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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M57                                Issued 2003 June 28, 13:26 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

                                   2003 MJ4

Observations:
     K03M04J* C2003 06 27.37168 22 19 38.13 -20 49 48.1          18.4        704
     K03M04J  C2003 06 27.38175 22 19 41.52 -20 49 44.5          19.1        704
     K03M04J  C2003 06 27.39192 22 19 45.02 -20 49 40.3          18.8        704
     K03M04J  C2003 06 27.41212 22 19 51.86 -20 49 33.3          18.5        704
     K03M04J  C2003 06 27.74433 22 21 47.89 -20 47 00.0          18.8 V      428
     K03M04J  C2003 06 27.74711 22 21 48.85 -20 46 58.4          18.7 V      428
     K03M04J  C2003 06 28.40603 22 25 44.13 -20 42 51.0          18.3 R      926
     K03M04J  C2003 06 28.40727 22 25 44.46 -20 42 50.6          18.6 R      926
     K03M04J  C2003 06 28.40850 22 25 44.99 -20 42 50.2          18.7 R      926

Observer details:
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/7.2 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.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 MJ4
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 337.94113              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28747374     Peri.  272.41213     +0.98271970     +0.16165689
a   2.2737215      Node    78.29495     -0.11077342     +0.90386599
e   0.5614375      Incl.    5.28305     -0.14829444     +0.39609762
P   3.43           H   19.2           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2003 June 27-28.

Ephemeris:
2003 MJ4                 a,e,i = 2.27, 0.56, 5                   q = 0.9972
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 06 20    21 41.01   -21 20.1    0.392    1.292   127.4    38.6    19.3
2003 06 25    22 06.29   -21 02.6    0.351    1.257   126.4    40.6    19.0
2003 06 30    22 35.48   -20 30.1    0.315    1.222   124.3    43.4    18.8
2003 07 05    23 08.99   -19 34.7    0.285    1.189   121.1    47.1    18.6
2003 07 10    23 46.78   -18 07.1    0.262    1.158   116.7    51.7    18.5
2003 07 15    00 28.00   -16 00.7    0.245    1.128   111.1    57.2    18.5
2003 07 20    01 10.92   -13 16.2    0.236    1.101   104.9    63.1    18.5
2003 07 25    01 53.24   -10 04.4    0.235    1.076    98.6    69.0    18.6
2003 07 30    02 32.93   -06 42.7    0.240    1.054    92.7    74.2    18.8
2003 08 04    03 08.72   -03 27.5    0.252    1.035    87.7    78.3    19.0
2003 08 09    03 40.27   -00 29.6    0.268    1.020    83.8    81.1    19.2
2003 08 14    04 07.84   +02 06.9    0.287    1.009    81.0    82.7    19.4
2003 08 19    04 31.95   +04 21.7    0.308    1.001    79.1    83.3    19.6
2003 08 24    04 53.17   +06 16.9    0.330    0.997    78.2    82.9    19.7
2003 08 29    05 11.97   +07 55.1    0.353    0.998    78.0    81.8    19.8
2003 09 03    05 28.77   +09 19.2    0.375    1.003    78.4    80.2    19.9
2003 09 08    05 43.87   +10 31.6    0.397    1.012    79.2    78.1    19.9

2003 09 18    06 09.80   +12 29.4    0.436    1.041    82.3    73.1    20.0
2003 09 28    06 30.57   +14 02.0    0.468    1.083    86.9    67.5    20.1
2003 10 08    06 46.18   +15 21.3    0.493    1.137    93.0    61.4    20.1
2003 10 18    06 56.34   +16 37.2    0.510    1.199   100.5    54.8    20.1
2003 10 28    07 00.38   +17 57.6    0.521    1.268   109.6    47.6    20.1
2003 11 07    06 57.70   +19 27.3    0.530    1.340   120.4    39.6    20.0
2003 11 17    06 48.24   +21 05.4    0.543    1.415   132.9    30.8    20.0
2003 11 27    06 32.79   +22 43.9    0.565    1.492   146.7    21.3    19.9
2003 12 07    06 13.71   +24 10.3    0.604    1.569   161.3    11.6    19.8
2003 12 17    05 54.36   +25 15.0    0.664    1.647   175.5     2.7    19.7
2003 12 27    05 37.86   +25 56.5    0.746    1.723   169.9     5.7    20.2
2004 01 06    05 26.18   +26 20.6    0.852    1.799   157.3    12.2    20.9
2004 01 16    05 19.79   +26 34.6    0.977    1.874   145.7    17.2    21.4
2004 01 26    05 18.27   +26 43.9    1.120    1.947   135.3    20.9    21.9

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M57

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