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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E17                                Issued 2003 Mar. 6, 14:25 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 ER
    
    Observations:
         K03E00R* C2003 03 05.24317 09 00 33.07 +16 32 29.6          18.9        704
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.25661 09 00 32.08 +16 33 47.3          18.7        704
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.28406 09 00 29.84 +16 36 23.9          19.6        704
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.29736 09 00 28.79 +16 37 39.9          19.3        704
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90492 08 59 47.27 +17 35 33.6                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90541 08 59 47.26 +17 35 36.7                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90594 08 59 47.18 +17 35 40.1                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90652 08 59 47.15 +17 35 43.0                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90713 08 59 47.11 +17 35 46.6                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.90808 08 59 47.06 +17 35 51.1                      246
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.93473 08 59 45.02 +17 38 23.7                      557
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.93566 08 59 44.94 +17 38 29.2                      557
         K03E00R  C2003 03 05.93660 08 59 44.93 +17 38 33.8          19.3 V      557
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.22549 08 59 25.68 +18 06 09.2          18.9 R      926
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.22759 08 59 25.52 +18 06 21.2          19.2 R      926
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.25745 08 59 23.25 +18 09 10.7          19.0 R      651
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.25861 08 59 23.15 +18 09 17.2          19.2 R      651
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.25983 08 59 23.07 +18 09 24.6          19.1 R      651
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.29974 08 59 19.97 +18 13 10.5          19.3 R      448
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.30757 08 59 19.37 +18 13 54.9          19.5 R      448
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.31599 08 59 18.75 +18 14 42.6          19.4 R      448
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.34721 08 59 16.38 +18 17 34.1          19.2 R      734
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.35059 08 59 16.42 +18 17 57.5                      670
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.35104 08 59 16.09 +18 17 57.3          18.9 R      734
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.35264 08 59 16.32 +18 18 10.3                      670
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.35509 08 59 15.80 +18 18 20.6          18.6 R      734
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.51256 08 59 05.92 +18 33 47.0          17.8 R      474
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.51406 08 59 05.81 +18 33 56.3          17.8 R      474
         K03E00R  C2003 03 06.51557 08 59 05.66 +18 34 01.4          17.7 R      474
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
        P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    670 Camarillo.  Observer J. E. Rogers.  0.30-m f/6.7 Helin 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.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 ER
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452700.5                  MPC
    M 312.04193              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.53643142     Peri.   69.52402     -0.62787218     +0.74201242
    a   1.5001220      Node   156.17311     -0.72668489     -0.66698537
    e   0.2339786      Incl.   35.56011     +0.27875724     -0.06743943
    P   1.84           H   19.8           G   0.15
    From 28 observations 2003 Mar. 5-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 ER                  a,e,i = 1.50, 0.23, 36                  q = 1.1491
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 02    09 04.56   +11 19.9    0.358    1.322   153.8    19.3    19.2
    2003 03 04    09 02.04   +14 33.1    0.358    1.316   150.7    21.7    19.2
    2003 03 06    08 59.68   +17 44.8    0.360    1.309   147.3    24.2    19.3
    2003 03 08    08 57.51   +20 52.8    0.363    1.303   143.8    26.7    19.4
    2003 03 10    08 55.55   +23 55.7    0.367    1.297   140.2    29.3    19.5
    2003 03 12    08 53.82   +26 51.8    0.373    1.291   136.7    31.9    19.6
    2003 03 14    08 52.35   +29 40.1    0.380    1.285   133.2    34.3    19.7
    2003 03 16    08 51.15   +32 20.0    0.388    1.278   129.8    36.7    19.8
    2003 03 18    08 50.23   +34 50.9    0.397    1.273   126.6    38.9    19.9
    2003 03 20    08 49.60   +37 12.7    0.407    1.267   123.5    41.0    20.0
    2003 03 22    08 49.29   +39 25.4    0.418    1.261   120.5    42.9    20.1
    2003 03 24    08 49.28   +41 29.2    0.429    1.255   117.7    44.7    20.2
    2003 03 26    08 49.61   +43 24.5    0.441    1.250   115.0    46.3    20.3
    2003 03 28    08 50.26   +45 11.7    0.454    1.244   112.5    47.8    20.4
    2003 03 30    08 51.25   +46 51.1    0.466    1.239   110.1    49.2    20.4
    2003 04 01    08 52.58   +48 23.3    0.479    1.234   107.9    50.4    20.5
    
    2003 04 11    09 04.33   +54 31.8    0.546    1.209    98.4    55.1    20.9
    2003 04 21    09 24.22   +58 41.7    0.610    1.188    91.4    57.7    21.2
    2003 05 01    09 51.37   +61 24.9    0.668    1.171    86.2    59.1    21.4
    2003 05 11    10 24.65   +62 58.7    0.717    1.159    82.4    59.7    21.5
    2003 05 21    11 02.34   +63 31.6    0.755    1.151    79.9    59.9    21.6
    2003 05 31    11 42.47   +63 06.0    0.781    1.149    78.4    59.8    21.7
    2003 06 10    12 23.20   +61 42.1    0.795    1.152    78.0    59.5    21.7
    2003 06 20    13 02.98   +59 19.2    0.799    1.160    78.5    59.1    21.8
    2003 06 30    13 40.91   +55 53.8    0.793    1.173    79.8    58.5    21.7
    2003 07 10    14 16.74   +51 22.6    0.782    1.190    81.8    57.7    21.7
    2003 07 20    14 50.54   +45 42.8    0.768    1.212    84.3    56.6    21.7
    2003 07 30    15 22.63   +38 54.1    0.758    1.237    87.2    55.1    21.7
    2003 08 09    15 53.46   +31 05.1    0.756    1.264    90.0    53.3    21.7
    2003 08 19    16 23.34   +22 36.1    0.768    1.294    92.2    51.4    21.7
    2003 08 29    16 52.57   +13 57.6    0.799    1.326    93.5    49.5    21.8
    2003 09 08    17 21.42   +05 44.7    0.850    1.359    93.6    47.7    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E17
    

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