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    M.P.E.C. 2003-D34                                Issued 2003 Feb. 27, 21:23 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 DX10
    
    Observations:
         K03D10X* C2003 02 26.27861 10 19 41.74 +26 47 35.9          18.7        704
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.29123 10 19 39.54 +26 47 58.6          18.9        704
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.31713 10 19 35.02 +26 48 45.4          19.3        704
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.33054 10 19 32.61 +26 49 10.1          18.8        704
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99329 10 17 43.81 +27 09 16.7                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99418 10 17 43.63 +27 09 18.2                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99512 10 17 43.47 +27 09 20.0                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99613 10 17 43.30 +27 09 21.8                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99723 10 17 43.11 +27 09 23.7                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99816 10 17 42.94 +27 09 25.4                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 26.99928 10 17 42.74 +27 09 27.6                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.00038 10 17 42.56 +27 09 29.5                      246
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.00817 10 17 41.08 +27 09 43.8          18.1 R      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.00931 10 17 40.89 +27 09 46.3                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.01251 10 17 40.31 +27 09 51.8                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.01356 10 17 40.13 +27 09 53.4                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.13734 10 17 21.50 +27 13 44.7          18.1 R      734
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.14682 10 17 19.83 +27 14 02.6          18.0 R      734
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.86653 10 15 16.25 +27 36 17.9                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.86756 10 15 15.99 +27 36 20.1                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.86860 10 15 15.89 +27 36 22.0                      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.86964 10 15 15.62 +27 36 24.3          18.2 R      118
         K03D10X  C2003 02 27.87066 10 15 15.43 +27 36 26.5                      118
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers S. Gajdos, A. Galad, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector
        + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 DX10                                                            PHA 0.045
    Epoch 2003 Feb. 10.0 TT = JDT 2452680.5                 MPC
    M 296.40479              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.61679714     Peri.  194.09953     -0.24865632     +0.96741802
    a   1.3668089      Node    61.52109     -0.88332772     -0.20630165
    e   0.4046345      Incl.    3.10881     -0.39736905     -0.14677196
    P   1.60           H   20.2           G   0.15
    From 23 observations 2003 Feb. 26-27.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 DX10                a,e,i = 1.37, 0.40, 3                   q = 0.8138
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 02 20    10 34.09   +23 48.5    0.291    1.273   166.3    10.6    18.7
    2003 03 02    10 08.76   +28 44.0    0.234    1.210   156.6    19.0    18.4
    
    2003 03 12    09 29.30   +34 13.4    0.191    1.145   139.0    34.7    18.3
    2003 03 14    09 19.49   +35 18.5    0.184    1.132   135.0    38.4    18.3
    2003 03 16    09 08.97   +36 22.0    0.177    1.119   130.8    42.3    18.3
    2003 03 18    08 57.71   +37 23.5    0.171    1.106   126.6    46.3    18.3
    2003 03 20    08 45.66   +38 22.3    0.165    1.093   122.2    50.4    18.4
    2003 03 22    08 32.79   +39 17.6    0.160    1.080   117.7    54.7    18.4
    2003 03 24    08 19.04   +40 08.8    0.154    1.067   113.1    59.2    18.4
    2003 03 26    08 04.36   +40 54.9    0.149    1.054   108.4    63.8    18.5
    2003 03 28    07 48.72   +41 34.9    0.145    1.042   103.6    68.7    18.5
    2003 03 30    07 32.05   +42 07.7    0.140    1.029    98.6    73.7    18.6
    2003 04 01    07 14.33   +42 32.1    0.136    1.016    93.4    78.9    18.7
    2003 04 03    06 55.54   +42 46.4    0.133    1.004    88.1    84.3    18.8
    2003 04 05    06 35.70   +42 48.9    0.129    0.992    82.6    89.9    18.9
    2003 04 07    06 14.85   +42 37.8    0.127    0.980    76.9    95.8    19.1
    2003 04 09    05 53.12   +42 11.0    0.124    0.968    71.1   102.0    19.3
    2003 04 11    05 30.72   +41 26.7    0.122    0.957    65.0   108.4    19.6
    2003 04 13    05 07.93   +40 23.4    0.121    0.945    58.7   115.0    20.0
    2003 04 15    04 45.10   +39 00.4    0.120    0.934    52.3   121.9    20.4
    2003 04 17    04 22.64   +37 18.4    0.120    0.924    45.7   128.9    21.0
    2003 04 19    04 00.94   +35 19.0    0.121    0.913    39.1   136.1    21.8
    2003 04 21    03 40.39   +33 05.4    0.123    0.903    32.6   143.2    22.7
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-D34
    

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