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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E46                                Issued 2003 Mar. 12, 16:39 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 ED50
    
    Observations:
         K03E50D* C2003 03 11.18302 09 41 48.94 -19 25 01.4          18.5        704
         K03E50D  C2003 03 11.19711 09 41 41.40 -19 22 34.2          18.0        704
         K03E50D  C2003 03 11.21086 09 41 34.03 -19 20 10.5          18.1        704
         K03E50D  C2003 03 11.22407 09 41 26.94 -19 17 51.1          18.0        704
         K03E50D  C2003 03 11.23738 09 41 19.83 -19 15 31.0          18.1        704
         K03E50D  C2003 03 11.99457 09 34 30.01 -16 51 23.1          17.2 R      620
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.00647 09 34 22.79 -16 48 53.2          16.7 R      620
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.21933 09 32 22.24 -16 04 04.0          17.3 R      926
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.21986 09 32 21.89 -16 03 57.1          17.6 R      926
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.22042 09 32 21.53 -16 03 49.0          18.0 R      926
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.31543 09 31 22.24 -15 43 07.8          17.6 R      854
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.31646 09 31 21.79 -15 42 57.6          17.7 R      854
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.31750 09 31 21.07 -15 42 42.5          17.6 R      854
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.31854 09 31 20.46 -15 42 29.6          17.6 R      854
         K03E50D  C2003 03 12.31957 09 31 19.78 -15 42 15.4          17.6 R      854
    
    Observer details:
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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.
    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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 ED50                                                            PHA 0.031A
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 2.0 TT = JDT 2452700.5                  MPC
    M 316.17715              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.60143085     Peri.   94.31533     -0.01697354     +0.99804783
    a   1.3899918      Node   173.68971     -0.98582569     -0.02673997
    e   0.5370985      Incl.   33.14967     +0.16691199     -0.05644022
    P   1.64           H   21.2           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2003 Mar. 11-12.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 ED50                a,e,i = 1.39, 0.54, 33                  q = 0.6434
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 12    09 34.49   -16 49.3    0.109    1.085   145.6    31.2    17.9
    2003 03 13    09 24.24   -13 01.2    0.099    1.076   144.7    32.2    17.7
    2003 03 14    09 12.25   -08 20.7    0.089    1.067   142.9    34.2    17.5
    2003 03 15    08 58.10   -02 36.8    0.081    1.058   139.8    37.4    17.4
    2003 03 16    08 41.28   +04 19.1    0.074    1.048   135.0    42.2    17.3
    2003 03 17    08 21.14   +12 26.4    0.069    1.039   128.3    48.7    17.3
    2003 03 18    07 56.99   +21 27.1    0.066    1.030   120.1    56.7    17.4
    2003 03 19    07 28.16   +30 41.0    0.066    1.021   110.9    65.7    17.6
    2003 03 20    06 54.30   +39 15.0    0.068    1.011   101.5    74.8    18.0
    2003 03 21    06 15.75   +46 23.9    0.072    1.002    92.8    83.1    18.4
    2003 03 22    05 33.95   +51 45.7    0.078    0.993    85.2    90.3    18.8
    2003 03 23    04 51.38   +55 22.9    0.086    0.983    78.8    96.3    19.3
    2003 03 24    04 10.78   +57 33.5    0.094    0.974    73.4   101.2    19.7
    2003 03 25    03 34.23   +58 40.3    0.104    0.965    69.1   105.2    20.1
    2003 03 26    03 02.66   +59 04.1    0.114    0.956    65.4   108.3    20.5
    2003 03 27    02 36.06   +59 00.9    0.125    0.946    62.4   110.9    20.8
    2003 03 28    02 13.88   +58 41.6    0.136    0.937    59.8   112.9    21.1
    2003 03 29    01 55.42   +58 13.2    0.147    0.928    57.7   114.6    21.3
    2003 03 30    01 40.01   +57 39.9    0.159    0.919    55.8   116.0    21.6
    2003 03 31    01 27.07   +57 04.4    0.171    0.909    54.1   117.1    21.8
    2003 04 01    01 16.11   +56 28.1    0.182    0.900    52.7   118.0    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E46
    

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