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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M56                                Issued 2003 June 28, 13:21 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 MH4
    
    Observations:
         K03M04H* C2003 06 26.38000 22 10 37.91 -03 06 11.3          19.2        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 26.39038 22 10 36.64 -03 06 10.2          19.2        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 26.41023 22 10 34.19 -03 06 07.1          19.2        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.34174 22 08 51.68 -03 04 13.6          18.5 R      926
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.34479 22 08 51.36 -03 04 13.6          18.9 R      926
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.34765 22 08 50.97 -03 04 11.8          19.1 R      926
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.36540 22 08 48.70 -03 04 12.2          18.9        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.38487 22 08 46.43 -03 04 11.0          19.1 R      699
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.38513 22 08 46.23 -03 04 09.6          19.6        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.39498 22 08 45.15 -03 04 09.9          19.1        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.39738 22 08 44.92 -03 04 08.3                      699
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.40486 22 08 43.89 -03 04 07.8          19.4        704
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.40997 22 08 43.38 -03 04 08.0                      699
         K03M04H  C2003 06 27.42259 22 08 41.79 -03 04 07.3                      699
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.00465 22 07 37.02 -03 03 18.2                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.00755 22 07 36.76 -03 03 17.2                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.00966 22 07 36.53 -03 03 16.6                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.01105 22 07 36.34 -03 03 16.8                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.01218 22 07 35.91 -03 03 15.6                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.01455 22 07 35.86 -03 03 14.8                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.01572 22 07 35.72 -03 03 14.9                      046
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.38854 22 06 53.73 -03 02 40.0          18.5 R      926
         K03M04H  C2003 06 28.39487 22 06 52.92 -03 02 39.5          18.9 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
        + CCD.
    699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer M. E. Van Ness.  0.59-m LONEOS
        Schmidt + 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.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 MH4                                                             PHA 0.008
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M  12.70195              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.32717438     Peri.  321.79503     -0.73642104     +0.67282704
    a   2.0858505      Node   260.64481     -0.60175895     -0.69916158
    e   0.5458159      Incl.    4.10454     -0.30914433     -0.24181991
    P   3.01           H   19.9           G   0.15
    From 23 observations 2003 June 26-28.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 MH4                 a,e,i = 2.09, 0.55, 4                   q = 0.9474
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 20    22 21.91   -03 31.4    0.245    1.131   112.1    56.3    19.2
    2003 06 30    22 03.82   -03 01.1    0.278    1.199   125.4    43.7    19.2
    2003 07 10    21 43.87   -03 20.9    0.315    1.272   139.3    31.4    19.3
    2003 07 20    21 23.61   -04 18.9    0.361    1.348   153.0    20.0    19.3
    2003 07 30    21 05.20   -05 39.4    0.420    1.425   165.1    10.6    19.5
    2003 08 09    20 50.65   -07 05.5    0.495    1.503   169.4     7.1    19.8
    2003 08 19    20 40.97   -08 24.1    0.586    1.580   162.1    11.3    20.4
    2003 08 29    20 36.10   -09 29.0    0.694    1.656   152.4    16.4    21.1
    2003 09 08    20 35.56   -10 17.3    0.817    1.732   142.9    20.5    21.7
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M56
    

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