003 01 19    11 13.30   +40 30.3    0.202    1.136   134.9    37.9    19.1
    2003 01 21    11 36.87   +43 43.8    0.203    1.129   131.2    41.0    19.2
    2003 01 23    12 01.84   +46 32.7    0.207    1.122   127.5    44.1    19.3
    2003 01 25    12 27.70   +48 53.4    0.212    1.116   123.9    47.1    19.4
    2003 01 27    12 53.80   +50 44.5    0.218    1.111   120.4    49.9    19.6
    2003 01 29    13 19.45   +52 07.2    0.226    1.107   117.1    52.4    19.7
    2003 01 31    13 44.01   +53 04.3    0.235    1.102   114.2    54.6    19.9
    2003 02 02    14 06.99   +53 39.8    0.245    1.099   111.5    56.5    20.0
    2003 02 04    14 28.10   +53 57.8    0.255    1.096   109.1    58.1    20.1
    2003 02 06    14 47.21   +54 02.3    0.266    1.094   107.1    59.5    20.3
    2003 02 08    15 04.30   +53 56.9    0.278    1.093   105.2    60.6    20.4
    
    2003 02 10    15 19.49   +53 44.4    0.290    1.092   103.6    61.4    20.5
    2003 02 20    16 12.38   +51 57.8    0.351    1.098    98.7    62.9    21.0
    2003 03 02    16 39.76   +50 08.4    0.409    1.119    97.3    61.4    21.3
    2003 03 12    16 52.16   +48 37.5    0.462    1.155    98.4    58.3    21.5
    2003 03 22    16 54.47   +47 15.9    0.508    1.204   101.3    54.2    21.7
    2003 04 01    16 48.98   +45 48.9    0.548    1.263   105.6    49.6    21.9
    2003 04 11    16 37.31   +43 56.7    0.586    1.330   111.0    44.7    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-A13
    

    Read MPEC 2003-A12 Read MPEC 2003-A14


    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)