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    M.P.E.C. 2003-N43                                Issued 2003 July 12, 15:44 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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                                   2003 NP7

Observations:
     K03N07P* C2003 07 07.20208 15 48 23.51 -28 25 00.0          18.3        644
     K03N07P  C2003 07 07.22324 15 48 27.27 -28 24 25.1          18.4        644
     K03N07P  C2003 07 07.24451 15 48 31.02 -28 23 49.9          18.2        644
     K03N07P +C2003 07 11.00104216 00 01.235-26 43 58.13         18.2 R      809
     K03N07P +C2003 07 11.00296316 00 01.561-26 43 55.30         18.2 R      809
     K03N07P +C2003 07 11.00487316 00 01.891-26 43 52.34         18.2 R      809
     K03N07P IC2003 07 12.18211 16 03 33.84 -26 14 15.3                      711
     K03N07P  C2003 07 12.18891 16 03 35.10 -26 14 03.7          18.0 R      711
     K03N07P  C2003 07 12.19570 16 03 36.21 -26 13 54.4          18.2 R      711
     K03N07P +C2003 07 12.27585616 03 49.714-26 11 27.21         18.0 R      809
     K03N07P +C2003 07 12.27743116 03 49.989-26 11 24.78         17.9 R      809

Observer details:
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
711 McDonald Observatory.  Observer E. S. Barker.  0.76-m reflector with prime
    focus corrector + CCD.
809 European Southern Observatory, La Silla.  Observers A. D'Alessandro,
    R. Behrend.  1.20-m f/10 Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 NP7
Epoch 2003 June 30.0 TT = JDT 2452820.5                 MPC
M   6.78830              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29075058     Peri.  323.50413     -0.35274076     +0.91622739
a   2.2566056      Node   285.15146     -0.80519024     -0.40065677
e   0.4327459      Incl.   11.35259     -0.47669974     -0.00122892
P   3.39           H   18.4           G   0.15
From 11 observations 2003 July 7-12.

Ephemeris:
2003 NP7                 a,e,i = 2.26, 0.43, 11                  q = 1.2801
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 07 10    15 56.97   -27 10.0    0.391    1.322   135.0    32.9    18.3
2003 07 20    16 26.41   -23 11.2    0.441    1.350   131.7    34.2    18.7
2003 07 30    16 53.89   -20 00.4    0.504    1.384   128.0    35.3    19.1
2003 08 09    17 19.71   -17 34.2    0.579    1.422   124.2    36.1    19.5
2003 08 19    17 44.16   -15 43.7    0.665    1.465   120.3    36.6    19.8
2003 08 29    18 07.54   -14 19.3    0.763    1.511   116.3    36.8    20.2
2003 09 08    18 30.17   -13 12.2    0.870    1.560   112.2    36.7    20.6
2003 09 18    18 52.18   -12 15.2    0.987    1.612   108.0    36.4    20.9
2003 09 28    19 13.70   -11 22.9    1.112    1.664   103.7    35.8    21.2
2003 10 08    19 34.83   -10 31.3    1.245    1.718    99.3    35.0    21.5
2003 10 18    19 55.59   -09 37.6    1.385    1.773    94.8    34.1    21.8
2003 10 28    20 16.01   -08 40.0    1.531    1.828    90.1    32.9    22.0

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-N43

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