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    M.P.E.C. 2003-J42                                Issued 2003 May  9, 01:45 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 JD13

Observations:
     K03J13D* C2003 05 08.26863 15 15 41.75 -10 51 39.2          17.3        704
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.28024 15 15 41.11 -10 49 29.4          17.6        704
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.29294 15 15 40.34 -10 47 06.6          17.6        704
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.30447 15 15 39.70 -10 44 58.2          17.3        704
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.31602 15 15 39.00 -10 42 48.6          17.5        704
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.88942 15 15 14.99 -08 56 44.5          17.5 R      587
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.89134 15 15 14.93 -08 56 24.0                      587
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.89315 15 15 14.86 -08 56 04.2          17.8 R      587
     K03J13D  C2003 05 08.89843 15 15 14.47 -08 55 05.4          17.6 R      587
     K03J13D  C2003 05 09.00568 15 15 09.01 -08 35 24.1          17.2 R      966
     K03J13D  C2003 05 09.00799 15 15 08.92 -08 34 59.0          17.3 R      966
     K03J13D  C2003 05 09.01030 15 15 08.77 -08 34 33.5          17.6 R      966

Observer details:
587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m 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.
966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 JD13
Epoch 2003 May 1.0 TT = JDT 2452760.5                   MPC
M   3.23222              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.44479619     Peri.  349.99000     -0.77637384     +0.41539816
a   1.6996598      Node   226.18351     -0.52327354     -0.84404096
e   0.2797959      Incl.   41.06590     -0.35132387     +0.33917432
P   2.22           H   20.1           G   0.15
From 12 observations 2003 May 8-9.

Ephemeris:
2003 JD13                a,e,i = 1.70, 0.28, 41                  q = 1.2241
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 05 01    15 21.30   -33 07.2    0.231    1.226   158.5    17.5    18.3
2003 05 11    15 13.75   -02 37.2    0.229    1.232   164.9    12.3    18.1
2003 05 21    15 08.27   +20 26.9    0.291    1.244   138.3    32.8    19.3
2003 05 31    15 05.92   +32 36.2    0.385    1.261   122.0    43.0    20.2
2003 06 10    15 07.01   +38 29.8    0.491    1.283   112.0    47.2    20.9
2003 06 20    15 11.32   +41 11.6    0.597    1.308   105.4    48.5    21.4
2003 06 30    15 18.44   +42 07.3    0.701    1.337   100.6    48.4    21.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-J42

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