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    M.P.E.C. 2003-E49                                Issued 2003 Mar. 12, 21:26 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 BD44
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2003-B54
    
    Additional Observations:
         K03B44D 2 1981 02 28.49436 08 47 49.31 +14 37 35.9                      260
         K03B44D 2 1981 02 28.53950 08 47 44.54 +14 37 58.8                      260
         K03B44D 2 1981 09 29.47097 21 35 22.95 -13 14 13.7          16.5 V      260
         K03B44D 2 1981 09 29.52305 21 35 39.38 -13 13 24.1                      260
    
    Observer details:
    260 Siding Spring-DSS.  Observer D. Morgan.  Measurers M. Read, A. Boattini,
        G. Forti, M. Tombelli.  1.2-m Schmidt.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 BD44                                                            PHA 0.018
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M 336.92241              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.35722840     Peri.   88.50538     +0.00700897     +0.99997425
    a   1.9671557      Node   181.89826     -0.93496010     +0.00600684
    e   0.6048865      Incl.    2.66554     -0.35468364     +0.00392640
    P   2.76           H   16.8           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    810228 260  0.4-  1.6-    030206 670  0.3+  0.0     030221 176  0.3-  0.1-
    810228 260  0.6-  2.1-    030207 649  0.0   0.1+    030221 176  0.2-  0.1-
    810929 260  0.8+  1.1-    030207 649  0.2-  0.1-    030221 176  0.2-  0.1-
    810929 260  0.7-  0.7+    030207 649  0.0   0.2-    030221 176  0.3-  0.1-
    030130 699  0.4+  0.2-    030208 941  0.9-  0.2-    030222 699  0.3+  1.0-
    030130 699  0.6-  0.8+    030208 941  0.3+  0.4-    030222 699  0.1+  0.0
    030130 699  0.4+  0.3+    030208 941  1.2-  0.8+    030222 699  0.0   0.5+
    030130 699  0.2+  1.4+    030208 941  1.5+  0.6+    030222 699  0.6-  0.4+
    030130 J95  0.3+  0.2+    030209 176  0.0   0.3+    030223 246  0.2-  0.2-
    030131 J95  0.5+  0.2+    030209 176  0.0   0.1+    030223 246  0.6-  0.5-
    030131 858  0.4+  0.3+    030209 176  0.1-  0.2+    030223 246  0.1-  0.6-
    030131 858  0.2-  0.1-    030209 176  0.1-  0.1+    030223 246  0.7-  0.4-
    030131 858  0.9-  0.3+    030209 176  0.0   0.0     030223 246  0.3-  0.1-
    030131 704  0.9+  0.1+    030209 671  0.2+  0.0     030223 246  0.1+  0.6-
    030131 704  0.0   0.4+    030209 671  0.0   0.1+    030224 246  0.5+  0.5-
    030131 704  1.6+  0.3+    030209 671  0.0   0.1+    030224 246  0.2+  0.4+
    030201 734  1.0-  0.4+    030209 671  0.1+  0.2+    030224 246  0.1+  1.1+
    030201 734  1.3+  0.0     030219 246  0.6+  0.8+    030224 246  0.8+  0.3+
    030201 246  0.1+  0.9-    030219 246  0.1-  0.1-    030224 246  0.9+  0.1-
    030201 246  0.0   0.1-    030219 246  0.5-  0.5+    030224 246  0.0   0.5+
    030201 246  0.5-  0.5-    030219 246  0.0   0.2+    030225 240  0.5+  0.1-
    030204 J95  0.0   0.2-    030220 649  0.2+  0.0     030225 240  0.0   0.2-
    030204 J95  0.7-  0.1+    030220 649  0.1+  0.1+    030225 240  0.3+  0.4-
    030204 J95  0.5-  0.4+    030220 649  0.2+  0.0     030305 246  0.2-  0.7+
    030205 620  0.2+  1.2-    030220 587  0.1-  0.4-    030305 246  0.4-  0.7+
    030205 620  0.6+  0.9-    030220 587  0.6-  0.6-    030305 246  0.7-  0.3+
    030205 620  0.4+  0.5-    030220 587  0.1-  0.2-    030305 246  0.3-  0.3+
    030205 J95  0.4-  0.1-    030221 644  0.3-  0.3+    030306 711  0.5+  0.2-
    030205 J95  0.6-  0.0     030221 644  0.1-  0.3+    030306 711  0.7+  0.1-
    030205 J95  0.5+  0.2+    030221 644  0.4-  0.4+    030306 711  1.3+  0.2+
    030206 670  1.0-  0.1-    030221 176  0.3-  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 BD44                a,e,i = 1.97, 0.60, 3                   q = 0.7772
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 12    08 07.31   +17 23.2    1.179    1.965   129.2    23.1    19.7
    2003 03 22    07 59.77   +18 07.0    1.211    1.889   117.4    27.9    19.8
    2003 04 01    07 56.88   +18 36.8    1.249    1.811   106.7    31.9    19.9
    2003 04 11    07 58.51   +18 53.2    1.289    1.729    97.2    35.1    20.0
    2003 04 21    08 04.26   +18 56.4    1.325    1.645    88.8    37.6    20.0
    2003 05 01    08 13.68   +18 46.6    1.352    1.559    81.3    39.7    20.0
    2003 05 11    08 26.38   +18 23.0    1.369    1.470    74.6    41.5    19.9
    2003 05 21    08 42.00   +17 44.4    1.373    1.378    68.7    43.2    19.9
    2003 05 31    09 00.32   +16 49.4    1.362    1.286    63.6    44.9    19.7
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-E49
    

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