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    M.P.E.C. 2003-B29                                Issued 2003 Jan. 27, 03:57 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 BM1
    
    Observations:
         K03B01M* C2003 01 24.31663 09 28 48.59 +31 38 27.4          20.5        644
         K03B01M  C2003 01 24.33791 09 28 47.67 +31 38 23.6          20.7        644
         K03B01M  C2003 01 24.36928 09 28 46.24 +31 38 18.2          20.3        644
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.24675 09 28 09.79 +31 35 38.5          19.4 R      734
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.25468 09 28 09.60 +31 35 35.5          19.7 R      734
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.26363 09 28 09.12 +31 35 33.4          20.0 R      734
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.27153 09 28 08.73 +31 35 32.6          19.9 R      734
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.31424 09 28 07.02 +31 35 25.4          19.5 R      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.31875 09 28 06.81 +31 35 24.7                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.32396 09 28 06.58 +31 35 23.8                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.32882 09 28 06.33 +31 35 22.8                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.33403 09 28 06.12 +31 35 22.0                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.34086 09 28 05.81 +31 35 20.9                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.35359 09 28 05.19 +31 35 18.3                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.97058 09 27 38.94 +31 33 17.3          19.3 R      620
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.98540 09 27 38.19 +31 33 14.7          19.6 R      620
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.99281 09 27 37.81 +31 33 13.5          19.4 R      620
         K03B01M  C2003 01 25.99815 09 27 37.57 +31 33 12.7          19.0 R      176
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.00022 09 27 37.41 +31 33 11.3          19.6 R      620
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.00729 09 27 37.12 +31 33 10.5          19.1 R      176
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.02420 09 27 36.30 +31 33 06.5          19.0 R      176
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.03058 09 27 36.00 +31 33 05.0          19.1 R      176
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.25961 09 27 26.43 +31 32 19.6          19.5 R      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.26458 09 27 26.19 +31 32 18.8                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.26794 09 27 26.04 +31 32 18.2                      673
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.36831 09 27 21.40 +31 31 59.3                      670
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.37325 09 27 20.98 +31 31 58.9          19.8 R      926
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.38272 09 27 20.50 +31 31 56.6          20.7 R      926
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.39354 09 27 20.04 +31 31 53.4          20.1 R      926
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.39516 09 27 20.19 +31 31 51.9                      670
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.41168 09 27 19.09 +31 31 49.6          20.1 R      651
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.41667 09 27 18.88 +31 31 49.0          20.0 R      651
         K03B01M  C2003 01 26.42150 09 27 18.63 +31 31 47.5          20.3 R      651
         K03B01M  C2003 01 27.04683 09 26 51.20 +31 29 34.7          20.1 R      966
         K03B01M  C2003 01 27.06167 09 26 50.55 +31 29 31.3          19.9 R      966
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, J. Nomen.
        0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin Telescope + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  0.30-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 BM1
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
    M 354.11641              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.12593159     Peri.  158.73335     -0.85738070     -0.51350445
    a   3.9419666      Node   350.14626     +0.43799179     -0.69243869
    e   0.5287409      Incl.   11.73527     +0.27029897     -0.50679566
    P   7.83           H   18.2           G   0.15
    From 35 observations 2003 Jan. 24-27.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 BM1                 a,e,i = 3.94, 0.53, 12                  q = 1.8577
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 01 21    09 30.93   +31 47.0    0.956    1.906   158.5    10.9    20.2
    2003 01 31    09 23.76   +31 13.6    0.920    1.888   164.6     8.0    20.0
    2003 02 10    09 15.32   +30 13.5    0.906    1.874   163.8     8.4    19.9
    2003 02 20    09 07.59   +28 45.0    0.914    1.864   156.9    12.0    20.1
    2003 03 02    09 02.28   +26 52.3    0.943    1.859   148.0    16.4    20.3
    2003 03 12    09 00.46   +24 42.8    0.990    1.858   139.0    20.6    20.5
    2003 03 22    09 02.44   +22 23.8    1.054    1.862   130.4    24.0    20.8
    2003 04 01    09 07.95   +20 00.8    1.131    1.870   122.6    26.7    21.0
    2003 04 11    09 16.51   +17 36.7    1.220    1.883   115.5    28.7    21.3
    2003 04 21    09 27.53   +15 12.8    1.318    1.899   108.9    30.0    21.5
    2003 05 01    09 40.42   +12 49.5    1.425    1.920   102.9    30.8    21.7
    2003 05 11    09 54.77   +10 26.8    1.538    1.945    97.3    31.0    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-B29
    

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