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    M.P.E.C. 2003-G08                                Issued 2003 Apr. 2, 15:40 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 GA
    
    Observations:
         K03G00A* C2003 04 01.35372 14 41 34.44 -14 39 56.0          19.0        704
         K03G00A  C2003 04 01.36529 14 41 36.07 -14 39 46.2          18.5        704
         K03G00A  C2003 04 01.37687 14 41 37.71 -14 39 34.5          19.2        704
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.14865 14 43 45.97 -14 27 27.6          18.5 R      809
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.14983 14 43 46.15 -14 27 26.6          18.5 R      809
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.15103 14 43 46.33 -14 27 25.5          18.5 R      809
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.37278 14 44 20.43 -14 25 02.4                      711
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.38098 14 44 21.66 -14 24 54.9          18.6 R      711
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.38918 14 44 22.84 -14 24 47.1          18.6 R      711
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.60162 14 44 58.49 -14 20 25.2          19.2 R      474
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.60359 14 44 58.60 -14 20 23.1          19.1 R      474
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.60718 14 44 59.25 -14 20 20.1          18.8 R      474
         K03G00A  C2003 04 02.61574 14 45 00.57 -14 20 12.5          18.7 R      474
    
    Observer details:
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observer A. C. Gilmore.  0.6-m f/6.4
        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.
    711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer J. G. Ries.  0.76-m reflector with prime
        focus corrector + CCD.
    809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observers G. Masi, R. Michelsen,
        O. Hainaut, L. Christensen.  1.54-m Danish Telescope + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 GA
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
    M 308.68560              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.67386002     Peri.   64.52141     -0.21110649     +0.97734033
    a   1.2885153      Node   193.31897     -0.91921886     -0.20389088
    e   0.1908794      Incl.    3.85540     -0.33237139     -0.05687175
    P   1.46           H   21.7           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2003 Apr. 1-2.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 GA                  a,e,i = 1.29, 0.19, 4                   q = 1.0426
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 04 01    14 40.61   -14 44.2    0.163    1.142   148.5    27.2    19.3
    2003 04 06    14 54.70   -13 21.7    0.145    1.129   150.4    26.0    19.0
    2003 04 11    15 10.43   -11 27.2    0.128    1.117   151.7    25.2    18.6
    2003 04 16    15 28.29   -08 55.5    0.114    1.105   152.0    25.2    18.4
    2003 04 21    15 48.70   -05 41.0    0.101    1.094   150.9    26.5    18.1
    2003 04 26    16 12.00   -01 40.1    0.091    1.084   148.1    29.3    17.9
    2003 05 01    16 38.37   +03 04.3    0.082    1.075   143.7    33.7    17.8
    2003 05 06    17 07.77   +08 19.4    0.077    1.067   138.0    39.3    17.8
    2003 05 11    17 39.78   +13 42.3    0.073    1.060   131.5    45.6    17.9
    2003 05 16    18 13.44   +18 45.2    0.072    1.054   124.8    51.9    18.0
    2003 05 21    18 47.35   +23 05.4    0.073    1.049   118.8    57.7    18.2
    2003 05 26    19 19.94   +26 30.4    0.076    1.046   113.8    62.4    18.4
    2003 05 31    19 50.00   +28 58.2    0.079    1.044   110.0    66.0    18.6
    2003 06 05    20 16.86   +30 34.8    0.084    1.043   107.4    68.2    18.8
    2003 06 10    20 40.37   +31 29.4    0.088    1.043   106.0    69.3    19.0
    2003 06 15    21 00.66   +31 52.0    0.093    1.045   105.6    69.5    19.1
    
    2003 06 20    21 17.89   +31 50.7    0.098    1.048   106.1    68.8    19.2
    2003 06 30    21 43.89   +30 51.7    0.107    1.057   109.3    65.2    19.3
    2003 07 10    22 00.24   +28 45.3    0.116    1.071   115.3    59.1    19.3
    2003 07 20    22 08.75   +25 35.1    0.124    1.089   123.5    51.1    19.2
    2003 07 30    22 10.55   +21 17.0    0.133    1.111   133.7    41.3    19.2
    2003 08 09    22 07.74   +15 54.6    0.144    1.136   145.4    30.5    19.1
    2003 08 19    22 03.06   +09 58.6    0.162    1.162   156.8    20.0    19.1
    2003 08 29    21 58.89   +04 11.7    0.186    1.191   164.4    13.2    19.2
    2003 09 08    21 57.43   -00 44.2    0.220    1.220   162.5    14.4    19.7
    2003 09 18    21 59.62   -04 27.1    0.264    1.249   154.8    20.1    20.3
    2003 09 28    22 05.43   -06 57.1    0.318    1.278   146.2    25.8    20.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-G08
    

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