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    M.P.E.C. 2003-J16                                Issued 2003 May 3, 16:59 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 JX2
    
    Observations:
         K03J02X* C2003 05 01.26293 14 11 29.45 -04 19 52.3          18.6        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 01.27472 14 11 37.21 -04 15 36.1          18.9        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 01.28662 14 11 44.97 -04 11 18.6          18.7        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 01.29855 14 11 52.77 -04 07 01.5          19.0        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 01.31033 14 12 00.40 -04 02 49.6          19.0        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.25827 14 22 34.49 +00 35 45.0          18.9        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.25974 14 22 35.04 +00 36 06.0          18.7        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.26435 14 22 37.01 +00 37 13.6          18.6        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.27005 14 22 39.39 +00 38 36.6          19.5        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.27252 14 22 40.37 +00 39 11.4          19.1        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.27727 14 22 42.28 +00 40 18.9          18.9        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.27738 14 22 42.36 +00 40 21.4          19.0        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.28917 14 22 47.16 +00 43 10.4          19.4        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.28928 14 22 47.21 +00 43 12.4          19.4        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.29355 14 22 48.91 +00 44 13.5          19.3        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.29670 14 22 50.28 +00 44 59.6          18.9        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.30133 14 22 52.10 +00 46 04.4          18.9        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.30144 14 22 52.14 +00 46 06.4          19.5        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.30535 14 22 53.82 +00 47 01.8          19.5        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.30860 14 22 55.14 +00 47 48.5          19.1        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.31322 14 22 56.95 +00 48 53.1          18.8        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.31333 14 22 57.10 +00 48 56.5          19.5        704
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.95517 14 28 09.49 +03 03 59.9          18.9 R      176
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.95791 14 28 10.36 +03 04 31.3          18.4 R      176
         K03J02X  C2003 05 02.96065 14 28 11.23 +03 05 02.4          18.9 R      176
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.19510 14 29 52.44 +03 48 05.5          19.8 R      446
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.20006 14 29 53.91 +03 48 57.8          19.8 R      446
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.20478 14 29 55.12 +03 49 46.8          19.4 R      446
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.25064 14 30 08.05 +03 57 40.9                      446
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.30269 14 30 26.15 +04 06 17.6          19.2 R      926
         K03J02X  C2003 05 03.30333 14 30 26.41 +04 06 23.8          19.7 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
    446 Kingsnake Observatory.  Observer J. McClusky.  0.45-m f/4.5 Newtonian
        + 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.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 JX2
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M  91.09418              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.83751250     Peri.  276.21328     -0.70507364     -0.70115697
    a   1.1146585      Node   219.34448     +0.69862801     -0.66116267
    e   0.2422837      Incl.    9.63099     +0.12161442     -0.26691352
    P   1.18           H   26.4           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030501 704  0.1+  0.7-    030502 704  0.0   0.3+    030502 176  0.2+  0.8-
    030501 704  0.3+  0.5-    030502 704  0.5-  0.3-    030502 176  0.1+  0.4-
    030501 704  0.1+  0.1-    030502 704  0.4-  0.1+    030502 176  0.0   0.2-
    030501 704  0.7+  0.3+    030502 704  1.1-  0.0     030503 446  0.2-  0.9-
    030501 704  0.6+  0.1-    030502 704  0.1+  1.0+    030503 446  0.5+  0.3-
    030502 704  0.3+  0.3+    030502 704  0.9-  0.3-    030503 446  1.5-  0.5-
    030502 704  0.6-  0.0     030502 704  1.0-  0.1+    030503 446  1.6+  0.9+
    030502 704  0.3+  0.8+    030502 704  0.3+  0.3-    030503 926  0.2+  0.2+
    030502 704  0.7+  1.3+    030502 704  0.3+  0.1+    030503 926  1.5+  0.0
    030502 704  0.1+  0.4+    030502 704  0.8-  1.0-
    030502 704  0.5-  0.6-    030502 704  0.7+  0.8+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 JX2                 a,e,i = 1.11, 0.24, 10                  q = 0.8446
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 04 26    06 06.82   -56 03.9    0.013    1.005    84.7    94.5    20.3
    2003 04 27    08 44.95   -60 35.1    0.010    1.009   105.4    74.1    19.0
    2003 04 28    11 45.90   -48 09.4    0.0094   1.013   133.4    46.3    18.1
    2003 04 29    13 09.89   -28 33.5    0.011    1.017   157.7    22.0    17.7
    2003 04 30    13 47.43   -14 34.6    0.014    1.021   170.4     9.5    17.8
    2003 05 01    14 07.62   -05 56.2    0.018    1.025   169.4    10.4    18.4
    2003 05 02    14 20.05   -00 26.5    0.022    1.029   164.8    14.9    19.0
    2003 05 03    14 28.42   +03 15.5    0.027    1.033   161.1    18.4    19.6
    2003 05 04    14 34.43   +05 52.6    0.031    1.038   158.3    21.1    20.0
    2003 05 05    14 38.94   +07 48.5    0.036    1.042   156.1    23.1    20.4
    2003 05 06    14 42.46   +09 16.7    0.041    1.046   154.3    24.7    20.7
    2003 05 07    14 45.27   +10 25.5    0.046    1.050   152.9    26.0    21.0
    2003 05 08    14 47.58   +11 20.1    0.050    1.054   151.6    27.1    21.2
    2003 05 09    14 49.51   +12 04.0    0.055    1.058   150.6    27.9    21.5
    2003 05 10    14 51.15   +12 39.7    0.060    1.062   149.7    28.7    21.7
    2003 05 11    14 52.57   +13 08.9    0.065    1.066   148.9    29.3    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-J16
    

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