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    M.P.E.C. 2003-C06                                Issued 2003 Feb. 1, 19:10 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

                                COMET P/2003 A1

Observations:
    PK03A010  C2003 01 25.76505 01 24 39.51 +04 18 31.4          18.6 N      J95
    PK03A010  C2003 01 25.81635 01 24 42.52 +04 20 00.1          18.6 N      J95
    PK03A010  C2003 01 26.81583 01 25 42.31 +04 48 41.8          18.4 N      J95
    PK03A010  C2003 01 26.82781 01 25 43.02 +04 49 01.9          18.7 N      J95
    PK03A010  C2003 01 28.28195 01 27 11.98 +05 30 31.0          18.8 T      608
    PK03A010  C2003 01 28.29255 01 27 12.66 +05 30 48.2          19.0 T      608
    PK03A010  C2003 01 28.30359 01 27 13.29 +05 31 07.1          18.8 T      608
    PK03A010  C2003 01 29.81120 01 28 48.04 +06 13 37.5          18.1 N      J95
    PK03A010  C2003 01 29.82161 01 28 48.70 +06 13 55.4          17.8 N      J95

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.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 A1
T 2003 Feb. 1.1464 TT                                   MPC
q   1.916349             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1384171      Peri.  357.0356      +0.5995439      -0.5372536
a   3.701203       Node    55.1830      +0.7483625      +0.1135620
e   0.482236       Incl.   46.2672      +0.2837263      +0.8357405
P   7.12
From 79 observations 2003 Jan. 5-29.

Ephemeris:
    P/2003 A1
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 01 31    01 30.07   +06 46.9    1.962    1.916    72.7    29.4  17.8
2003 02 10    01 41.71   +11 17.0    2.077    1.918    66.9    28.2  17.9
2003 02 20    01 54.88   +15 30.8    2.191    1.923    61.3    26.8  18.0
2003 03 02    02 09.48   +19 29.7    2.302    1.932    56.1    25.2  18.2
2003 03 12    02 25.47   +23 14.9    2.408    1.945    51.1    23.4  18.3
2003 03 22    02 42.82   +26 47.2    2.509    1.962    46.5    21.6  18.4
2003 04 01    03 01.55   +30 06.8    2.604    1.982    42.2    19.8  18.5
2003 04 11    03 21.71   +33 13.8    2.692    2.005    38.3    18.1  18.7
2003 04 21    03 43.34   +36 07.7    2.773    2.031    34.9    16.4  18.8
2003 05 01    04 06.50   +38 47.9    2.847    2.060    31.8    14.9  18.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-C06

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