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    M.P.E.C. 2003-G24                                Issued 2003 Apr. 5, 14:22 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                        2003 GR
    
    Observations:
         K03G00R* C2003 04 03.42286 14 45 01.99 -06 43 32.3          19.1 R      699
         K03G00R  C2003 04 03.43549 14 44 57.02 -06 44 44.9                      699
         K03G00R  C2003 04 03.44808 14 44 52.13 -06 45 54.4                      699
         K03G00R  C2003 04 03.46074 14 44 47.18 -06 47 08.3                      699
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.39272 14 38 35.69 -08 18 24.1          19.8 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.39354 14 38 35.26 -08 18 30.4          19.4 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.39438 14 38 35.01 -08 18 34.8          19.6 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.93233 14 34 47.32 -09 13 54.6                      246
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.93277 14 34 47.02 -09 13 57.3                      246
         K03G00R  C2003 04 04.93383 14 34 46.56 -09 14 05.3                      246
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.08316 14 33 40.39 -09 29 46.4          18.4 R      J95
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.09792 14 33 33.90 -09 31 20.7          20.0 R      J95
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.36854 14 31 33.38 -10 00 00.4          19.6 R      651
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.36963 14 31 32.89 -10 00 07.2          19.4 R      651
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.37060 14 31 32.44 -10 00 13.6          19.4 R      651
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.47825 14 30 42.56 -10 11 48.6          19.7 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.47891 14 30 42.24 -10 11 53.3          19.5 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.47957 14 30 41.96 -10 11 57.6          18.8 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.48022 14 30 41.64 -10 12 01.5          18.4 R      926
         K03G00R  C2003 04 05.48153 14 30 41.07 -10 12 10.4          18.9 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
        + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 GR
    Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
    M 294.48655              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.59745806     Peri.  272.19145     +0.23707709     +0.92399009
    a   1.3961468      Node    21.19112     -0.13403800     +0.33702340
    e   0.3206377      Incl.   56.10807     -0.96219970     +0.18071398
    P   1.65           H   20.8           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2003 Apr. 3-5.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 GR                  a,e,i = 1.40, 0.32, 56                  q = 0.9485
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 04 01    14 58.98   -03 11.7    0.347    1.299   145.3    26.0    20.3
    2003 04 03    14 47.69   -06 03.7    0.323    1.289   150.0    22.8    20.0
    2003 04 05    14 34.29   -09 20.5    0.301    1.279   155.0    19.3    19.7
    2003 04 07    14 18.42   -13 03.1    0.282    1.270   160.0    15.6    19.4
    2003 04 09    13 59.71   -17 09.3    0.266    1.260   164.2    12.5    19.2
    2003 04 11    13 37.86   -21 33.2    0.254    1.250   165.6    11.5    19.0
    2003 04 13    13 12.70   -26 03.6    0.247    1.240   162.5    14.0    19.0
    2003 04 15    12 44.38   -30 24.9    0.244    1.230   156.4    19.0    19.2
    2003 04 17    12 13.49   -34 20.2    0.245    1.220   149.0    25.0    19.3
    2003 04 19    11 41.07   -37 35.7    0.251    1.211   141.4    31.2    19.5
    2003 04 21    11 08.54   -40 04.3    0.261    1.201   133.9    37.1    19.8
    2003 04 23    10 37.30   -41 46.6    0.275    1.191   127.0    42.4    20.0
    2003 04 25    10 08.46   -42 49.1    0.291    1.181   120.7    47.1    20.3
    2003 04 27    09 42.64   -43 20.6    0.310    1.172   115.0    51.1    20.5
    2003 04 29    09 20.03   -43 30.0    0.331    1.162   110.0    54.5    20.7
    2003 05 01    09 00.48   -43 24.7    0.353    1.153   105.4    57.4    20.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-G24
    

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