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    M.P.E.C. 2003-L19                                Issued 2003 June 7, 00:32 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 LC5
    
    Observations:
         K03L05C* C2003 06 06.34741 18 16 10.27 -16 43 08.2          17.8        704
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.35858 18 16 08.80 -16 43 22.9          17.9        704
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.36982 18 16 07.25 -16 43 39.4          17.8        704
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.38106 18 16 05.61 -16 43 55.5          17.6        704
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.76649 18 15 13.12 -16 52 41.2          17.6 V      428
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.76819 18 15 12.87 -16 52 43.6          17.5 V      428
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.76995 18 15 12.64 -16 52 46.5          17.1 V      428
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.77166 18 15 12.36 -16 52 47.9          17.1 V      428
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.92749 18 14 52.83 -16 56 57.5                      587
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.92929 18 14 52.51 -16 57 01.1                      587
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.93110 18 14 52.30 -16 57 04.2          17.3 R      587
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.94363 18 14 50.76 -16 57 18.6          17.0 R      J87
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.94908 18 14 49.95 -16 57 26.8          17.1 R      J87
         K03L05C  C2003 06 06.95343 18 14 49.38 -16 57 33.1          17.1 R      J87
    
    Observer details:
    428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/7.2 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observer F. Manca.  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.
    J87 La Canada.  Observer J. Lacruz.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 LC5
    Epoch 2003 May 21.0 TT = JDT 2452780.5                  MPC
    M 251.33975              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.78516639     Peri.  312.65328     +0.73907262     -0.60601719
    a   1.1636657      Node    86.84368     +0.67138168     +0.62706901
    e   0.4436800      Incl.   17.13241     +0.05493913     +0.48941559
    P   1.26           H   17.8           G   0.15
    From 14 observations 2003 June 6-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 LC5                 a,e,i = 1.16, 0.44, 17                  q = 0.6474
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 05 31    18 27.73   -14 33.6    0.466    1.440   151.1    19.9    17.9
    2003 06 10    18 07.21   -18 15.6    0.382    1.389   166.0    10.2    17.1
    2003 06 20    17 32.26   -23 41.2    0.317    1.333   175.4     3.5    16.3
    2003 06 30    16 40.34   -30 16.2    0.278    1.272   153.8    20.7    16.6
    2003 07 10    15 35.85   -36 14.1    0.264    1.206   130.9    39.6    16.9
    2003 07 20    14 30.51   -40 06.9    0.270    1.136   109.7    57.4    17.3
    2003 07 30    13 33.11   -42 00.0    0.286    1.062    91.5    72.9    17.8
    2003 08 09    12 43.63   -42 28.2    0.303    0.984    75.8    86.8    18.2
    2003 08 19    11 57.77   -41 23.5    0.319    0.906    61.7   100.2    18.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-L19
    

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