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    M.P.E.C. 2003-F34                                Issued 2003 Mar. 25, 12:37 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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                                   2003 FK1

Observations:
     K03F01K* C2003 03 24.35670 14 39 44.90 +38 19 33.8          17.9        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.35730 14 39 44.28 +38 19 45.5          18.2        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.36872 14 39 31.91 +38 23 28.4          18.2        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.36932 14 39 31.22 +38 23 41.2          18.8        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.38073 14 39 18.96 +38 27 21.9          19.6        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.38133 14 39 18.20 +38 27 35.0          19.0        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.39291 14 39 05.65 +38 31 18.7          18.9        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.39351 14 39 05.08 +38 31 31.5          19.1        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 24.40492 14 38 52.71 +38 35 10.3          19.0        704
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.06887 14 27 22.80 +41 58 04.2                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.06964 14 27 22.04 +41 58 17.0                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.07036 14 27 21.22 +41 58 29.8                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.07089 14 27 20.67 +41 58 38.6                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.07135 14 27 20.06 +41 58 48.4                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.07187 14 27 19.63 +41 58 55.8                      246
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.31913 14 23 03.70 +43 10 01.9          18.8 R      854
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.32001 14 23 02.66 +43 10 17.7          18.6 R      854
     K03F01K  C2003 03 25.32177 14 23 00.76 +43 10 47.6          18.7 R      854

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT 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.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 FK1
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
M 152.34448              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.65662469     Peri.  196.40723     +0.96958906     -0.24415621
a   0.7073808      Node   177.52979     +0.24430122     +0.96967331
e   0.4849316      Incl.   23.05089     -0.01462735     +0.01101915
P   0.59           H   23.0           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2003 Mar. 24-25.

Ephemeris:
2003 FK1                 a,e,i = 0.71, 0.48, 23                  q = 0.3643
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 03 22    15 17.29   +23 46.1    0.058    1.032   127.2    50.3    18.8
2003 03 23    15 01.99   +30 21.3    0.060    1.034   128.1    49.3    18.8
2003 03 24    14 45.73   +36 21.0    0.062    1.036   128.0    49.3    18.9
2003 03 25    14 28.61   +41 37.9    0.066    1.038   127.2    49.9    19.0
2003 03 26    14 10.79   +46 09.7    0.070    1.040   125.8    51.0    19.2
2003 03 27    13 52.49   +49 57.8    0.075    1.042   124.2    52.4    19.4
2003 03 28    13 33.94   +53 05.9    0.080    1.043   122.3    53.9    19.6
2003 03 29    13 15.43   +55 38.8    0.086    1.044   120.5    55.5    19.8
2003 03 30    12 57.22   +57 41.5    0.092    1.045   118.6    57.0    20.0
2003 03 31    12 39.56   +59 18.8    0.098    1.047   116.8    58.4    20.2
2003 04 01    12 22.66   +60 35.1    0.104    1.047   115.0    59.8    20.3
2003 04 02    12 06.68   +61 34.2    0.111    1.048   113.4    61.1    20.5
2003 04 03    11 51.72   +62 19.4    0.117    1.049   111.8    62.2    20.7
2003 04 04    11 37.82   +62 53.3    0.124    1.050   110.3    63.3    20.8
2003 04 05    11 25.00   +63 18.3    0.131    1.050   108.8    64.4    21.0
2003 04 06    11 13.24   +63 36.1    0.138    1.050   107.5    65.3    21.1
2003 04 07    11 02.49   +63 48.3    0.145    1.050   106.1    66.3    21.3
2003 04 08    10 52.68   +63 55.9    0.152    1.050   104.9    67.1    21.4
2003 04 09    10 43.75   +64 00.1    0.159    1.050   103.6    67.9    21.5
2003 04 10    10 35.62   +64 01.4    0.166    1.050   102.5    68.7    21.6
2003 04 11    10 28.23   +64 00.7    0.173    1.050   101.3    69.4    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-F34

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