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  • MPEC 2003-J17 : 2003 JY2

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-J17                                Issued 2003 May 3, 17:06 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 JY2
    
    Observations:
         K03J02Y* C2003 05 02.26401 14 20 15.87 +02 44 03.7          18.3        704
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.27693 14 20 09.81 +02 39 37.6          18.4        704
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.28883 14 20 04.22 +02 35 33.9          18.6        704
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.30099 14 19 58.58 +02 31 25.6          18.3        704
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.31288 14 19 53.08 +02 27 25.8          18.8        704
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.94411 14 16 28.67 -00 36 18.3          18.8 R      620
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.98481 14 16 14.76 -00 46 24.9          18.6 R      176
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.98601 14 16 14.34 -00 46 42.5          18.5 R      176
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.98903 14 16 13.28 -00 47 27.0          18.2 R      176
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 02.99057 14 16 12.74 -00 47 49.7          18.3 R      176
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.03450 14 15 58.07 -00 58 31.4          18.1 R      620
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.18488 14 15 26.25 -01 33 13.5          20.0 R      446
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.21472 14 15 16.73 -01 39 55.5          19.8 R      446
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.21950 14 15 15.22 -01 40 57.9          19.0 R      446
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.29664 14 14 53.26 -01 58 00.6          18.5 R      926
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.29718 14 14 53.15 -01 58 07.9          18.7 R      926
         K03J02Y  C2003 05 03.29771 14 14 53.04 -01 58 14.4          18.6 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.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers MACE 2003 participants.
        0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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 JY2
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M  55.03411              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.57762132     Peri.   70.84280     -0.47754654     -0.87629230
    a   1.4279311      Node    47.85165     +0.77035931     -0.45248607
    e   0.6020614      Incl.    4.93086     +0.42248768     -0.16543324
    P   1.71           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   9
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030502 704  0.4-  0.2-    030502 176  0.2+  0.1+    030503 446  0.0   0.2-
    030502 704  0.0   0.0     030502 176  0.1+  0.2+    030503 446  0.2+  1.5+
    030502 704  0.2-  0.2+    030502 176  0.4-  0.3+    030503 926  1.1-  0.1+
    030502 704  0.0   0.3-    030502 176  0.7-  0.3+    030503 926  0.2-  0.2-
    030502 704  0.1-  0.7+    030503 620  0.4+  0.1-    030503 926  0.6+  0.1+
    030502 620  0.7-  0.2-    030503 446  0.3+  1.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 JY2                 a,e,i = 1.43, 0.60, 5                   q = 0.5682
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 04 28    22 47.9    +70 09.2    0.018    0.999    64.8   114.2    20.5
    2003 04 29    16 18.85   +60 35.6    0.015    1.010   101.7    77.5    18.4
    2003 04 30    14 55.35   +30 13.3    0.019    1.021   134.7    44.5    18.0
    2003 05 01    14 32.51   +13 16.5    0.027    1.031   151.9    27.4    18.3
    2003 05 02    14 22.10   +04 23.8    0.036    1.042   160.2    19.1    18.7
    2003 05 03    14 16.19   -00 47.9    0.046    1.053   164.3    15.0    19.1
    2003 05 04    14 12.40   -04 09.2    0.057    1.063   166.2    13.1    19.5
    2003 05 05    14 09.77   -06 29.0    0.067    1.074   166.9    12.3    19.8
    2003 05 06    14 07.87   -08 11.4    0.077    1.084   166.8    12.2    20.2
    2003 05 07    14 06.44   -09 29.7    0.088    1.095   166.4    12.5    20.5
    2003 05 08    14 05.35   -10 31.3    0.099    1.105   165.7    13.0    20.8
    2003 05 09    14 04.49   -11 21.2    0.109    1.115   164.9    13.6    21.0
    2003 05 10    14 03.83   -12 02.3    0.120    1.126   164.1    14.2    21.3
    2003 05 11    14 03.31   -12 36.9    0.131    1.136   163.2    14.9    21.5
    2003 05 12    14 02.91   -13 06.4    0.142    1.146   162.3    15.5    21.7
    2003 05 13    14 02.61   -13 31.9    0.153    1.156   161.4    16.2    21.9
    2003 05 14    14 02.39   -13 54.1    0.164    1.167   160.5    16.8    22.1
    2003 05 15    14 02.25   -14 13.7    0.175    1.177   159.6    17.4    22.3
    2003 05 16    14 02.16   -14 31.1    0.187    1.187   158.7    18.0    22.5
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-J17
    

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