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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S24                                Issued 2003 Sept. 19, 13:18 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.
    
             Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 SR15
    
    Observations:
         K03S15R* C2003 09 18.18924 21 06 09.62 -04 48 37.2          19.1        704
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.20114 21 06 08.30 -04 49 41.4          18.7        704
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.21278 21 06 06.96 -04 50 44.5          18.8        704
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.88079 21 05 06.18 -05 51 45.9                      246
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.88152 21 05 06.05 -05 51 50.5                      246
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.88285 21 05 05.96 -05 51 57.9                      246
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.88369 21 05 05.77 -05 52 02.0                      246
         K03S15R  C2003 09 18.88539 21 05 05.57 -05 52 11.4                      246
         K03S15R 5C2003 09 19.20220 21 04 37.78 -06 21 19.9          18.7 R      673
         K03S15R 5C2003 09 19.20764 21 04 37.17 -06 21 48.7          18.7 R      673
         K03S15R 5C2003 09 19.21273 21 04 36.67 -06 22 16.2          18.7 R      673
         K03S15R 5C2003 09 19.21609 21 04 36.27 -06 22 34.5          18.7 R      673
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + 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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 SR15
    Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
    M 308.74746              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.67731723     Peri.  255.21495     +0.31547641     -0.94879917
    a   1.2841270      Node   176.27905     +0.93744137     +0.30900191
    e   0.2818992      Incl.   14.23799     +0.14723555     +0.06555880
    P   1.46           H   21.3           G   0.15
    From 12 observations 2003 Sept. 18-19.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 SR15                a,e,i = 1.28, 0.28, 14                  q = 0.9221
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 18    21 06.45   -04 31.0    0.163    1.137   141.5    33.4    19.0
    2003 09 28    20 52.86   -21 13.3    0.147    1.093   125.3    48.5    19.1
    2003 10 08    20 44.02   -39 12.5    0.145    1.052   107.4    65.0    19.5
    2003 10 18    20 39.67   -55 32.4    0.155    1.014    92.0    79.2    20.1
    2003 10 28    20 36.74   -69 06.6    0.171    0.980    80.6    89.5    20.6
    2003 11 07    20 21.1    -80 09.7    0.190    0.953    73.1    95.9    21.0
    2003 11 17    15 57      -87 41.3    0.210    0.934    68.9    99.0    21.3
    2003 11 27    11 00.4    -82 04.2    0.228    0.924    67.5    99.3    21.5
    2003 12 07    10 51.9    -75 32.9    0.244    0.923    68.2    97.5    21.6
    2003 12 17    11 04.56   -69 49.8    0.256    0.932    70.9    94.1    21.5
    2003 12 27    11 21.27   -64 44.4    0.263    0.950    75.0    89.5    21.4
    2004 01 06    11 37.42   -59 55.2    0.263    0.976    80.8    83.8    21.3
    2004 01 16    11 50.68   -54 58.2    0.258    1.009    88.2    77.0    21.1
    2004 01 26    11 58.91   -49 20.3    0.248    1.047    97.6    68.8    20.8
    2004 02 05    12 00.99   -42 16.7    0.235    1.088   109.7    58.5    20.4
    2004 02 15    11 56.82   -33 05.7    0.224    1.131   125.1    45.6    20.1
    2004 02 25    11 47.58   -21 37.4    0.222    1.175   143.6    30.0    19.7
    2004 03 06    11 36.31   -09 12.6    0.236    1.220   163.5    13.4    19.4
    2004 03 16    11 26.27   +01 44.2    0.270    1.264   175.5     3.5    19.3
    2004 03 26    11 19.75   +09 42.8    0.323    1.307   160.7    14.6    20.2
    2004 04 05    11 17.78   +14 42.4    0.391    1.348   147.8    23.3    21.0
    2004 04 15    11 20.08   +17 25.3    0.471    1.387   137.2    29.4    21.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S24
    

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