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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E02                                Issued 2003 Mar. 1, 16:13 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 DY15
    
    Observations:
         K03D15Y* C2003 02 28.51291 10 50 26.27 +23 03 38.6          20.3        608
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.52336 10 50 22.70 +23 03 01.4          20.3        608
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.53388 10 50 19.15 +23 02 23.1          20.7        608
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90522 10 49 03.88 +22 38 19.9                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90579 10 49 03.70 +22 38 18.2          18.6 R      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90630 10 49 03.49 +22 38 15.9                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90691 10 49 03.29 +22 38 14.1                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90752 10 49 03.07 +22 38 11.4                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90844 10 49 02.78 +22 38 08.6                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.90917 10 49 02.52 +22 38 06.0          18.4 R      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.91024 10 49 02.11 +22 38 01.8                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.91132 10 49 01.78 +22 37 58.1                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.91236 10 49 01.40 +22 37 54.3                      246
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.95457 10 48 49.92 +22 34 57.7          18.9 R      J95
         K03D15Y  C2003 02 28.96637 10 48 45.86 +22 34 13.6          18.7 R      J95
         K03D15Y  C2003 03 01.48814 10 46 10.24 +22 04 00.0          19.5 R      474
         K03D15Y  C2003 03 01.48953 10 46 09.62 +22 03 52.8          19.3 R      474
         K03D15Y  C2003 03 01.49091 10 46 09.01 +22 03 46.3          18.5 R      474
         K03D15Y  C2003 03 01.49693 10 46 06.30 +22 03 18.5          18.5 R      474
         K03D15Y  C2003 03 01.50365 10 46 03.30 +22 02 46.5          18.0 R      474
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m
        KLENOT Telescope + CCD.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  1.0-m f/7.7
        reflector + CCD.
    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:
    2003 DY15
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M  30.68079              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.72273475     Peri.  252.91961     -0.55830059     +0.82902015
    a   1.2297498      Node   343.02560     -0.71335307     -0.49940176
    e   0.3277012      Incl.    6.29913     -0.42358925     -0.25164155
    P   1.36           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030228 608  0.2+  0.4+    030228 246  0.1-  0.3-    030228 J95  0.1-  0.4-
    030228 608  0.1-  0.0     030228 246  0.3+  0.3+    030301 474  0.3+  0.4+
    030228 608  0.2-  0.6-    030228 246  0.2+  0.3+    030301 474  0.2+  0.3-
    030228 246  0.1+  0.1-    030228 246  0.3-  0.0     030301 474  0.2+  0.3-
    030228 246  0.3+  0.3+    030228 246  0.4+  0.3+    030301 474  0.3-  0.2+
    030228 246  0.1-  0.2-    030228 246  0.1+  0.3+    030301 474  0.3-  0.0
    030228 246  0.0   0.2+    030228 J95  1.3-  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 DY15                a,e,i = 1.23, 0.33, 6                   q = 0.8268
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 02 25    10 58.64   +24 54.0    0.051    1.039   163.1    16.1    20.7
    2003 02 26    10 57.09   +24 33.6    0.045    1.034   163.5    15.8    20.4
    2003 02 27    10 55.07   +24 06.3    0.040    1.028   164.0    15.4    20.1
    2003 02 28    10 52.35   +23 28.7    0.034    1.023   164.5    14.9    19.7
    2003 03 01    10 48.55   +22 34.6    0.028    1.018   165.2    14.3    19.3
    2003 03 02    10 42.89   +21 11.4    0.022    1.013   166.2    13.5    18.8
    2003 03 03    10 33.65   +18 49.4    0.017    1.008   167.3    12.5    18.1
    
    2003 03 04.0  10 15.97   +14 00.5    0.011    1.002   167.5    12.3    17.2
    2003 03 04.1  10 13.28   +13 14.9    0.011    1.002   167.3    12.6    17.1
    2003 03 04.2  10 10.33   +12 24.2    0.010    1.001   166.9    12.9    17.0
    2003 03 04.3  10 07.07   +11 27.9    0.0097   1.001   166.4    13.4    16.9
    2003 03 04.4  10 03.46   +10 24.8    0.0091   1.000   165.8    14.1    16.8
    2003 03 04.5  09 59.44   +09 13.8    0.0086   1.000   165.0    14.9    16.7
    2003 03 04.6  09 54.93   +07 53.5    0.0081   0.999   163.9    15.9    16.6
    2003 03 04.7  09 49.86   +06 22.1    0.0076   0.999   162.6    17.2    16.5
    2003 03 04.8  09 44.10   +04 37.6    0.0071   0.998   161.0    18.9    16.4
    2003 03 04.9  09 37.52   +02 37.3    0.0066   0.998   159.0    20.9    16.3
    2003 03 05.0  09 29.94   +00 18.1    0.0061   0.997   156.5    23.3    16.2
    2003 03 05.1  09 21.14   -02 23.6    0.0057   0.997   153.5    26.3    16.2
    2003 03 05.2  09 10.82   -05 32.0    0.0053   0.996   149.9    29.9    16.1
    2003 03 05.3  08 58.62   -09 11.3    0.0049   0.996   145.6    34.2    16.0
    2003 03 05.4  08 44.05   -13 25.3    0.0045   0.995   140.5    39.4    16.0
    2003 03 05.5  08 26.50   -18 15.4    0.0042   0.995   134.4    45.4    16.0
    2003 03 05.6  08 05.25   -23 38.6    0.0040   0.994   127.4    52.4    16.1
    2003 03 05.7  07 39.46   -29 24.3    0.0038   0.994   119.6    60.2    16.2
    2003 03 05.8  07 08.41   -35 12.2    0.0037   0.993   111.1    68.7    16.4
    2003 03 05.9  06 31.80   -40 33.8    0.0037   0.993   102.4    77.4    16.7
    2003 03 06.0  05 50.32   -45 00.0    0.0038   0.992    93.8    86.0    17.1
    2003 03 06.1  05 06.04   -48 10.6    0.0039   0.992    85.8    94.0    17.5
    2003 03 06.2  04 22.05   -50 02.0    0.0042   0.991    78.6   101.2    18.0
    2003 03 06.3  03 41.33   -50 45.3    0.0045   0.991    72.2   107.5    18.5
    2003 03 06.4  03 05.70   -50 39.1    0.0048   0.990    66.8   113.0    18.9
    2003 03 06.5  02 35.65   -50 01.7    0.0052   0.990    62.1   117.6    19.4
    2003 03 06.6  02 10.76   -49 07.3    0.0056   0.989    58.2   121.6    19.9
    2003 03 06.7  01 50.25   -48 05.2    0.0061   0.989    54.8   124.9    20.3
    2003 03 06.8  01 33.32   -47 01.4    0.0065   0.988    51.9   127.8    20.8
    2003 03 06.9  01 19.24   -45 58.8    0.0070   0.988    49.4   130.3    21.1
    2003 03 07.0  01 07.44   -44 59.3    0.0075   0.987    47.2   132.5    21.5
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E02
    

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