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    M.P.E.C. 2003-F48                                Issued 2003 Mar. 28, 15:11 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 FC5
    
    Observations:
         K03F05C* C2003 03 27.25099 09 12 52.91 +08 48 34.1          16.0        704
         K03F05C  C2003 03 27.26266 09 13 01.50 +08 48 37.9          16.1        704
         K03F05C  C2003 03 27.27440 09 13 10.10 +08 48 41.9          16.2        704
         K03F05C  C2003 03 27.28613 09 13 18.76 +08 48 44.9          16.6        704
         K03F05C  C2003 03 27.29779 09 13 27.31 +08 48 48.5          16.1        704
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.01262 09 22 05.66 +08 52 06.3          15.6 R      J95
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.01363 09 22 06.33 +08 52 06.7          15.5 R      J95
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.02069 09 22 11.18 +08 52 08.2          15.5 R      J95
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.02313 09 22 12.86 +08 52 08.8          15.3 R      J95
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.02556 09 22 14.53 +08 52 09.5          15.6 R      J95
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.03031 09 22 17.45 +08 52 10.1          15.5 R      113
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.03105 09 22 17.99 +08 52 09.7          15.5 R      113
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.03181 09 22 18.50 +08 52 10.2          15.5 R      113
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.03255 09 22 19.00 +08 52 10.0          15.4 R      113
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.04391 09 22 26.96 +08 52 13.3          15.5 R      636
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.04479 09 22 27.53 +08 52 13.0                      636
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.04566 09 22 28.20 +08 52 13.2          15.4 R      636
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.04653 09 22 28.80 +08 52 13.7          15.4 R      636
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.11032 09 23 16.30 +08 52 51.0          15.3 R      446
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.11293 09 23 18.00 +08 52 50.8          15.3 R      446
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.11799 09 23 21.46 +08 52 53.0          15.0 R      446
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.12101 09 23 24.46 +08 52 47.9          15.5 R      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.12378 09 23 26.32 +08 52 48.7                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.12795 09 23 29.10 +08 52 49.8                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.13212 09 23 31.92 +08 52 50.9                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.13490 09 23 33.75 +08 52 51.6                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.13767 09 23 35.62 +08 52 52.5                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.14184 09 23 38.42 +08 52 53.3                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.14323 09 23 39.34 +08 52 54.1                      673
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.28282 09 25 11.70 +08 53 26.7          15.7 R      854
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.28426 09 25 12.69 +08 53 26.9          15.7 R      854
         K03F05C  C2003 03 28.28569 09 25 13.68 +08 53 27.4          15.8 R      854
    
    Observer details:
    113 Volkssternwarte Drebach, Schoenbrunn.  Observer A. Knofel.  0.50-m f/4.0
        reflector + CCD.
    446 Kingsnake Observatory.  Observer J. McClusky.  0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
        + CCD.
    636 Essen.  Observer T. Payer.  0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + 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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 FC5                                                             PHA 0.033
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
    M  19.07699              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.37974972     Peri.  270.56836     -0.17459577     -0.98449943
    a   1.8885902      Node   189.53559     +0.93864682     -0.16130908
    e   0.6018055      Incl.    5.76796     +0.29741968     -0.06884947
    P   2.60           H   18.2           G   0.15
    From 32 observations 2003 Mar. 27-28.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 FC5                 a,e,i = 1.89, 0.60, 6                   q = 0.7520
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 03 22    07 46.81   +07 29.1    0.108    1.048   115.6    59.1    15.6
    2003 03 24    08 24.64   +08 13.5    0.119    1.066   122.9    51.7    15.6
    2003 03 26    08 56.14   +08 39.6    0.132    1.084   128.6    45.9    15.7
    2003 03 28    09 21.97   +08 52.8    0.147    1.103   132.9    41.5    15.9
    2003 03 30    09 43.11   +08 57.5    0.163    1.122   136.0    38.2    16.0
    2003 04 01    10 00.52   +08 56.8    0.181    1.140   138.2    35.8    16.2
    2003 04 03    10 15.03   +08 52.7    0.200    1.159   139.6    34.0    16.4
    2003 04 05    10 27.26   +08 46.3    0.220    1.178   140.5    32.7    16.6
    2003 04 07    10 37.71   +08 38.3    0.240    1.197   141.0    31.7    16.8
    2003 04 09    10 46.76   +08 29.1    0.261    1.216   141.2    31.1    17.0
    
    2003 04 11    10 54.68   +08 19.2    0.283    1.235   141.1    30.7    17.2
    2003 04 21    11 23.66   +07 21.5    0.398    1.328   138.2    30.3    18.1
    2003 05 01    11 43.45   +06 14.7    0.525    1.421   133.4    31.0    18.9
    2003 05 11    11 59.49   +05 00.5    0.663    1.511   127.9    31.8    19.6
    2003 05 21    12 13.88   +03 40.4    0.811    1.598   122.1    32.4    20.1
    2003 05 31    12 27.56   +02 16.1    0.968    1.683   116.2    32.7    20.6
    2003 06 10    12 41.03   +00 48.8    1.133    1.764   110.3    32.6    21.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-F48
    

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