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    M.P.E.C. 2003-A14                                Issued 2003 Jan. 3, 16:15 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 AD1
    
    Observations:
         K03A01D* C2003 01 02.32089 06 41 32.46 -02 21 29.5          18.4        704
         K03A01D  C2003 01 02.33600 06 41 30.94 -02 20 52.4          18.8        704
         K03A01D  C2003 01 02.35123 06 41 29.46 -02 20 14.5          18.7        704
         K03A01D  C2003 01 02.36624 06 41 27.93 -02 19 38.3          18.6        704
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.03976 06 40 25.06 -01 51 34.1          17.5 R      J95
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.04144 06 40 24.90 -01 51 30.1                      J95
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.05064 06 40 24.03 -01 51 06.2          17.5 R      J95
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.19749 06 40 10.71 -01 44 49.7          17.5 R      649
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.19927 06 40 10.54 -01 44 45.2          17.5 R      649
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.20106 06 40 10.38 -01 44 40.7          17.5 R      649
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.21280 06 40 09.56 -01 44 09.4          18.2 R      651
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.21549 06 40 09.29 -01 44 02.2          18.1 R      651
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.21691 06 40 09.02 -01 43 59.0          17.9 R      858
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.21747 06 40 09.03 -01 43 56.7          18.0 R      651
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.22716 06 40 07.98 -01 43 33.0          17.7 R      858
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.23038 06 40 07.62 -01 43 24.6          17.8 R      858
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.26239 06 40 04.40 -01 42 02.1          17.6 R      448
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.26633 06 40 04.03 -01 41 52.4          17.8 R      448
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.27125 06 40 03.51 -01 41 39.6          17.8 R      448
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.29440 06 40 01.24 -01 40 39.2          18.3 R      926
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.29618 06 40 01.07 -01 40 34.7          18.1 R      926
         K03A01D  C2003 01 03.29801 06 40 00.88 -01 40 30.4          17.9 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  0.75-m Newtonian
        + CCD.
    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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 AD1
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5                  MPC
    M 323.96041              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.42362765     Peri.   44.36539     -0.88909725     -0.23891050
    a   1.7558194      Node   117.94071     +0.18687991     -0.96811175
    e   0.2978066      Incl.   26.22742     +0.41783009     -0.07537521
    P   2.33           H   18.3           G   0.15
    From 22 observations 2003 Jan. 2-3.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 AD1                 a,e,i = 1.76, 0.30, 26                  q = 1.2329
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 01 01    06 43.56   -03 14.2    0.462    1.412   153.7    18.0    18.3
    2003 01 06    06 35.65   +00 21.0    0.436    1.394   156.6    16.3    18.1
    2003 01 11    06 27.20   +04 35.3    0.416    1.377   157.3    16.0    18.0
    2003 01 16    06 18.65   +09 22.3    0.403    1.360   155.2    17.6    17.9
    2003 01 21    06 10.42   +14 31.6    0.397    1.344   150.8    20.9    18.0
    2003 01 26    06 02.97   +19 50.1    0.397    1.329   145.0    25.2    18.1
    2003 01 31    05 56.75   +25 04.3    0.403    1.315   138.6    29.7    18.2
    2003 02 05    05 52.15   +30 03.5    0.415    1.301   132.2    34.1    18.4
    2003 02 10    05 49.48   +34 40.4    0.431    1.289   126.2    38.2    18.6
    2003 02 15    05 48.95   +38 51.9    0.451    1.278   120.6    41.7    18.7
    2003 02 20    05 50.68   +42 37.2    0.473    1.268   115.7    44.7    18.9
    2003 02 25    05 54.76   +45 57.3    0.498    1.259   111.2    47.1    19.1
    2003 03 02    06 01.26   +48 53.6    0.523    1.251   107.3    49.1    19.2
    2003 03 07    06 10.26   +51 28.1    0.549    1.244   103.9    50.7    19.4
    2003 03 12    06 21.74   +53 42.0    0.576    1.239   101.0    51.9    19.5
    2003 03 17    06 35.69   +55 36.2    0.602    1.236    98.4    52.8    19.6
    2003 03 22    06 52.00   +57 11.1    0.627    1.234    96.2    53.4    19.7
    2003 03 27    07 10.53   +58 26.4    0.652    1.233    94.4    53.8    19.8
    2003 04 01    07 31.08   +59 21.7    0.677    1.234    92.8    54.0    19.9
    2003 04 06    07 53.32   +59 56.6    0.700    1.236    91.5    54.0    20.0
    2003 04 11    08 16.82   +60 10.5    0.723    1.239    90.4    53.9    20.0
    2003 04 16    08 41.04   +60 03.3    0.745    1.244    89.5    53.7    20.1
    2003 04 21    09 05.44   +59 35.1    0.766    1.251    88.8    53.4    20.2
    2003 04 26    09 29.53   +58 46.3    0.786    1.258    88.3    53.1    20.2
    2003 05 01    09 52.92   +57 37.8    0.806    1.267    87.9    52.6    20.3
    2003 05 06    10 15.32   +56 11.0    0.825    1.277    87.7    52.1    20.3
    2003 05 11    10 36.55   +54 27.4    0.845    1.289    87.6    51.5    20.4
    2003 05 16    10 56.52   +52 28.8    0.864    1.301    87.5    50.9    20.4
    2003 05 21    11 15.24   +50 16.9    0.884    1.314    87.5    50.3    20.5
    2003 05 26    11 32.76   +47 53.3    0.905    1.329    87.5    49.6    20.5
    2003 05 31    11 49.21   +45 19.7    0.926    1.344    87.6    48.9    20.6
    2003 06 05    12 04.68   +42 37.8    0.949    1.360    87.6    48.2    20.7
    2003 06 10    12 19.31   +39 49.3    0.973    1.376    87.6    47.5    20.7
    2003 06 15    12 33.18   +36 56.0    0.998    1.394    87.6    46.7    20.8
    2003 06 20    12 46.40   +33 59.3    1.026    1.412    87.5    46.0    20.9
    2003 06 25    12 59.07   +31 00.6    1.056    1.430    87.2    45.2    20.9
    2003 06 30    13 11.29   +28 01.4    1.088    1.449    86.9    44.5    21.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-A14
    

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