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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M53                                Issued 2003 June 27, 14:02 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
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                                   2003 MX2

Observations:
     K03M02X* C2003 06 25.23727 16 39 36.41 -28 23 25.6          18.4        704
     K03M02X  C2003 06 25.24743 16 39 35.45 -28 23 28.3          18.4        704
     K03M02X  C2003 06 25.25742 16 39 34.48 -28 23 28.3          18.6        704
     K03M02X  C2003 06 25.26749 16 39 33.57 -28 23 30.5          18.8        704
     K03M02X  C2003 06 25.89700 16 38 37.93 -28 24 59.7                      046
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.20360 16 38 11.16 -28 25 37.2          17.1 R      926
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.20590 16 38 10.87 -28 25 38.0                      926
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.20818 16 38 10.66 -28 25 37.9          17.7 R      926
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.22095 16 38 09.40 -28 25 39.8          17.8 R      448
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.23834 16 38 07.88 -28 25 42.3          17.5 R      448
     K03M02X  C2003 06 26.24436 16 38 07.29 -28 25 42.9          17.7 R      448
     K03M02X  C2003 06 27.24108 16 36 40.46 -28 27 53.2          19.4 R      854
     K03M02X  C2003 06 27.26016 16 36 38.73 -28 27 55.8          19.7 R      926
     K03M02X  C2003 06 27.26250 16 36 38.38 -28 27 54.6          20.2 R      926
     K03M02X  C2003 06 27.26486 16 36 38.27 -28 27 56.0                      926

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 MX2
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 320.91007              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30541425     Peri.  294.79403     +0.96970234     +0.23684070
a   2.1837848      Node    51.56248     -0.18730201     +0.87814406
e   0.4485612      Incl.    4.38330     -0.15682899     +0.41565550
P   3.23           H   17.9           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2003 June 25-27.

Ephemeris:
2003 MX2                 a,e,i = 2.18, 0.45, 4                   q = 1.2042
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 06 20    16 47.57   -28 09.7    0.660    1.662   164.7     9.3    18.7
2003 06 30    16 32.80   -28 33.2    0.632    1.604   152.3    17.1    18.8
2003 07 10    16 21.20   -28 49.3    0.621    1.547   140.5    24.7    19.0
2003 07 20    16 14.83   -29 04.2    0.621    1.492   129.7    31.6    19.1
2003 07 30    16 14.73   -29 23.7    0.629    1.439   120.3    37.5    19.2
2003 08 09    16 21.26   -29 50.4    0.640    1.389   112.3    42.5    19.3
2003 08 19    16 34.18   -30 22.5    0.651    1.343   105.7    46.5    19.4
2003 08 29    16 53.16   -30 54.8    0.662    1.302   100.2    49.7    19.4
2003 09 08    17 17.88   -31 19.3    0.671    1.267    96.0    52.3    19.5
2003 09 18    17 47.79   -31 25.8    0.679    1.239    92.7    54.1    19.5
2003 09 28    18 22.27   -31 03.0    0.687    1.219    90.4    55.3    19.5
2003 10 08    19 00.44   -30 00.2    0.697    1.207    88.9    55.9    19.6
2003 10 18    19 40.98   -28 09.9    0.710    1.204    88.1    55.8    19.6
2003 10 28    20 22.52   -25 29.7    0.731    1.211    87.8    55.1    19.6
2003 11 07    21 03.74   -22 03.8    0.760    1.226    87.9    53.9    19.7
2003 11 17    21 43.56   -18 02.8    0.800    1.250    88.0    52.3    19.8
2003 11 27    22 21.38   -13 40.7    0.853    1.281    87.9    50.4    20.0
2003 12 07    22 56.99   -09 11.2    0.919    1.318    87.6    48.3    20.1
2003 12 17    23 30.42   -04 46.4    0.998    1.361    86.8    46.2    20.3
2003 12 27    00 01.91   -00 34.5    1.090    1.409    85.5    44.1    20.5
2004 01 06    00 31.75   +03 19.8    1.193    1.460    83.7    42.0    20.7
2004 01 16    01 00.21   +06 53.9    1.307    1.514    81.4    40.0    21.0
2004 01 26    01 27.57   +10 07.1    1.431    1.570    78.7    38.0    21.2
2004 02 05    01 54.07   +12 59.9    1.562    1.627    75.6    35.9    21.4
2004 02 15    02 19.85   +15 32.7    1.699    1.685    72.3    33.9    21.6
2004 02 25    02 45.08   +17 46.6    1.841    1.743    68.6    31.9    21.8
2004 03 06    03 09.86   +19 42.5    1.985    1.802    64.8    29.9    22.0

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M53

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