MPEC 2003-F42 : 2003 FT3
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M.P.E.C. 2003-F42 Issued 2003 Mar. 27, 16:02 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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2003 FT3
Observations:
K03F03T C2003 03 25.47558 13 27 59.70 -07 16 02.4 19.8 608
K03F03T C2003 03 25.47608 13 27 59.80 -07 16 02.1 19.5 608
K03F03T C2003 03 25.49714 13 27 59.66 -07 15 51.7 20.5 608
K03F03T C2003 03 25.49766 13 27 59.74 -07 15 52.2 20.1 608
K03F03T C2003 03 25.50794 13 27 59.59 -07 15 46.9 19.6 608
K03F03T C2003 03 25.50845 13 27 59.68 -07 15 47.7 20.4 608
K03F03T* C2003 03 26.33058 13 28 01.35 -07 09 03.3 19.1 R 699
K03F03T C2003 03 26.34832 13 28 01.27 -07 08 54.2 699
K03F03T C2003 03 26.36608 13 28 01.20 -07 08 46.9 699
K03F03T C2003 03 26.38377 13 28 01.07 -07 08 37.0 699
K03F03T C2003 03 27.00216 13 28 01.70 -07 03 23.1 246
K03F03T C2003 03 27.00329 13 28 01.72 -07 03 22.7 246
K03F03T C2003 03 27.00412 13 28 01.70 -07 03 21.1 246
K03F03T C2003 03 27.00529 13 28 01.68 -07 03 20.7 246
K03F03T C2003 03 27.00685 13 28 01.63 -07 03 20.0 246
K03F03T C2003 03 27.07650 13 28 01.37 -07 02 44.1 557
K03F03T C2003 03 27.07873 13 28 01.41 -07 02 43.1 557
K03F03T C2003 03 27.53140 13 28 01.65 -06 58 20.5 18.6 R 474
K03F03T C2003 03 27.59433 13 28 01.32 -06 57 49.2 18.4 R 474
Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT. Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer. 1.06-m KLENOT
Telescope + CCD.
474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo. Observers A. C. Gilmore,
P. M. Kilmartin. 0.6-m f/6.4 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov. Observer L. Sarounova. 0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS. Observers R. Bambery, E. Helin, S. Pravdo, M. Hicks,
K. Lawrence, P. Kervin, J. Africano, R. Maeda. 1.2-m reflector + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. Observer B. A. Skiff. 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
+ CCD.
Orbital elements:
2003 FT3
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5 MPC
M 339.83615 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.20950993 Peri. 86.75117 -0.01915043 +0.99981261
a 2.8075854 Node 182.15762 -0.94458196 -0.01902032
e 0.6076923 Incl. 4.31155 -0.32771663 -0.00360249
P 4.70 H 18.6 G 0.15
From 19 observations 2003 Mar. 25-27.
Ephemeris:
2003 FT3 a,e,i = 2.81, 0.61, 4 q = 1.1014
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 03 22 13 27.69 -07 41.5 0.626 1.593 157.7 13.7 19.4
2003 04 01 13 27.72 -06 14.7 0.525 1.517 167.9 7.9 18.7
2003 04 11 13 25.45 -04 06.0 0.442 1.443 175.4 3.2 17.9
2003 04 21 13 21.82 -01 17.8 0.374 1.371 167.0 9.5 17.8
2003 05 01 13 18.44 +02 00.9 0.320 1.305 155.3 18.8 17.7
2003 05 11 13 17.76 +05 32.1 0.278 1.245 143.9 28.6 17.6
2003 05 21 13 22.61 +08 57.0 0.243 1.193 133.7 37.8 17.4
2003 05 31 13 35.82 +12 01.3 0.213 1.151 125.6 45.8 17.3
2003 06 10 14 00.85 +14 30.1 0.186 1.121 120.3 51.4 17.1
2003 06 20 14 41.56 +16 02.1 0.163 1.104 118.9 53.6 16.8
2003 06 30 15 40.69 +15 47.8 0.147 1.102 122.4 51.1 16.5
2003 07 10 16 54.29 +12 45.3 0.143 1.115 130.8 43.6 16.3
2003 07 20 18 07.25 +07 18.5 0.156 1.142 141.3 33.8 16.3
2003 07 30 19 05.74 +01 26.8 0.187 1.181 150.2 25.3 16.5
2003 08 09 19 48.01 -03 23.2 0.235 1.231 155.4 20.0 16.9
2003 08 19 20 18.31 -06 54.0 0.297 1.289 156.3 18.4 17.5
2003 08 29 20 41.11 -09 18.2 0.373 1.354 153.6 19.4 18.1
2003 09 08 20 59.70 -10 49.7 0.464 1.424 148.8 21.5 18.7
2003 09 18 21 16.01 -11 40.0 0.568 1.498 143.0 23.8 19.4
2003 09 28 21 31.15 -11 58.5 0.686 1.574 136.8 25.9 19.9
2003 10 08 21 45.81 -11 51.7 0.818 1.651 130.4 27.4 20.5
2003 10 18 22 00.29 -11 25.0 0.962 1.730 124.0 28.5 21.0
2003 10 28 22 14.74 -10 42.7 1.119 1.808 117.6 29.1 21.4
2003 11 07 22 29.26 -09 47.7 1.285 1.887 111.3 29.3 21.8
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-F42
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