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    M.P.E.C. 2003-B50                                Issued 2003 Jan. 31, 02:47 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 BB43
    
    Observations:
         K03B43B* C2003 01 28.48336 12 56 49.27 -00 00 21.6          18.5        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 28.49859 12 56 52.78 +00 00 22.2          18.4        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 28.51379 12 56 56.21 +00 01 05.6          18.8        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 28.52919 12 56 59.72 +00 01 48.4          18.9        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.38800 13 04 23.10 +01 33 42.9          17.9 R      651
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.38942 13 04 23.46 +01 33 47.5          18.1 R      651
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.39087 13 04 23.77 +01 33 51.8          18.1 R      651
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.46436 13 04 41.19 +01 37 38.1          18.3        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.47985 13 04 44.93 +01 38 26.0          18.6        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.49519 13 04 48.56 +01 39 13.4          18.4        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.51052 13 04 52.20 +01 40 00.4          18.5        704
         K03B43B  C2003 01 30.52584 13 04 55.87 +01 40 48.0          18.5        704
    
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 BB43
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
    M 345.66687              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.21383971     Peri.   55.38612     -0.80273633     +0.49388735
    a   2.7695581      Node   149.59365     -0.44145708     -0.86893363
    e   0.5721790      Incl.   41.32318     +0.40091150     +0.03208791
    P   4.61           H   17.2           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2003 Jan. 28-30.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 BB43                a,e,i = 2.77, 0.57, 41                  q = 1.1849
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 01 31    13 06.86   +02 05.6    0.602    1.360   115.7    40.7    18.4
    2003 02 10    13 52.16   +12 31.6    0.519    1.308   117.1    42.2    18.0
    2003 02 20    14 46.78   +25 16.2    0.483    1.263   113.8    45.7    17.9
    2003 03 02    15 48.79   +37 15.1    0.495    1.228   106.6    50.7    18.0
    2003 03 12    16 51.85   +45 50.6    0.544    1.202    98.7    54.8    18.3
    2003 03 22    17 48.36   +50 54.4    0.612    1.188    92.1    56.9    18.6
    2003 04 01    18 33.99   +53 36.7    0.685    1.185    87.4    57.4    18.8
    2003 04 11    19 08.25   +54 59.3    0.753    1.195    84.6    56.6    19.0
    2003 04 21    19 32.58   +55 38.3    0.812    1.216    83.3    55.1    19.2
    2003 05 01    19 48.50   +55 51.3    0.858    1.248    83.6    53.4    19.3
    2003 05 11    19 57.02   +55 42.9    0.890    1.289    85.2    51.3    19.4
    2003 05 21    19 58.96   +55 09.8    0.909    1.338    88.1    49.1    19.5
    2003 05 31    19 54.98   +54 03.7    0.916    1.393    92.3    46.6    19.5
    2003 06 10    19 46.06   +52 10.6    0.915    1.454    97.6    43.8    19.5
    2003 06 20    19 33.83   +49 15.5    0.911    1.518   103.9    40.5    19.5
    2003 06 30    19 20.28   +45 06.3    0.908    1.586   110.9    36.8    19.5
    2003 07 10    19 07.58   +39 39.1    0.914    1.656   118.0    32.8    19.5
    2003 07 20    18 57.42   +33 06.3    0.936    1.727   124.4    29.1    19.5
    2003 07 30    18 50.67   +25 54.2    0.979    1.798   128.7    26.1    19.6
    2003 08 09    18 47.63   +18 37.2    1.049    1.870   130.1    24.5    19.8
    2003 08 19    18 48.06   +11 47.0    1.146    1.942   128.2    24.2    20.1
    2003 08 29    18 51.53   +05 43.5    1.268    2.014   123.9    24.6    20.4
    2003 09 08    18 57.58   +00 34.7    1.412    2.085   118.1    25.2    20.7
    2003 09 18    19 05.73   -03 39.8    1.575    2.156   111.4    25.7    21.0
    2003 09 28    19 15.57   -07 05.4    1.752    2.225   104.5    25.9    21.3
    2003 10 08    19 26.77   -09 48.6    1.940    2.294    97.4    25.6    21.6
    2003 10 18    19 39.01   -11 55.7    2.134    2.362    90.4    25.0    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-B50
    

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