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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S35                                Issued 2003 Sept. 21, 20:11 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 SK84
    
    Observations:
         K03S84K* C2003 09 19.45443 01 34 57.08 +23 11 12.9          19.9        644
         K03S84K  C2003 09 19.46444 01 34 57.90 +23 11 49.7          20.1        644
         K03S84K  C2003 09 19.47715 01 34 58.98 +23 12 35.9          20.0        644
         K03S84K  C2003 09 19.99164 01 35 49.33 +23 44 36.1                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 19.99832 01 35 49.86 +23 45 02.1                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 19.99935 01 35 50.05 +23 45 05.3                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.00243 01 35 50.22 +23 45 17.8                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.87428 01 37 18.68 +24 42 38.3          20.2 V      611
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.87591 01 37 18.82 +24 42 45.6                      611
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.87754 01 37 18.93 +24 42 52.7                      611
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98469 01 37 29.23 +24 50 16.0                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98535 01 37 29.30 +24 50 18.1                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98625 01 37 29.38 +24 50 21.7                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98691 01 37 29.48 +24 50 24.5                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98744 01 37 29.51 +24 50 27.1                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 20.98819 01 37 29.55 +24 50 30.1                      246
         K03S84K  C2003 09 21.05331 01 37 36.09 +24 55 03.1          19.7 R      620
         K03S84K  C2003 09 21.06436 01 37 37.13 +24 55 49.8          19.6 R      620
         K03S84K  C2003 09 21.08923 01 37 39.66 +24 57 27.9          20.3 R      J95
         K03S84K  C2003 09 21.10460 01 37 41.10 +24 58 30.9          20.4 R      J95
    
    Observer details:
    246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
        Telescope + CCD.
    611 Starkenburg.  Observer F. Hormuth.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 SK84
    Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
    M 342.55745              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25619201     Peri.  118.74094     -0.22509959     -0.97343643
    a   2.4552309      Node   344.10201     +0.83215634     -0.16973131
    e   0.7369370      Incl.    8.78866     +0.50679977     -0.15366454
    P   3.85           H   21.0           G   0.15
    From 20 observations 2003 Sept. 19-21.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 SK84                a,e,i = 2.46, 0.74, 9                   q = 0.6459
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 18    01 32.79   +21 46.9    0.327    1.282   143.6    27.7    20.3
    2003 09 23    01 41.28   +27 20.6    0.262    1.223   143.0    29.6    19.8
    
    2003 09 28    01 54.85   +35 49.5    0.204    1.164   139.0    34.4    19.3
    2003 09 29    01 58.78   +38 03.2    0.193    1.152   137.5    36.0    19.2
    2003 09 30    02 03.39   +40 30.9    0.182    1.140   135.8    37.8    19.1
    2003 10 01    02 08.90   +43 13.9    0.173    1.128   133.8    39.9    19.0
    2003 10 02    02 15.58   +46 13.9    0.163    1.116   131.4    42.3    18.9
    2003 10 03    02 23.89   +49 32.1    0.154    1.104   128.6    45.1    18.9
    2003 10 04    02 34.50   +53 09.1    0.146    1.092   125.4    48.3    18.8
    2003 10 05    02 48.48   +57 04.2    0.139    1.080   121.8    52.0    18.8
    2003 10 06    03 07.61   +61 14.3    0.133    1.068   117.6    56.0    18.8
    2003 10 07    03 34.96   +65 31.5    0.127    1.056   113.1    60.6    18.8
    2003 10 08    04 15.74   +69 39.4    0.123    1.044   108.1    65.5    18.9
    2003 10 09    05 17.6    +73 05.4    0.120    1.032   102.7    70.7    18.9
    2003 10 10    06 44.3    +74 55.4    0.118    1.020    97.2    76.2    19.1
    2003 10 11    08 19.8    +74 21.2    0.118    1.008    91.5    81.8    19.2
    2003 10 12    09 37.1    +71 35.3    0.119    0.997    85.8    87.3    19.4
    2003 10 13    10 29.53   +67 33.6    0.122    0.985    80.4    92.7    19.7
    2003 10 14    11 04.12   +63 02.2    0.125    0.973    75.2    97.7    19.9
    2003 10 15    11 27.68   +58 27.5    0.130    0.961    70.4   102.3    20.2
    2003 10 16    11 44.47   +54 02.7    0.136    0.950    66.0   106.5    20.5
    2003 10 17    11 56.93   +49 54.6    0.143    0.938    62.0   110.3    20.8
    2003 10 18    12 06.51   +46 05.6    0.151    0.927    58.5   113.5    21.1
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S35
    

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