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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M28                                Issued 2003 June 23, 14:06 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 MN
    
    Observations:
         K03M00N* C2003 06 22.27366 16 16 19.29 +34 16 51.6          16.5        704
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.28358 16 16 25.90 +34 29 41.4          16.9        704
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.29348 16 16 32.61 +34 42 31.2          16.9        704
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.30331 16 16 39.40 +34 55 18.3          16.6        704
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.31318 16 16 46.37 +35 08 10.9          17.0        704
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.88808 16 29 23.29 +49 06 05.5          16.6 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.89207 16 29 29.08 +49 12 25.1          16.2 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.91796 16 30 07.18 +49 53 29.9          16.9 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.92090 16 30 11.55 +49 58 11.8          17.1 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.92388 16 30 16.02 +50 02 55.4          16.7 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.92691 16 30 20.51 +50 07 42.8          16.7 R      620
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.96458 16 31 10.28 +51 05 40.2                      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.96493 16 31 10.86 +51 06 12.3          17.0 R      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.96549 16 31 11.73 +51 07 07.3                      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.96767 16 31 15.33 +51 10 33.5                      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.96825 16 31 16.41 +51 11 27.7                      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.97130 16 31 21.52 +51 16 19.4          17.3 R      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.97242 16 31 23.31 +51 18 07.2          17.0 R      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 22.97277 16 31 23.87 +51 18 38.9                      118
         K03M00N  C2003 06 23.25679 16 42 59.50 +59 04 38.3          17.2 R      651
         K03M00N  C2003 06 23.25735 16 43 00.92 +59 05 33.0          17.2 R      651
         K03M00N  C2003 06 23.25791 16 43 02.26 +59 06 27.5          17.7 R      651
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observers A. Galad, L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 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 MN
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M 347.12459              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.28277794     Peri.   59.43057     +0.69282413     +0.71968551
    a   2.2988239      Node   254.49627     -0.67664427     +0.62713135
    e   0.6012666      Incl.    2.69147     -0.24929352     +0.29792454
    P   3.49           H   23.8           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030622 704  0.0   0.1-    030622 620  0.3+  0.1-    030622 118  0.3+  1.3+
    030622 704  0.1-  0.0     030622 620  0.3+  0.6-    030622 118 (0.5-  2.6+)
    030622 704  0.2-  0.4-    030622 620 (0.4-  2.0-)   030622 118  0.8-  1.0+
    030622 704  0.3-  0.0     030622 118  0.2-  0.9+    030623 651  0.1+  0.5+
    030622 704  0.1-  0.6+    030622 118  0.2-  0.3-    030623 651  0.2+  0.1+
    030622 620  0.2+  0.4-    030622 118  0.8-  1.5+    030623 651  0.4-  0.5-
    030622 620  0.3+  0.5-    030622 118  1.0-  0.5+
    030622 620  0.6+  1.7-    030622 118  0.1+  0.4-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 MN                  a,e,i = 2.30, 0.60, 3                   q = 0.9166
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 20    16 00.17   +03 53.4    0.027    1.037   141.4    37.7    17.6
    2003 06 21    16 04.66   +13 23.0    0.021    1.031   134.1    45.0    17.2
    2003 06 22    16 12.91   +28 41.0    0.017    1.025   121.8    57.4    17.1
    
    2003 06 23.0  16 32.63   +52 01.2    0.014    1.019   101.9    77.3    17.3
    2003 06 23.2  16 40.34   +57 25.6    0.014    1.018    97.2    82.0    17.4
    2003 06 23.4  16 50.92   +62 52.9    0.014    1.017    92.4    86.8    17.6
    2003 06 23.6  17 06.26   +68 14.9    0.014    1.016    87.6    91.6    17.8
    2003 06 23.8  17 30.2    +73 21.9    0.014    1.015    83.0    96.2    18.1
    2003 06 24.0  18 11.3    +77 59.7    0.015    1.014    78.6   100.6    18.3
    2003 06 24.2  19 29.3    +81 40.0    0.015    1.012    74.4   104.7    18.6
    2003 06 24.4  21 45.3    +83 20.4    0.016    1.011    70.6   108.5    18.9
    2003 06 24.6  00 01.0    +82 17.0    0.016    1.010    67.2   112.0    19.2
    2003 06 24.8  01 18.6    +79 42.5    0.017    1.009    64.0   115.1    19.5
    2003 06 25.0  01 59.6    +76 45.5    0.018    1.008    61.3   117.8    19.8
    2003 06 25.2  02 23.4    +73 50.9    0.019    1.007    58.8   120.3    20.1
    2003 06 25.4  02 38.8    +71 06.4    0.020    1.006    56.6   122.4    20.3
    2003 06 25.6  02 49.32   +68 34.2    0.021    1.005    54.7   124.3    20.6
    2003 06 25.8  02 57.04   +66 14.3    0.022    1.004    53.0   126.0    20.8
    2003 06 26.0  03 02.90   +64 06.2    0.023    1.002    51.5   127.4    21.1
    2003 06 26.2  03 07.51   +62 09.1    0.024    1.001    50.2   128.7    21.3
    2003 06 26.4  03 11.22   +60 21.8    0.025    1.000    49.1   129.8    21.5
    2003 06 26.6  03 14.28   +58 43.6    0.026    0.999    48.1   130.8    21.7
    2003 06 26.8  03 16.85   +57 13.5    0.027    0.998    47.2   131.6    21.9
    2003 06 27.0  03 19.03   +55 50.6    0.029    0.997    46.5   132.3    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M28
    

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