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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S25                                Issued 2003 Sept. 19, 15:52 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 SY17
    
    Observations:
         K03S17Y* C2003 09 17.25788 23 23 51.54 -02 11 02.2          21.5 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 17.28180 23 23 49.13 -02 11 02.9          21.6 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 17.32544 23 23 44.71 -02 11 04.0          21.6 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 18.18710 23 22 18.97 -02 11 24.0          22.0 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 18.19112 23 22 18.55 -02 11 24.2          21.8 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 18.19489 23 22 18.15 -02 11 24.5          22.0 V      291
         K03S17Y VC2003 09 18.85807 23 21 12.37 -02 11 41.0                      246
         K03S17Y VC2003 09 18.86126 23 21 12.12 -02 11 40.5                      246
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 19.21236 23 20 37.59 -02 11 48.7          21.9 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 19.21641 23 20 37.18 -02 11 48.8          21.9 V      291
         K03S17Y  C2003 09 19.22045 23 20 36.80 -02 11 48.8          21.3 V      291
         K03S17Y 5C2003 09 19.27477 23 20 31.37 -02 11 50.0          20.8 R      673
         K03S17Y 5C2003 09 19.28218 23 20 30.63 -02 11 50.3          20.8 R      673
         K03S17Y 5C2003 09 19.28924 23 20 29.94 -02 11 50.5          20.8 R      673
         K03S17Y 5C2003 09 19.29653 23 20 29.21 -02 11 50.8          20.8 R      673
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observer M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT Telescope
        + CCD.
    291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observers M. Block, A. E. Gleason.  1.8-m f/2.7
        reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 SY17
    Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
    M  45.84348              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.17389238     Peri.  223.50425     -0.75941303     +0.63596213
    a   3.1789402      Node   351.34852     +0.09467358     -0.10072804
    e   0.7496967      Incl.   65.86426     -0.64368374     -0.76511831
    P   5.67           H   17.2           G   0.15
    From 15 observations 2003 Sept. 17-19.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 SY17                a,e,i = 3.18, 0.75, 66                  q = 0.7957
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 18    23 22.62   -02 11.3    2.125    3.128   175.6     1.4    21.5
    2003 09 28    23 07.00   -02 14.3    2.232    3.201   162.2     5.5    21.9
    2003 10 08    22 53.84   -02 13.7    2.372    3.272   149.4     9.0    22.3
    2003 10 18    22 43.56   -02 07.7    2.542    3.342   137.1    11.7    22.6
    2003 10 28    22 36.22   -01 55.4    2.734    3.409   125.6    13.7    22.8
    2003 11 07    22 31.66   -01 36.5    2.943    3.476   114.7    15.0    23.1
    2003 11 17    22 29.54   -01 10.8    3.164    3.541   104.3    15.7    23.3
    2003 11 27    22 29.53   -00 38.8    3.389    3.604    94.5    15.8    23.5
    2003 12 07    22 31.27   -00 00.6    3.616    3.666    85.1    15.5    23.7
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S25
    

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