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    M.P.E.C. 2003-L46                                Issued 2003 June 12, 19:30 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
    
                                       2001 JU2
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2001-K06
    
    Additional Observations:
         K01J02U  C2003 06 04.68814 22 18 32.33 -09 46 43.8          19.5 R      474
         K01J02U  C2003 06 04.68999 22 18 32.69 -09 46 42.8          19.3 R      474
         K01J02U  C2003 06 04.69722 22 18 34.49 -09 46 35.8          19.3 R      474
         K01J02U  C2003 06 04.69919 22 18 34.94 -09 46 34.5          19.7 R      474
         K01J02U  C2003 06 04.70428 22 18 36.25 -09 46 30.3          19.4 R      474
         K01J02U 1C2003 06 08.78893 22 35 53.68 -08 42 54.1          19.3 R      413
         K01J02U 1C2003 06 08.79058 22 35 54.10 -08 42 52.6          19.5 R      413
         K01J02U 1C2003 06 08.79225 22 35 54.49 -08 42 51.4          19.4 R      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    474 Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo.  Observers A. C. Gilmore,
        P. M. Kilmartin.  1.0-m f/7.7 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    030604 474 38.4-  9.5-    030608 413 39.6- 11.4-    MPO 20840   +0.0074 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2001 JU2
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M 332.86099              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.52729427     Peri.  226.99616     +0.84648844     +0.52795977
    a   1.5174021      Node   101.02540     -0.46586106     +0.79693967
    e   0.2688982      Incl.    4.01187     -0.25774174     +0.29350577
    P   1.87           H   19.4           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    010515 699  0.9+  0.6+    010517 926  0.2-  0.0     010809 413  0.2+  0.1-
    010515 699  0.1-  0.3+    010517 918  0.2+  0.7-    010809 413  0.1+  0.2-
    010515 699  0.5+  0.2+    010517 926  0.5+  0.1-    010809 413  0.4+  0.1-
    010515 699  0.4+  0.6+    010517 926  0.5+  0.2-    011012 474  0.7+  0.5-
    010516 649  1.1+  0.1+    010517 649  0.6+  0.3+    011012 474  0.7+  0.5-
    010516 649  1.1-  1.5-    010517 649  0.8-  0.4+    011012 474  0.1-  0.6-
    010516 649  0.9-  0.0     010522 926  0.2-  0.1+    011012 474  0.9-  0.4-
    010516 926  0.6+  0.2+    010522 926  0.4+  0.0     011012 474  0.5-  1.0+
    010516 926  0.5+  0.7-    010524 557  0.2-  0.2+    030604 474  0.9+  0.7+
    010516 926  0.2+  0.2+    010524 557  0.6-  0.2-    030604 474  0.6-  0.1+
    010516 046  0.1+  0.6-    010531 711  0.0   0.2-    030604 474  0.3-  0.5+
    010516 046  0.4+  0.7+    010531 711  0.5+  0.3-    030604 474  0.8-  0.0
    010516 046  0.1-  0.5+    010618 493  0.4-  0.1+    030604 474  0.0   0.4-
    010517 649  1.3-  0.4-    010618 493  0.5-  0.4+    030608 413  0.2+  0.2+
    010517 649  0.5-  0.0     010703 413  0.1+  0.3-    030608 413  0.4+  0.2+
    010517 918  0.2-  0.6+    010703 413  0.0   0.1-    030608 413  0.0   0.2-
    010517 918  1.4-  1.1-    010703 413  0.4+  0.3+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2001 JU2                 a,e,i = 1.52, 0.27, 4                   q = 1.1094
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 10    22 41.07   -08 23.7    0.465    1.188   100.1    57.3    20.2
    2003 06 20    23 24.61   -05 36.7    0.432    1.162    98.6    59.8    20.0
    2003 06 30    00 08.77   -02 44.5    0.409    1.140    96.9    62.3    20.0
    2003 07 10    00 52.31   +00 01.4    0.395    1.124    95.3    64.2    19.9
    2003 07 20    01 34.12   +02 31.4    0.388    1.114    94.1    65.5    19.9
    2003 07 30    02 13.19   +04 38.1    0.386    1.109    93.7    66.0    19.9
    2003 08 09    02 48.71   +06 18.1    0.387    1.112    94.2    65.4    19.9
    2003 08 19    03 20.26   +07 32.3    0.389    1.120    95.8    64.0    19.9
    2003 08 29    03 47.43   +08 22.6    0.389    1.135    98.5    61.7    19.8
    2003 09 08    04 09.72   +08 52.7    0.388    1.155   102.5    58.4    19.8
    2003 09 18    04 26.70   +09 07.5    0.384    1.180   107.8    54.2    19.7
    2003 09 28    04 37.63   +09 11.5    0.378    1.209   114.6    48.9    19.5
    2003 10 08    04 41.70   +09 10.9    0.371    1.242   123.1    42.4    19.4
    2003 10 18    04 38.49   +09 11.9    0.367    1.277   133.4    34.6    19.2
    2003 10 28    04 28.10   +09 19.9    0.368    1.314   145.3    25.5    19.0
    2003 11 07    04 12.27   +09 39.9    0.380    1.352   158.2    15.8    18.8
    2003 11 17    03 54.29   +10 14.0    0.407    1.390   169.2     7.7    18.7
    2003 11 27    03 37.86   +11 01.8    0.450    1.429   167.5     8.6    19.0
    2003 12 07    03 25.92   +12 01.8    0.510    1.468   156.9    15.3    19.6
    2003 12 17    03 19.58   +13 11.2    0.586    1.506   146.1    21.4    20.2
    2003 12 27    03 18.69   +14 27.1    0.675    1.544   136.2    26.2    20.7
    2004 01 06    03 22.59   +15 46.7    0.776    1.580   127.4    29.7    21.1
    2004 01 16    03 30.36   +17 07.1    0.886    1.615   119.3    32.1    21.5
    2004 01 26    03 41.23   +18 26.1    1.004    1.648   112.0    33.6    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-L46
    

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