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    M.P.E.C. 2003-K57                                Issued 2003 May 31, 13:29 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 KR18
    
    Observations:
         K03K18R* C2003 05 30.37993 20 30 30.16 -13 16 43.1          18.2        704
         K03K18R  C2003 05 30.39055 20 30 31.64 -13 16 30.0          18.6        704
         K03K18R  C2003 05 30.40126 20 30 33.13 -13 16 16.4          18.5        704
         K03K18R  C2003 05 30.41186 20 30 34.60 -13 16 03.7          18.8        704
         K03K18R  C2003 05 30.42253 20 30 36.09 -13 15 51.2          19.3        704
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.01840 20 32 02.45 -13 03 33.6                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.01905 20 32 02.57 -13 03 33.5                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.01994 20 32 02.69 -13 03 31.8                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.02155 20 32 02.91 -13 03 30.4                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.02240 20 32 03.01 -13 03 29.9                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.02257 20 32 03.18 -13 03 26.2          17.5 R      176
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.02340 20 32 03.16 -13 03 28.6                      246
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.03472 20 32 04.97 -13 03 11.7          18.2 R      176
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.03819 20 32 05.48 -13 03 07.6          17.8 R      176
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.04113 20 32 05.86 -13 03 03.7          18.6 R      620
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.04648 20 32 06.59 -13 02 57.6          18.6 R      620
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.04676 20 32 06.74 -13 02 57.4          18.1 R      176
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.05184 20 32 07.37 -13 02 51.5          18.7 R      620
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.42854 20 33 01.77 -12 54 58.5          19.5 R      854
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.43594 20 33 02.75 -12 54 48.6          19.4 R      854
         K03K18R  C2003 05 31.43773 20 33 02.95 -12 54 46.4          19.4 R      854
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m reflector + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  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.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 KR18
    Epoch 2003 May 21.0 TT = JDT 2452780.5                  MPC
    M 326.81036              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.35447828     Peri.   95.89604     +0.92965712     +0.35946934
    a   1.9773170      Node   243.05946     -0.36359883     +0.85981304
    e   0.4229330      Incl.    5.19652     -0.05944347     +0.36263387
    P   2.78           H   17.9           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2003 May 30-31.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 KR18                a,e,i = 1.98, 0.42, 5                   q = 1.1410
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 05 31    20 31.99   -13 03.8    0.584    1.413   121.9    37.5    19.0
    2003 06 10    20 56.68   -09 11.7    0.499    1.360   124.4    38.0    18.6
    2003 06 20    21 22.92   -04 25.8    0.425    1.311   125.9    38.9    18.2
    2003 06 30    21 51.31   +01 18.8    0.365    1.266   126.1    40.4    17.8
    2003 07 10    22 22.52   +07 57.7    0.317    1.227   125.0    42.7    17.5
    2003 07 20    22 57.25   +15 11.5    0.283    1.193   122.7    45.8    17.3
    2003 07 30    23 35.46   +22 20.5    0.261    1.167   119.8    49.0    17.2
    2003 08 09    00 16.13   +28 33.5    0.250    1.150   117.3    51.6    17.1
    2003 08 19    00 57.01   +33 11.3    0.246    1.142   116.1    52.8    17.1
    2003 08 29    01 34.57   +35 57.1    0.247    1.143   116.8    52.1    17.1
    2003 09 08    02 05.49   +36 55.8    0.252    1.154   119.8    49.3    17.1
    2003 09 18    02 27.69   +36 25.0    0.259    1.174   125.2    44.4    17.0
    2003 09 28    02 40.35   +34 40.8    0.269    1.202   133.0    37.6    17.0
    2003 10 08    02 44.42   +31 57.2    0.283    1.237   142.9    29.2    16.9
    2003 10 18    02 42.31   +28 33.3    0.305    1.278   154.3    19.8    16.8
    2003 10 28    02 37.02   +24 53.4    0.338    1.324   166.1    10.4    16.8
    2003 11 07    02 31.73   +21 27.1    0.385    1.374   173.6     4.6    16.9
    2003 11 17    02 28.58   +18 37.8    0.447    1.427   166.1     9.6    17.6
    2003 11 27    02 28.50   +16 35.2    0.526    1.482   155.8    15.8    18.2
    2003 12 07    02 31.74   +15 18.9    0.619    1.538   146.1    20.9    18.8
    2003 12 17    02 37.94   +14 41.3    0.726    1.595   137.1    24.8    19.4
    2003 12 27    02 46.66   +14 33.5    0.847    1.652   128.9    27.6    19.9
    2004 01 06    02 57.47   +14 47.3    0.978    1.709   121.3    29.5    20.3
    2004 01 16    03 09.94   +15 15.4    1.118    1.765   114.1    30.6    20.7
    2004 01 26    03 23.77   +15 52.5    1.267    1.821   107.3    31.1    21.0
    2004 02 05    03 38.70   +16 34.2    1.421    1.876   100.8    31.1    21.4
    2004 02 15    03 54.51   +17 16.9    1.581    1.929    94.6    30.7    21.6
    2004 02 25    04 11.03   +17 58.3    1.743    1.982    88.5    30.0    21.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-K57
    

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