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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M27                                Issued 2003 June 23, 13:58 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 MM
    
    Observations:
         K03M00M* C2003 06 21.27078 17 22 05.40 +20 49 46.2          18.8        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 21.28046 17 22 03.80 +20 48 54.7          19.1        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 21.29028 17 22 02.21 +20 48 02.4          19.7        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 21.30008 17 22 00.64 +20 47 09.5          19.4        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.23225 17 19 53.85 +19 25 07.6          19.8        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.24223 17 19 52.29 +19 24 16.8          19.5        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.25247 17 19 50.74 +19 23 22.9          19.6        704
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.87265 17 18 29.73 +18 29 08.6                      587
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.87516 17 18 29.63 +18 29 05.4                      587
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.88214 17 18 28.68 +18 28 27.8          19.2 R      587
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.88465 17 18 28.31 +18 28 15.0                      587
         K03M00M  C2003 06 22.99739 17 18 12.17 +18 18 36.9          19.0 R      620
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.01260 17 18 09.96 +18 17 17.9          18.9 R      620
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.02634 17 18 08.00 +18 16 06.7          19.4 R      620
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.24900 17 17 41.39 +17 57 04.9          20.5 R      333
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.25084 17 17 41.06 +17 56 55.3          20.8 R      333
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.26642 17 17 38.89 +17 55 36.5          19.3 R      651
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.26785 17 17 38.70 +17 55 29.2          19.4 R      651
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.26931 17 17 38.45 +17 55 21.6          19.6 R      651
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.27377 17 17 37.57 +17 54 57.7          18.7 R      448
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.28112 17 17 36.53 +17 54 19.6          18.7 R      448
         K03M00M  C2003 06 23.28782 17 17 35.57 +17 53 45.0          18.6 R      448
    
    Observer details:
    333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-m reflector
        + CCD.
    448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    587 Sormano.  Observers F. Manca, A. Testa.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 MM
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M  82.09022              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.90908901     Peri.   20.29375     -0.84044813     -0.52812893
    a   1.0553547      Node   127.23648     +0.47377532     -0.82484015
    e   0.2587745      Incl.    8.76760     +0.26302830     -0.20178841
    P   1.08           H   21.9           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2003 June 21-23.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 MM                  a,e,i = 1.06, 0.26, 9                   q = 0.7823
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 20    17 25.19   +22 43.7    0.155    1.128   133.4    40.9    19.7
    2003 06 30    17 06.13   +08 56.1    0.184    1.166   141.3    33.0    19.9
    2003 07 10    16 57.49   -01 49.8    0.225    1.200   140.8    32.4    20.4
    2003 07 20    16 56.69   -09 44.0    0.278    1.230   135.6    35.3    21.0
    2003 07 30    17 01.84   -15 28.9    0.339    1.257   129.1    38.8    21.6
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M27
    

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