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    • MPEC 2003-S05 : COMET P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S05                                Issued 2003 Sept. 16, 17:05 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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                           COMET P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    PK03O030  C2003 09 08.74368 02 57 23.70 +26 18 16.0          18.0 T      360
    PK03O030  C2003 09 08.74770 02 57 24.02 +26 18 22.5                      360
    PK03O030  C2003 09 10.37708 02 59 44.79 +27 00 52.2          18.2 T      785
    PK03O030  C2003 09 10.38657 02 59 45.58 +27 01 05.5          18.2 T      785
    PK03O030  C2003 09 11.07666 03 00 43.12 +27 18 44.7          18.5 N      620

Observer details:
360 Kuma Kogen.  Observer A. Nakamura.  0.60-m f/5.8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
    Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)
T 2003 Aug. 14.0634 TT                                  MPC
q   1.246386             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1801328      Peri.    0.7628      +0.9524245      +0.3012592
a   3.105090       Node   341.5011      -0.2803898      +0.8067590
e   0.598599       Incl.    8.3646      -0.1194531      +0.5083137
P   5.47
From 181 observations 2003 July 30-Sept. 11.

Ephemeris:
    P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2003 09 08    02 56.26   +25 58.5    0.469    1.281   115.4    45.3  17.4
2003 09 18    03 08.56   +30 03.5    0.474    1.313   120.9    41.1  17.6
2003 09 28    03 14.17   +33 19.3    0.484    1.354   127.8    35.8  17.7
2003 10 08    03 12.94   +35 40.4    0.500    1.403   135.9    29.7  18.0
2003 10 18    03 05.93   +37 01.2    0.525    1.457   144.8    23.2  18.2
2003 10 28    02 55.34   +37 19.6    0.562    1.517   153.3    17.1  18.6
2003 11 07    02 44.34   +36 43.7    0.615    1.581   159.3    12.8  18.9
2003 11 17    02 35.64   +35 31.7    0.685    1.649   159.8    12.0  19.4
2003 11 27    02 30.70   +34 04.2    0.773    1.718   154.7    14.2  19.8
2003 12 07    02 29.97   +32 38.7    0.880    1.789   147.1    17.4  20.2
2003 12 17    02 33.06   +31 25.7    1.004    1.861   138.8    20.4  20.7
2003 12 27    02 39.35   +30 29.0    1.144    1.934   130.6    22.7  21.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S05

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