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    M.P.E.C. 2003-O32                                Issued 2003 July 30, 11:48 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 OT13
    
    Observations:
         K03O13T* C2003 07 29.26697 20 15 25.19 +13 49 52.3          18.7        704
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.27749 20 15 25.30 +13 49 00.0          18.7        704
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.28763 20 15 25.41 +13 48 08.7          18.8        704
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.29804 20 15 25.51 +13 47 16.0          19.2        704
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.88045 20 15 58.00 +12 55 25.2                      557
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.88149 20 15 58.06 +12 55 20.0                      557
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.88677 20 15 58.16 +12 54 52.1                      557
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.88782 20 15 58.22 +12 54 45.6                      557
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.92513 20 16 00.44 +12 51 37.9          18.7 R      620
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.93156 20 16 00.54 +12 51 02.4          18.6 R      620
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.97951 20 16 01.27 +12 46 38.6          18.6 R      176
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.98090 20 16 01.30 +12 46 30.7          18.2 R      176
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.98206 20 16 01.33 +12 46 24.2          18.2 R      176
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.98322 20 16 01.36 +12 46 17.6          18.1 R      176
         K03O13T  C2003 07 29.98438 20 16 01.39 +12 46 11.1          18.3 R      176
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m reflector + CCD, 0.2-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 OT13
    Epoch 2003 July 20.0 TT = JDT 2452840.5                 MPC
    M 298.66433              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.77231347     Peri.  243.25421     +0.93022206     -0.32946413
    a   1.1765408      Node   135.46694     +0.36063626     +0.90228051
    e   0.1795117      Incl.   13.32863     -0.06803245     +0.27810657
    P   1.28           H   23.0           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2003 July 29-29.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 OT13                a,e,i = 1.18, 0.18, 13                  q = 0.9653
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 07 30    20 16.04   +12 45.7    0.075    1.080   148.2    29.7    18.8
    2003 07 31    20 16.99   +11 06.8    0.071    1.077   150.0    28.2    18.7
    2003 08 01    20 18.07   +09 14.3    0.067    1.074   151.9    26.4    18.5
    2003 08 02    20 19.30   +07 05.8    0.063    1.072   154.1    24.5    18.3
    2003 08 03    20 20.70   +04 39.0    0.059    1.069   156.5    22.3    18.1
    2003 08 04    20 22.32   +01 50.7    0.055    1.066   159.2    19.8    17.8
    2003 08 05    20 24.19   -01 22.5    0.051    1.064   162.1    17.0    17.6
    2003 08 06    20 26.37   -05 04.4    0.048    1.061   165.3    14.1    17.3
    2003 08 07    20 28.94   -09 18.7    0.045    1.058   168.4    11.1    17.1
    2003 08 08    20 31.98   -14 08.8    0.042    1.056   170.6     9.0    16.9
    2003 08 09    20 35.63   -19 37.1    0.040    1.053   170.3     9.4    16.7
    2003 08 10    20 40.05   -25 43.3    0.038    1.051   166.7    12.8    16.7
    2003 08 11    20 45.50   -32 23.6    0.036    1.048   161.2    18.1    16.8
    2003 08 12    20 52.32   -39 29.5    0.035    1.045   154.6    24.5    17.0
    2003 08 13    21 01.07   -46 47.8    0.035    1.043   147.6    31.4    17.2
    2003 08 14    21 12.61   -54 02.2    0.035    1.040   140.3    38.4    17.4
    2003 08 15    21 28.37   -60 55.9    0.036    1.038   133.3    45.2    17.6
    2003 08 16    21 50.83   -67 13.4    0.038    1.036   126.7    51.6    17.9
    2003 08 17    22 24.5    -72 41.0    0.039    1.033   120.7    57.5    18.1
    2003 08 18    23 16.9    -77 02.9    0.042    1.031   115.2    62.7    18.4
    2003 08 19    00 37.0    -79 56.2    0.044    1.029   110.4    67.2    18.7
    2003 08 20    02 18.5    -80 56.5    0.047    1.026   106.2    71.2    18.9
    2003 08 21    03 49.7    -80 14.0    0.051    1.024   102.5    74.7    19.2
    2003 08 22    04 52.4    -78 35.1    0.054    1.022    99.3    77.7    19.4
    2003 08 23    05 32.5    -76 37.5    0.057    1.019    96.5    80.3    19.6
    2003 08 24    05 58.8    -74 39.1    0.061    1.017    94.1    82.5    19.8
    2003 08 25    06 17.0    -72 46.6    0.065    1.015    91.9    84.5    20.0
    2003 08 26    06 30.1    -71 02.3    0.068    1.013    90.0    86.1    20.2
    2003 08 27    06 40.03   -69 26.6    0.072    1.011    88.3    87.6    20.4
    2003 08 28    06 47.73   -67 59.0    0.076    1.009    86.8    88.9    20.6
    2003 08 29    06 53.89   -66 38.9    0.080    1.007    85.5    90.0    20.7
    
    2003 09 08    07 22.34   -57 45.6    0.119    0.989    77.7    95.5    21.8
    2003 09 18    07 35.17   -52 47.1    0.157    0.976    74.9    96.2    22.4
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-O32
    

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