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    • MPEC 2003-Q09 : COMET P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-Q09                                Issued 2003 Aug. 19, 14:29 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
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                           COMET P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK03O030  C2003 08 12.10075 01 57 04.95 +11 33 45.0          18.4 T      204
    PK03O030  C2003 08 12.10160 01 57 05.05 +11 33 48.1          18.7 N      204
    PK03O030  C2003 08 12.10244 01 57 05.13 +11 33 49.5          18.3 T      204
    PK03O030  C2003 08 12.10356 01 57 05.28 +11 33 51.9          18.2 T      204
    PK03O030  C2003 08 12.10476 01 57 05.47 +11 33 54.3                      204
    PK03O030  C2003 08 13.08054 01 59 45.10 +12 09 22.5          18.5 N      620
    PK03O030  C2003 08 13.09594 01 59 47.53 +12 09 56.8          18.1 N      620
    PK03O030  C2003 08 13.11258 01 59 50.11 +12 10 32.6          18.5 N      620

Observer details:
204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
    + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers Z. Diveki, P. Korlevic,
    B. Sipocz, R. Stoss.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Aug. 14.034 TT                                   MPC
q   1.25041              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.169365       Peri.    0.736       +0.953476       +0.297930
a   3.23534        Node   341.727       -0.277338       +0.806953
e   0.61351        Incl.    8.448       -0.118185       +0.509965
P   5.82
From 134 observations 2003 July 30-Aug. 13.

Ephemeris:
    P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 08 09    01 48.44   +09 40.1    0.492    1.252   107.3    50.6  17.4
2003 08 19    02 15.19   +15 39.5    0.480    1.252   108.8    50.0  17.4
2003 08 29    02 38.15   +21 08.6    0.475    1.263   111.4    48.1  17.4
2003 09 08    02 56.26   +25 57.9    0.476    1.286   115.4    45.1  17.5
2003 09 18    03 08.57   +30 02.3    0.481    1.318   120.9    40.9  17.6
2003 09 28    03 14.21   +33 17.7    0.492    1.360   127.8    35.6  17.8
2003 10 08    03 13.05   +35 38.4    0.508    1.410   135.9    29.5  18.0
2003 10 18    03 06.15   +36 59.2    0.534    1.465   144.8    23.1  18.3
2003 10 28    02 55.71   +37 18.2    0.572    1.526   153.3    17.0  18.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Q09

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