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    M.P.E.C. 2003-M58                                Issued 2003 June 28, 13:45 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 MK4
    
    Observations:
         K03M04K* C2003 06 27.36815 21 37 10.60 -22 43 53.8          17.8        704
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.37823 21 37 09.41 -22 42 37.8          18.0        704
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.38840 21 37 08.15 -22 41 19.6          18.5        704
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.40850 21 37 05.71 -22 38 45.9          18.8        704
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.73450 21 36 31.23 -21 55 18.8                      428
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.73664 21 36 30.97 -21 55 01.4          18.0 V      428
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.73870 21 36 30.72 -21 54 44.7          18.1 V      428
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96279 21 36 09.55 -21 25 59.9                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96384 21 36 09.45 -21 25 49.5                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96476 21 36 09.35 -21 25 46.6          17.8 V      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96600 21 36 09.22 -21 25 34.3                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96693 21 36 09.04 -21 25 27.4                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96787 21 36 09.05 -21 25 20.0                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 27.96878 21 36 08.96 -21 25 14.8                      A50
         K03M04K  C2003 06 28.06552 21 35 58.37 -21 12 12.1          18.0 R      J95
         K03M04K  C2003 06 28.07245 21 35 57.56 -21 11 16.0          19.0 R      J95
         K03M04K  C2003 06 28.39627 21 35 22.31 -20 26 44.0          18.1 R      926
         K03M04K  C2003 06 28.39693 21 35 22.21 -20 26 38.3          18.6 R      926
         K03M04K  C2003 06 28.39759 21 35 21.96 -20 26 32.6          18.6 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.
    A50 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory.  Observers Y. Ivashchenko,
        G. Kovalchuk, V. Lokot, G. Butenko.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 MK4                                                             PHA 0.010D
    Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
    M 252.83204              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.87652996     Peri.  109.06785     +0.78245486     -0.50242062
    a   1.0813299      Node   282.66414     +0.32675982     +0.83418274
    e   0.1775871      Incl.   22.15145     +0.53008717     +0.22740421
    P   1.12           H   20.9           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2003 June 27-28.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 MK4                 a,e,i = 1.08, 0.18, 22                  q = 0.8893
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 06 20    21 45.25   -34 47.1    0.185    1.141   128.6    44.1    19.2
    2003 06 22    21 43.81   -32 08.0    0.172    1.136   130.4    42.9    19.0
    2003 06 24    21 41.84   -29 03.8    0.160    1.130   132.3    41.7    18.8
    2003 06 26    21 39.27   -25 29.7    0.148    1.125   134.3    40.3    18.6
    2003 06 28    21 36.07   -21 20.1    0.137    1.119   136.1    39.0    18.4
    2003 06 30    21 32.17   -16 29.4    0.127    1.114   137.7    37.9    18.2
    2003 07 02    21 27.52   -10 52.6    0.118    1.108   138.8    37.2    18.0
    2003 07 04    21 22.04   -04 27.0    0.110    1.102   139.0    37.2    17.8
    2003 07 06    21 15.66   +02 45.3    0.104    1.096   138.0    38.4    17.7
    2003 07 08    21 08.31   +10 35.4    0.101    1.091   135.5    40.8    17.7
    2003 07 10    20 59.89   +18 46.6    0.099    1.085   131.6    44.5    17.8
    2003 07 12    20 50.32   +26 57.1    0.100    1.079   126.7    49.1    17.9
    2003 07 14    20 39.49   +34 44.4    0.102    1.073   121.2    54.1    18.1
    2003 07 16    20 27.27   +41 51.3    0.107    1.067   115.7    59.1    18.3
    2003 07 18    20 13.58   +48 07.9    0.113    1.061   110.5    63.8    18.6
    2003 07 20    19 58.32   +53 31.3    0.121    1.055   105.7    68.0    18.8
    2003 07 22    19 41.44   +58 03.7    0.129    1.049   101.4    71.7    19.1
    2003 07 24    19 22.93   +61 49.6    0.139    1.043    97.6    74.8    19.3
    2003 07 26    19 02.89   +64 54.5    0.148    1.037    94.2    77.6    19.5
    2003 07 28    18 41.48   +67 24.2    0.159    1.031    91.3    79.9    19.8
    2003 07 30    18 18.95   +69 23.7    0.169    1.025    88.7    81.8    20.0
    2003 08 01    17 55.7    +70 57.7    0.180    1.020    86.3    83.5    20.1
    2003 08 03    17 32.0    +72 10.2    0.191    1.014    84.2    84.9    20.3
    2003 08 05    17 08.4    +73 04.8    0.202    1.008    82.4    86.2    20.5
    2003 08 07    16 45.1    +73 44.5    0.213    1.002    80.7    87.2    20.6
    2003 08 09    16 22.5    +74 12.0    0.224    0.996    79.1    88.1    20.7
    2003 08 11    16 00.9    +74 29.3    0.235    0.991    77.7    88.9    20.9
    2003 08 13    15 40.3    +74 38.2    0.245    0.985    76.4    89.6    21.0
    2003 08 15    15 20.8    +74 40.1    0.256    0.979    75.2    90.1    21.1
    2003 08 17    15 02.5    +74 36.0    0.266    0.974    74.1    90.6    21.2
    2003 08 19    14 45.4    +74 27.0    0.277    0.969    73.1    91.1    21.3
    2003 08 21    14 29.4    +74 13.6    0.287    0.963    72.1    91.4    21.3
    2003 08 23    14 14.5    +73 56.5    0.296    0.958    71.3    91.7    21.4
    2003 08 25    14 00.6    +73 36.0    0.306    0.953    70.4    92.0    21.5
    2003 08 27    13 47.6    +73 12.5    0.315    0.948    69.7    92.2    21.5
    
    2003 08 29    13 35.5    +72 46.2    0.324    0.944    69.0    92.3    21.6
    2003 09 08    12 45.88   +69 56.4    0.365    0.922    66.1    92.7    21.8
    2003 09 18    12 11.18   +66 03.2    0.398    0.905    64.2    92.5    22.0
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-M58
    

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