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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S11                                Issued 2003 Sept. 17, 11:43 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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                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

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                                    2003 SF

Observations:
     K03S00F* C2003 09 16.34661 01 56 43.84 -19 29 21.7          18.2        704
     K03S00F  C2003 09 16.35870 01 56 46.53 -19 30 10.1          18.3        704
     K03S00F  C2003 09 16.37068 01 56 49.28 -19 30 58.3          18.3        704
     K03S00F  C2003 09 16.38279 01 56 52.02 -19 31 47.4          18.5        704
     K03S00F  C2003 09 16.39484 01 56 54.74 -19 32 35.1          18.6        704
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.02672 01 59 31.63 -20 16 26.5                      118
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.03143 01 59 32.68 -20 16 46.1                      118
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.03606 01 59 34.59 -20 17 06.0                      J95
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.03914 01 59 34.69 -20 17 19.1          17.9 R      118
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.04096 01 59 35.65 -20 17 23.3          18.1 R      620
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.04439 01 59 36.51 -20 17 40.9          17.9 R      J95
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.04648 01 59 36.97 -20 17 47.7          18.3 R      620
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.05146 01 59 38.18 -20 18 09.1          18.1 R      620
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.05341 01 59 38.70 -20 18 20.3          17.8 R      J95
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.31251 02 00 47.31 -20 37 03.7          18.0 R      854
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.31540 02 00 47.96 -20 37 17.8          17.5 R      854
     K03S00F  C2003 09 17.31685 02 00 48.35 -20 37 24.3          17.6 R      854

Observer details:
118 Modra.  Observer L. Kornos.  0.6-m f/5.5 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, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.30-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 SF
Epoch 2003 Aug. 29.0 TT = JDT 2452880.5                 MPC
M 333.50573              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33537364     Peri.   34.06380     -0.33244869     -0.93825780
a   2.0517137      Node    75.51494     +0.84179404     -0.34093607
e   0.7641729      Incl.    5.66990     +0.42527716     -0.05860795
P   2.94           H   19.8           G   0.15
From 17 observations 2003 Sept. 16-17.

Ephemeris:
2003 SF                  a,e,i = 2.05, 0.76, 6                   q = 0.4838
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 09 18    02 03.93   -21 29.1    0.215    1.178   140.1    33.2    18.2
2003 09 19    02 09.06   -22 53.1    0.203    1.165   138.9    34.5    18.1
2003 09 20    02 14.92   -24 27.1    0.190    1.152   137.6    36.1    18.0
2003 09 21    02 21.70   -26 12.7    0.177    1.138   135.9    37.9    17.9
2003 09 22    02 29.65   -28 11.8    0.166    1.125   133.8    40.1    17.7
2003 09 23    02 39.09   -30 26.2    0.154    1.111   131.3    42.7    17.6
2003 09 24    02 50.48   -32 58.0    0.143    1.098   128.3    45.8    17.5
2003 09 25    03 04.45   -35 48.4    0.132    1.084   124.7    49.5    17.4
2003 09 26    03 21.88   -38 57.8    0.123    1.070   120.5    53.8    17.4
2003 09 27    03 44.00   -42 23.6    0.114    1.057   115.5    58.9    17.3
2003 09 28    04 12.43   -45 58.0    0.107    1.043   109.6    64.9    17.3
2003 09 29    04 49.04   -49 24.7    0.100    1.029   102.9    71.7    17.4
2003 09 30    05 35.21   -52 15.7    0.096    1.015    95.3    79.3    17.5
2003 10 01    06 30.12   -53 55.0    0.094    1.001    87.2    87.5    17.7
2003 10 02    07 29.05   -53 53.6    0.093    0.987    78.8    95.9    18.1
2003 10 03    08 24.88   -52 08.5    0.095    0.973    70.4   104.3    18.5
2003 10 04    09 12.39   -49 06.0    0.098    0.959    62.5   112.3    19.0
2003 10 05    09 50.26   -45 22.7    0.104    0.945    55.3   119.5    19.6
2003 10 06    10 19.70   -41 29.1    0.111    0.931    48.9   125.9    20.2
2003 10 07    10 42.56   -37 44.1    0.119    0.917    43.4   131.5    20.9
2003 10 08    11 00.53   -34 16.8    0.128    0.903    38.6   136.3    21.5

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S11

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