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    M.P.E.C. 2003-Q30                                Issued 2003 Aug. 25, 21:36 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 QW30

Observations:
     K03Q30W* C2003 08 24.34924 01 45 15.87 +13 50 34.7          19.6        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 24.36164 01 45 18.84 +13 50 26.9          20.0        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 24.37505 01 45 22.08 +13 50 16.8          19.8        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 24.38780 01 45 24.96 +13 50 06.8          19.7        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.00426 01 48 00.32 +13 41 56.1                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.00510 01 48 00.64 +13 41 55.9                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.00626 01 48 00.85 +13 41 54.9                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.00924 01 48 01.59 +13 41 51.8                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.00991 01 48 01.74 +13 41 52.0                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.01059 01 48 01.91 +13 41 52.2                      246
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.40675 01 49 43.14 +13 36 32.6          20.0        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.42318 01 49 47.20 +13 36 20.0          19.9        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.43628 01 49 50.47 +13 36 08.5          19.8        704
     K03Q30W  C2003 08 25.44905 01 49 53.60 +13 35 58.6          20.1        704

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + 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 QW30
Epoch 2003 Aug. 9.0 TT = JDT 2452860.5                  MPC
M 248.09886              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.96452300     Peri.  307.66278     -0.37184141     -0.92692220
a   1.0145209      Node   163.93961     +0.89878545     -0.37309255
e   0.3302010      Incl.   10.51560     +0.23220398     -0.04021425
P   1.02           H   20.1           G   0.15
From 14 observations 2003 Aug. 24-25.

Ephemeris:
2003 QW30                a,e,i = 1.01, 0.33, 11                  q = 0.6795
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 08 19    01 25.18   +14 39.3    0.276    1.176   120.3    48.0    19.5
2003 08 29    02 06.47   +12 34.9    0.206    1.131   121.4    49.6    18.8
2003 09 08    03 12.47   +06 49.5    0.146    1.081   116.8    56.3    18.1
2003 09 18    05 06.09   -05 44.8    0.110    1.028    98.7    75.2    18.0
2003 09 28    07 33.96   -19 23.3    0.118    0.970    71.1   102.3    19.1

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Q30

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