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    M.P.E.C. 2003-O12                                Issued 2003 July 22, 11:30 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 OU

Observations:
     K03O00U* C2003 07 20.16910 14 47 25.18 +20 11 40.7          20.9        644
     K03O00U  C2003 07 20.19003 14 47 24.92 +20 11 35.2          20.2        644
     K03O00U  C2003 07 20.21096 14 47 24.64 +20 11 29.2          20.6        644
     K03O00U  C2003 07 20.88079 14 47 17.43 +20 08 21.6                      557
     K03O00U  C2003 07 20.89190 14 47 17.32 +20 08 18.7                      557
     K03O00U 5C2003 07 21.18125 14 47 14.53 +20 07 00.5          20.0 R      673
     K03O00U 5C2003 07 21.18565 14 47 14.49 +20 06 59.3          20.0 R      673
     K03O00U 5C2003 07 21.18958 14 47 14.46 +20 06 58.4          20.0 R      673
     K03O00U 5C2003 07 21.19363 14 47 14.39 +20 06 56.9          20.0 R      673
     K03O00U 5C2003 07 21.20035 14 47 14.33 +20 06 55.0          20.0 R      673
     K03O00U 1C2003 07 22.38454 14 47 04.71 +20 01 18.9          19.7 R      413
     K03O00U 1C2003 07 22.38800 14 47 04.69 +20 01 17.5                      413
     K03O00U 1C2003 07 22.39148 14 47 04.65 +20 01 16.6                      413
     K03O00U 1C2003 07 22.39766 14 47 04.60 +20 01 14.7                      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observers G. J. Garradd, R. H. McNaught, S. Nakano.  1.0-m
    f/8 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Kusnirak.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
    M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 OU
Epoch 2003 July 20.0 TT = JDT 2452840.5                 MPC
M 285.88509              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.44928321     Peri.  185.60727     +0.79315900     -0.47130569
a   1.6883245      Node   213.34096     +0.58248241     +0.77196978
e   0.6462467      Incl.   44.56916     +0.17780056     -0.42653676
P   2.19           H   16.3           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2003 July 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2003 OU                  a,e,i = 1.69, 0.65, 45                  q = 0.5973
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 07 20    14 47.45   +20 12.5    1.701    2.045    94.3    29.7    20.3
2003 07 30    14 47.15   +19 19.6    1.757    1.977    86.6    30.8    20.3
2003 08 09    14 50.00   +18 14.7    1.806    1.904    79.6    31.6    20.3
2003 08 19    14 55.71   +17 02.0    1.844    1.828    73.1    32.0    20.3
2003 08 29    15 04.03   +15 44.3    1.868    1.748    67.3    32.2    20.2
2003 09 08    15 14.82   +14 23.7    1.878    1.663    62.0    32.4    20.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-O12

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