• MPC Preparation (Info)

  • MPEC 2003-C50 : 2003 CN17

    The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked-to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically.

    A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page.


    Read MPEC 2003-C49 Read MPEC 2003-C51


    M.P.E.C. 2003-C50                                Issued 2003 Feb. 10, 01:18 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 CN17
    
    Observations:
         K03C17N* C2003 02 08.54962 13 14 58.49 -20 23 35.3          21.2        608
         K03C17N  C2003 02 08.56033 13 14 59.83 -20 24 41.8          20.3        608
         K03C17N  C2003 02 08.57081 13 15 01.13 -20 25 46.3          20.5        608
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.05575 13 16 05.88 -21 16 03.4                      620
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.07253 13 16 08.03 -21 17 46.2                      620
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.07492 13 16 08.34 -21 18 01.3                      620
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.45737 13 16 59.65 -21 58 19.1          19.8        644
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.47017 13 17 01.29 -21 59 41.5          18.8        644
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.47647 13 17 01.87 -22 00 21.3          19.3 R      926
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.47738 13 17 02.04 -22 00 27.2          18.9 R      926
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.47831 13 17 02.17 -22 00 32.5          18.9 R      926
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.47922 13 17 02.26 -22 00 38.7          19.0 R      926
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.48313 13 17 02.94 -22 01 03.6          19.2        644
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.48502 13 17 03.18 -22 01 16.3                      671
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.48632 13 17 03.31 -22 01 23.8                      671
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.48762 13 17 03.49 -22 01 32.2                      671
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.49084 13 17 03.92 -22 01 52.4                      671
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.49214 13 17 04.05 -22 02 01.0                      671
         K03C17N  C2003 02 09.49344 13 17 04.27 -22 02 08.2                      671
    
    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.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, J. Nomen,
        R. Stoss.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo,
        M. Hicks, K. Lawrence, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    671 Stony Ridge.  Observers S. C. Brewster, D. Hadlen, J. E. Rogers, P. Sable.
        0.76-m f/6 reflector + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 CN17
    Epoch 2003 Jan. 21.0 TT = JDT 2452660.5                 MPC
    M 318.27517              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.46343624     Peri.  271.41826     -0.40057923     +0.87996267
    a   1.6537736      Node   330.43290     -0.48806720     -0.44077958
    e   0.4819429      Incl.   31.16339     -0.77545257     -0.17714135
    P   2.13           H   19.2           G   0.15
    From 19 observations 2003 Feb. 8-9.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 CN17                a,e,i = 1.65, 0.48, 31                  q = 0.8567
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 02 10    13 18.23   -22 56.1    0.393    1.198   113.3    49.2    19.4
    2003 02 15    13 31.28   -32 48.6    0.356    1.162   110.6    52.7    19.2
    2003 02 20    13 48.99   -44 11.1    0.331    1.126   106.0    57.6    19.1
    2003 02 25    14 16.25   -56 18.0    0.321    1.091    99.7    63.4    19.2
    2003 03 02    15 06.00   -67 44.8    0.326    1.057    92.5    69.5    19.3
    2003 03 07    16 54.4    -76 16.2    0.344    1.024    85.4    75.0    19.6
    2003 03 12    20 00.0    -78 06.8    0.372    0.993    79.1    79.3    19.8
    2003 03 17    22 06.0    -73 52.7    0.407    0.964    73.8    82.3    20.0
    2003 03 22    23 02.41   -68 15.6    0.447    0.938    69.4    84.1    20.3
    2003 03 27    23 31.22   -62 52.0    0.489    0.914    65.9    84.9    20.4
    2003 04 01    23 48.47   -57 55.8    0.533    0.894    63.1    84.9    20.6
    2003 04 06    00 00.10   -53 24.1    0.576    0.878    60.8    84.2    20.7
    2003 04 11    00 08.72   -49 11.0    0.619    0.866    59.1    83.1    20.8
    2003 04 16    00 15.64   -45 11.3    0.660    0.859    57.9    81.5    20.8
    2003 04 21    00 21.61   -41 21.1    0.699    0.857    57.0    79.8    20.9
    2003 04 26    00 27.07   -37 37.9    0.735    0.859    56.6    77.8    20.9
    2003 05 01    00 32.24   -34 00.1    0.769    0.866    56.5    75.8    21.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-C50
    

    Read MPEC 2003-C49 Read MPEC 2003-C51


    MPEC number:

    Enter an MPEC number in one of the following forms:

    • 1997-B01 (the full form)
    • J97B01 (the packed version of the full form)
    • B01 (the abbreviated form)