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    M.P.E.C. 2003-C22                                Issued 2003 Feb. 4, 15:41 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,
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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2003 CR1

Observations:
     K03C01R* C2003 02 02.38202 12 16 10.74 -15 16 12.3          18.6        704
     K03C01R  C2003 02 02.39680 12 16 06.99 -15 16 29.7          18.4        704
     K03C01R  C2003 02 02.41078 12 16 03.35 -15 16 45.5          18.9        704
     K03C01R  C2003 02 02.42493 12 15 59.74 -15 17 02.2          19.2        704
     K03C01R  C2003 02 03.40769 12 11 58.29 -15 35 19.4          18.7 R      926
     K03C01R  C2003 02 03.40868 12 11 58.05 -15 35 20.6          18.7 R      926
     K03C01R  C2003 02 03.40968 12 11 57.77 -15 35 21.5          19.1 R      926
     K03C01R  C2003 02 04.36930 12 08 00.81 -15 52 05.6          19.2 R      649
     K03C01R  C2003 02 04.37554 12 07 59.22 -15 52 11.9          19.0 R      649
     K03C01R  C2003 02 04.38177 12 07 57.59 -15 52 18.5          19.1 R      649
     K03C01R  C2003 02 04.40932 12 07 50.58 -15 52 45.5          18.3 R      734

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers M. Glaze, N. Thames.  0.75-m
    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.
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.

Orbital elements:
2003 CR1                                                             PHA 0.024
Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
M  32.26188              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.54932628     Peri.  101.83332     +0.57954458     -0.79739098
a   1.4765533      Node   311.42206     +0.63271008     +0.57035393
e   0.4728892      Incl.   12.96333     +0.51362052     +0.19713958
P   1.79           H   19.9           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2003 Feb. 2-4.

Ephemeris:
2003 CR1                 a,e,i = 1.48, 0.47, 13                  q = 0.7783
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 31    12 25.85   -14 26.4    0.279    1.144   118.4    49.2    19.3
2003 02 10    11 44.83   -17 05.7    0.305    1.220   134.6    35.2    19.2
2003 02 20    11 06.00   -17 40.6    0.345    1.295   148.2    23.7    19.3
2003 03 02    10 34.38   -16 39.4    0.402    1.367   155.6    17.4    19.5
2003 03 12    10 12.50   -14 49.5    0.477    1.437   154.0    17.7    20.0
2003 03 22    09 59.95   -12 51.4    0.568    1.504   147.0    21.2    20.6
2003 04 01    09 54.92   -11 06.8    0.673    1.569   138.6    24.9    21.2
2003 04 11    09 55.60   -09 44.7    0.790    1.629   130.4    27.9    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-C22

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