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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E35                                Issued 2003 Mar.  9, 13:37 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 EG16
    
    Observations:
         K03E16G* C2003 03 08.38657 13 45 46.58 +23 24 03.6          18.6        704
         K03E16G  C2003 03 08.39968 13 45 50.63 +23 25 13.6          18.8        704
         K03E16G  C2003 03 08.41312 13 45 54.77 +23 26 26.6          18.3        704
         K03E16G  C2003 03 08.42622 13 45 58.84 +23 27 36.9          18.0        704
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.17315 13 50 04.79 +24 35 46.9                      170
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.17402 13 50 05.13 +24 35 51.5                      170
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.17748 13 50 06.22 +24 36 10.6          17.5 R      170
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.18281 13 50 07.84 +24 36 39.0          17.6 R      170
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.18588 13 50 08.88 +24 36 56.1          17.5 R      170
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.27995 13 50 43.15 +24 45 44.4          18.2 R      651
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.28152 13 50 43.65 +24 45 50.1          18.3 R      651
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.28380 13 50 44.40 +24 46 06.4          18.0 R      651
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.28739 13 50 45.62 +24 46 26.7          17.9 R      651
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.32439 13 50 57.81 +24 49 54.9          17.4 R      858
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.32642 13 50 58.48 +24 50 06.0          17.6 R      858
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.32846 13 50 59.13 +24 50 17.6          17.7 R      858
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.33048 13 50 59.83 +24 50 29.8          17.7 R      858
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.43075 13 51 33.11 +24 59 57.4          18.1 R      711
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.43412 13 51 34.21 +25 00 15.8          17.9 R      711
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.43748 13 51 35.32 +25 00 34.8          17.7 R      711
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.46329 13 51 44.04 +25 02 59.5          17.8 R      448
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.46697 13 51 45.29 +25 03 20.3          18.1 R      448
         K03E16G  C2003 03 09.47070 13 51 46.53 +25 03 40.8          17.9 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    170 Observatorio de Begues.  Observer J. Manteca.  0.31-m f/6.3
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. Stevens.  0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer P. J. Shelus.  0.76-m reflector with prime
        focus corrector + CCD.
    858 Tebbutt Observatory, Edgewood.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.3-m f/8.2
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 EG16                                                            PHA 0.012
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452700.5                  MPC
    M 340.80234              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.26806004     Peri.  110.43143     -0.10452879     +0.98139452
    a   2.3822171      Node   152.02668     -0.99136981     -0.08993910
    e   0.6856131      Incl.   20.08143     -0.07911779     -0.16963416
    P   3.68           H   19.0           G   0.15
    From 23 observations 2003 Mar. 8-9.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 EG16                a,e,i = 2.38, 0.69, 20                  q = 0.7489
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 02    13 17.75   +15 16.7    0.369    1.305   142.9    27.2    18.6
    2003 03 12    14 07.80   +29 15.3    0.273    1.200   134.0    36.5    18.1
    2003 03 22    15 55.83   +48 00.6    0.227    1.096   110.4    58.4    18.1
    2003 04 01    19 09.03   +55 35.4    0.242    0.996    82.3    83.7    18.8
    2003 04 11    21 25.12   +47 55.8    0.303    0.904    62.8    99.9    19.8
    2003 04 21    22 30.89   +38 45.7    0.387    0.827    52.4   105.9    20.5
    2003 05 01    23 12.62   +31 20.6    0.485    0.773    48.1   104.1    20.7
    2003 05 11    23 47.26   +25 35.7    0.590    0.749    47.4    97.1    20.7
    2003 05 21    00 19.94   +21 14.6    0.697    0.761    48.8    87.7    20.7
    2003 05 31    00 51.43   +17 59.8    0.798    0.807    51.2    78.3    20.8
    2003 06 10    01 21.04   +15 30.3    0.887    0.877    54.4    70.2    20.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E35
    

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