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    M.P.E.C. 2003-P12                                Issued 2003 Aug. 5, 17:36 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 PN5
    
    Observations:
         K03P05N* C2003 08 04.33826 23 44 06.36 -01 53 41.1          19.1        704
         K03P05N  C2003 08 04.34870 23 44 07.61 -01 54 52.4          19.8        704
         K03P05N  C2003 08 04.35937 23 44 08.94 -01 56 04.1          19.9        704
         K03P05N  C2003 08 04.38017 23 44 11.44 -01 58 27.6          20.0        704
         K03P05N HC2003 08 04.98590 23 45 41.07 -03 07 11.1                      246
         K03P05N HC2003 08 04.98727 23 45 41.22 -03 07 19.0                      246
         K03P05N HC2003 08 04.98777 23 45 41.20 -03 07 24.5                      246
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.00655 23 45 44.61 -03 09 21.2          19.8 R      620
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.00948 23 45 44.99 -03 09 40.2          19.4 R      620
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.01144 23 45 45.22 -03 09 52.4          19.9 R      620
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.02573 23 45 46.98 -03 11 27.4          18.8 R      176
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.02681 23 45 47.11 -03 11 35.2          19.1 R      176
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.02794 23 45 47.26 -03 11 43.3          18.9 R      176
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.03009 23 45 47.53 -03 11 58.7          19.1 R      176
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.29917 23 46 26.87 -03 41 39.3          20.4 R      651
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.30160 23 46 27.17 -03 41 55.1          20.1 R      651
         K03P05N  C2003 08 05.30294 23 46 27.32 -03 42 03.9          20.0 R      651
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m reflector + CCD.
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        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 PN5
    Epoch 2003 July 20.0 TT = JDT 2452840.5                 MPC
    M  11.70468              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.55324463     Peri.  142.55380     +0.14068553     +0.98101208
    a   1.4695733      Node   135.08580     -0.94794305     +0.17238002
    e   0.2944350      Incl.   10.89934     -0.28567736     -0.08888431
    P   1.78           H   23.2           G   0.15
    From 17 observations 2003 Aug. 4-5.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 PN5                 a,e,i = 1.47, 0.29, 11                  q = 1.0369
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 07 30    23 28.06   +09 12.1    0.091    1.075   129.1    47.2    19.9
    2003 08 04    23 43.21   -01 13.8    0.099    1.087   135.5    40.8    20.0
    2003 08 09    23 53.93   -10 00.0    0.110    1.101   140.6    35.8    20.1
    2003 08 14    00 01.01   -17 01.5    0.124    1.116   144.3    32.0    20.3
    2003 08 19    00 05.04   -22 30.2    0.141    1.133   146.9    29.2    20.5
    2003 08 24    00 06.59   -26 41.7    0.160    1.150   148.5    27.3    20.7
    2003 08 29    00 06.22   -29 49.3    0.180    1.169   149.5    26.0    21.0
    2003 09 03    00 04.50   -32 03.6    0.202    1.188   149.7    25.4    21.3
    2003 09 08    00 01.98   -33 33.7    0.227    1.208   149.3    25.2    21.5
    
    Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-P12
    

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