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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E39                                Issued 2003 Mar. 10, 16:37 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 EO16
    
    Observations:
         K03E16O* C2003 03 09.28240 11 33 54.82 -10 56 48.9          17.7 R      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.30011 11 33 51.45 -10 55 28.7                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.31779 11 33 48.01 -10 54 07.6                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.33543 11 33 44.62 -10 52 47.4                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.46797 11 33 19.14 -10 42 37.8          17.8 R      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.47152 11 33 18.55 -10 42 20.3                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.47505 11 33 17.82 -10 42 04.7                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.47862 11 33 17.19 -10 41 47.7                      699
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.98093 11 31 50.57 -10 03 09.1          17.3 R      620
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.98578 11 31 49.58 -10 02 46.5          17.6 R      620
         K03E16O  C2003 03 09.99100 11 31 48.56 -10 02 22.0          17.6 R      620
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.06595 11 31 34.40 -09 56 37.2          17.3 R      J95
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.06815 11 31 33.48 -09 56 25.2          16.6 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.06875 11 31 33.79 -09 56 24.5          17.8 R      J95
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.06928 11 31 33.33 -09 56 19.9          17.7 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.07091 11 31 32.95 -09 56 11.6          17.8 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.07135 11 31 33.31 -09 56 12.7          17.3 R      J95
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.07324 11 31 32.54 -09 56 01.4          17.8 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.07523 11 31 32.14 -09 55 51.1          17.8 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.07738 11 31 31.74 -09 55 41.3          17.7 V      151
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25066 11 31 03.10 -09 42 00.5          17.8 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25177 11 31 02.92 -09 41 55.4          17.8 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25288 11 31 02.70 -09 41 49.9          17.9 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25399 11 31 02.46 -09 41 45.5          17.8 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25510 11 31 02.21 -09 41 39.6          17.7 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.25622 11 31 02.04 -09 41 34.6          18.0 R      854
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.28309 11 30 56.55 -09 39 28.0          17.5 R      448
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.28674 11 30 55.85 -09 39 10.6          17.4 R      448
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.29072 11 30 55.06 -09 38 52.1          17.5 R      448
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.32231 11 30 49.08 -09 36 23.8          17.5 R      926
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.32338 11 30 48.89 -09 36 18.9          17.5 R      926
         K03E16O  C2003 03 10.32443 11 30 48.66 -09 36 13.8          17.4 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
        Schmidt + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 EO16                                                            PHA 0.047
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452700.5                  MPC
    M 177.65657              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.09042252     Peri.  168.00399     +0.97078993     +0.23980871
    a   0.9348448      Node   178.06978     -0.23462277     +0.95550781
    e   0.2487733      Incl.   13.14834     -0.05019037     +0.17174578
    P   0.90           H   20.6           G   0.15
    From 32 observations 2003 Mar. 9-10.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 EO16                a,e,i = 0.93, 0.25, 13                  q = 0.7023
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 02    11 53.49   -18 58.2    0.200    1.167   149.2    25.7    18.6
    2003 03 07    11 40.46   -13 43.2    0.185    1.167   159.2    17.6    18.2
    2003 03 12    11 25.74   -07 21.1    0.175    1.166   169.1     9.3    17.8
    2003 03 17    11 10.22   -00 11.6    0.170    1.163   171.1     7.6    17.6
    2003 03 22    10 54.85   +07 11.4    0.170    1.159   161.3    16.0    17.9
    2003 03 27    10 40.56   +14 11.0    0.176    1.153   150.0    25.6    18.3
    2003 04 01    10 28.14   +20 20.4    0.186    1.147   139.4    34.6    18.7
    2003 04 06    10 18.10   +25 28.3    0.199    1.138   129.9    42.4    19.0
    2003 04 11    10 10.61   +29 37.2    0.214    1.129   121.6    49.1    19.4
    
    2003 04 21    10 02.64   +35 34.3    0.247    1.106   108.0    59.8    19.9
    2003 05 01    10 02.06   +39 25.6    0.279    1.078    97.2    67.9    20.4
    2003 05 11    10 06.40   +42 05.5    0.305    1.046    88.2    74.8    20.7
    2003 05 21    10 12.95   +44 10.3    0.325    1.009    80.3    81.3    21.0
    2003 05 31    10 18.99   +46 02.9    0.335    0.968    72.7    88.0    21.3
    2003 06 10    10 21.27   +47 59.6    0.337    0.925    65.0    95.7    21.5
    2003 06 20    10 14.67   +50 07.8    0.330    0.880    56.7   105.0    21.8
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E39
    

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