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    M.P.E.C. 2003-G58                                Issued 2003 Apr. 10, 21:50 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 GU41

Observations:
     K03G41U* C2003 04 09.19768 13 54 03.48 +67 58 35.2          18.5 R      699
     K03G41U  C2003 04 09.21425 13 54 02.43 +67 59 39.2                      699
     K03G41U  C2003 04 09.23084 13 54 01.41 +68 00 42.7                      699
     K03G41U  C2003 04 09.24739 13 54 00.42 +68 01 45.9                      699
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.20828 13 53 13.80 +69 02 28.6          18.6 R      649
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.21152 13 53 13.58 +69 02 41.0          18.1 R      649
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.21477 13 53 13.35 +69 02 53.6          18.0 R      649
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.29570 13 53 08.16 +69 08 06.3          18.4        704
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.31925 13 53 06.36 +69 09 36.3          18.9        704
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.33086 13 53 05.52 +69 10 20.6          18.4        704
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.34249 13 53 04.81 +69 11 05.6          19.5        704
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.87258 13 52 38.33 +69 44 57.5          18.0 R      176
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.87454 13 52 38.16 +69 45 05.2          17.8 R      176
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.88009 13 52 37.69 +69 45 27.0          18.0 R      176
     K03G41U  C2003 04 10.88194 13 52 37.53 +69 45 34.3          17.8 R      176

Observer details:
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
    0.41-m reflector + CCD, 0.2-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers D. Trentman, R. Fredrick.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. A. Skiff.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + 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.

Orbital elements:
2003 GU41
Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5                 MPC
M 334.37960              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32367915     Peri.  195.44258     +0.22400435     +0.91803138
a   2.1008396      Node    88.36518     -0.85591771     +0.34585402
e   0.6759224      Incl.   19.10519     -0.46607609     -0.19391591
P   3.05           H   18.1           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2003 Apr. 9-10.

Ephemeris:
2003 GU41                a,e,i = 2.10, 0.68, 19                  q = 0.6808
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 04 11    13 52.47   +69 53.0    0.392    1.148   101.8    58.7    18.5
2003 04 21    13 22.9    +81 47.9    0.336    1.040    86.5    74.7    18.4
2003 05 01    03 04.0    +81 57.6    0.290    0.934    67.2    96.2    18.7
2003 05 11    02 27.09   +60 33.6    0.268    0.836    43.5   123.7    20.0
2003 05 21    02 24.99   +36 24.7    0.295    0.754    24.6   146.0    22.6
2003 05 31    02 33.26   +18 11.9    0.381    0.699    27.5   137.8    21.8
2003 06 10    02 49.15   +08 24.1    0.509    0.681    36.9   116.4    20.4
2003 06 20    03 10.08   +04 13.0    0.652    0.706    43.6    96.8    19.9
2003 06 30    03 33.07   +02 52.8    0.790    0.766    48.2    81.5    19.9
2003 07 10    03 55.72   +02 45.4    0.910    0.852    52.1    70.4    20.0
2003 07 20    04 16.72   +03 02.9    1.008    0.951    56.1    62.4    20.2
2003 07 30    04 35.47   +03 23.3    1.082    1.058    60.5    56.6    20.4
2003 08 09    04 51.61   +03 37.6    1.134    1.167    65.5    52.3    20.6
2003 08 19    05 04.93   +03 43.2    1.166    1.275    71.3    48.7    20.8
2003 08 29    05 15.18   +03 39.5    1.179    1.381    77.8    45.6    20.9
2003 09 08    05 22.01   +03 27.6    1.177    1.485    85.3    42.5    21.0
2003 09 18    05 25.03   +03 09.9    1.164    1.586    93.7    39.2    21.0
2003 09 28    05 23.80   +02 48.8    1.143    1.683   103.2    35.4    21.0
2003 10 08    05 17.89   +02 28.4    1.121    1.777   113.8    31.0    20.9
2003 10 18    05 07.21   +02 13.2    1.104    1.868   125.4    25.8    20.8
2003 10 28    04 52.10   +02 08.2    1.101    1.955   137.9    19.9    20.8
2003 11 07    04 33.76   +02 18.4    1.119    2.039   150.3    14.0    20.7
2003 11 17    04 14.13   +02 46.1    1.163    2.120   160.3     9.1    20.7
2003 11 27    03 55.39   +03 30.8    1.238    2.198   162.2     7.9    20.8
2003 12 07    03 39.41   +04 29.7    1.343    2.273   154.8    10.6    21.2
2003 12 17    03 27.23   +05 38.6    1.475    2.345   144.3    14.2    21.6
2003 12 27    03 19.10   +06 53.6    1.631    2.415   133.4    17.2    22.0
2004 01 06    03 14.82   +08 11.8    1.804    2.482   123.1    19.4    22.3

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-G58

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