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    M.P.E.C. 2003-O31                                Issued 2003 July 30, 11:47 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 OS13
    
    Observations:
         K03O13S* C2003 07 29.15855 14 51 48.78 +09 03 10.5          17.3        704
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.16915 14 51 53.12 +09 03 04.7          17.7        704
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.17949 14 51 57.36 +09 02 59.5          17.9        704
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.19144 14 52 02.27 +09 02 52.8          17.8        704
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.20163 14 52 06.44 +09 02 47.2          17.8        704
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.84290 14 56 26.48 +08 56 56.5          18.0 R      620
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.85300 14 56 30.49 +08 56 51.1          17.8 R      620
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.85731 14 56 32.19 +08 56 49.3          18.1 R      620
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.86047 14 56 33.35 +08 56 47.5          17.3 R      599
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.86090 14 56 33.59 +08 56 46.6          17.8 R      620
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.86172 14 56 33.83 +08 56 45.4          17.2 R      599
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.86925 14 56 36.74 +08 56 38.8                      557
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.87317 14 56 38.35 +08 56 37.0                      557
         K03O13S  C2003 07 29.87866 14 56 40.52 +08 56 33.9          18.4 V      557
         K03O13S  C2003 07 30.18408 14 58 40.16 +08 53 50.2          17.8 R      649
         K03O13S  C2003 07 30.18551 14 58 40.70 +08 53 49.9          17.5 R      649
         K03O13S  C2003 07 30.18693 14 58 41.24 +08 53 49.8          17.4 R      649
    
    Observer details:
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    599 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS.  Observers A. Boattini, N. Napoleone, A. Di Paola.
        0.60-m f/3 Schmidt + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
        0.75-m Newtonian + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 OS13
    Epoch 2003 July 20.0 TT = JDT 2452840.5                 MPC
    M  29.81633              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.62562726     Peri.  245.91405     -0.69703919     -0.27856819
    a   1.3539177      Node   271.72783     +0.59535113     -0.73838633
    e   0.7467355      Incl.   41.37690     -0.39961656     -0.61415420
    P   1.58           H   17.3           G   0.15
    From 17 observations 2003 July 29-30.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 OS13                a,e,i = 1.35, 0.75, 41                  q = 0.3429
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 07 30    14 57.48   +08 55.7    0.483    1.142    92.4    62.7    18.2
    2003 08 09    15 47.32   +07 28.4    0.659    1.265    95.9    52.9    18.8
    2003 08 19    16 19.03   +06 12.5    0.846    1.378    95.3    47.0    19.4
    2003 08 29    16 42.77   +05 06.5    1.037    1.482    92.7    42.9    19.9
    2003 09 08    17 02.70   +04 09.3    1.230    1.578    89.1    39.7    20.3
    2003 09 18    17 20.66   +03 21.0    1.421    1.667    85.0    36.9    20.7
    2003 09 28    17 37.60   +02 41.4    1.609    1.749    80.4    34.4    21.0
    2003 10 08    17 54.02   +02 11.1    1.793    1.824    75.7    32.1    21.2
    2003 10 18    18 10.18   +01 50.4    1.972    1.894    70.8    29.8    21.5
    2003 10 28    18 26.22   +01 39.6    2.143    1.958    65.8    27.6    21.6
    2003 11 07    18 42.22   +01 39.1    2.305    2.016    60.8    25.4    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-O31
    

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