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    M.P.E.C. 2003-B45                                Issued 2003 Jan. 30, 16:21 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 BS35

Observations:
     K03B35S* C2003 01 27.50220 10 59 02.53 +10 08 28.9          20.1        608
     K03B35S  C2003 01 27.51301 10 59 13.42 +10 10 28.8          20.4        608
     K03B35S  C2003 01 27.52387 10 59 24.33 +10 12 28.7          20.3        608
     K03B35S  C2003 01 28.38717 11 15 44.44 +12 52 00.4          19.3        704
     K03B35S  C2003 01 28.40246 11 16 00.90 +12 54 52.6          19.5        704
     K03B35S  C2003 01 28.41791 11 16 17.52 +12 57 45.7          19.5        704
     K03B35S  C2003 01 28.43326 11 16 34.04 +13 00 38.2          19.4        704
     K03B35S  C2003 01 30.38142 11 56 15.89 +19 01 14.1          19.3 R      651
     K03B35S  C2003 01 30.38241 11 56 17.06 +19 01 25.7          19.3 R      651
     K03B35S  C2003 01 30.38322 11 56 17.96 +19 01 34.5          19.5 R      651

Observer details:
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
    K. Lawrence, P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda.  1.2-m reflector + 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.

Orbital elements:
2003 BS35
Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
M 338.37588              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.69912480     Peri.   27.10008     -0.89900874     -0.42181647
a   1.2572826      Node   127.45598     +0.37011724     -0.87550632
e   0.2080260      Incl.    8.52696     +0.23408653     -0.23571074
P   1.41           H   25.4           G   0.15
From 10 observations 2003 Jan. 27-30.

Ephemeris:
2003 BS35                a,e,i = 1.26, 0.21, 9                   q = 0.9957
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 31    12 09.23   +20 50.8    0.034    1.009   133.6    45.0    19.8
2003 02 01    12 30.57   +23 35.6    0.035    1.008   129.7    48.8    19.9
2003 02 02    12 51.85   +26 03.8    0.036    1.007   125.9    52.5    20.1
2003 02 03    13 12.69   +28 13.2    0.037    1.006   122.1    56.1    20.3
2003 02 04    13 32.78   +30 02.9    0.038    1.005   118.6    59.5    20.4
2003 02 05    13 51.86   +31 34.0    0.040    1.004   115.4    62.6    20.6
2003 02 06    14 09.77   +32 47.8    0.042    1.003   112.4    65.4    20.8
2003 02 07    14 26.41   +33 46.7    0.044    1.002   109.7    68.0    21.0
2003 02 08    14 41.75   +34 32.9    0.046    1.001   107.3    70.2    21.2
2003 02 09    14 55.83   +35 08.5    0.048    1.000   105.1    72.2    21.3
2003 02 10    15 08.69   +35 35.5    0.050    0.999   103.2    74.0    21.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-B45

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