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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S40                                Issued 2003 Sept. 22, 03:27 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
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 SS84
    
    Observations:
         K03S84S* C2003 09 20.23835 22 52 14.73 +10 03 29.8          19.7        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 20.25093 22 52 13.01 +10 03 29.4          20.1        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 20.26332 22 52 11.54 +10 03 24.7          19.8        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 20.27563 22 52 09.91 +10 03 21.1          19.9        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 20.28774 22 52 08.25 +10 03 20.3          19.8        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.19880 22 50 25.23 +09 59 59.9          19.3        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.21124 22 50 23.58 +09 59 57.4          19.0        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.22366 22 50 21.82 +09 59 54.1          19.6        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.22501 22 50 21.58 +09 59 54.1          18.6        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.22712 22 50 21.87 +09 59 53.7          18.8        644
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.23613 22 50 20.09 +09 59 50.7          19.3        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.23712 22 50 19.94 +09 59 48.1          19.0        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.24854 22 50 18.86 +09 59 48.6          18.7        644
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.25056 22 50 17.99 +09 59 48.0          19.1        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.26330 22 50 16.22 +09 59 45.0          18.9        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.26981 22 50 15.87 +09 59 43.4          18.7        644
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.27542 22 50 14.51 +09 59 41.9          18.7        704
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.78653 22 49 14.17 +09 57 12.6                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.78735 22 49 14.03 +09 57 12.5                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.78801 22 49 13.94 +09 57 12.4                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.78970 22 49 13.72 +09 57 11.7                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.79087 22 49 13.58 +09 57 11.4                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.79194 22 49 13.41 +09 57 11.4                      246
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.79668 22 49 12.92 +09 57 09.5          18.7 V      611
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.79994 22 49 12.48 +09 57 08.6          18.7 V      611
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.80334 22 49 12.01 +09 57 07.9          18.9 V      611
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.86736 22 49 03.05 +09 56 52.4          18.5 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.87034 22 49 02.63 +09 56 51.7          18.5 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.87090 22 49 02.55 +09 56 51.5          18.5 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.87219 22 49 02.35 +09 56 51.0          18.4 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.87265 22 49 02.29 +09 56 50.7          18.6 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.87296 22 49 02.24 +09 56 50.4          18.6 V      151
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90417 22 48 58.13 +09 56 49.2          18.5 R      176
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90578 22 48 57.89 +09 56 48.9          18.1 R      176
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90587 22 48 57.15 +09 56 42.4          18.8 R      118
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90740 22 48 57.65 +09 56 48.2          18.3 R      176
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90813 22 48 56.81 +09 56 41.6          18.6 R      118
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.90902 22 48 57.42 +09 56 48.2          18.4 R      176
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.91064 22 48 57.19 +09 56 47.4          18.4 R      176
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.91135 22 48 56.31 +09 56 40.4          18.4 R      118
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.91567 22 48 56.62 +09 56 35.7          18.5 R      966
         K03S84S  C2003 09 21.93319 22 48 54.09 +09 56 30.6          18.5 R      966
    
    Observer details:
    118 Modra.  Observer S. Gajdos.  0.6-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    151 Eschenberg Observatory, Winterthur.  Observer M. Griesser.  0.40-m f/5.8
        Hypergraph + CCD.
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
        0.41-m reflector + CCD.
    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.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + 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.
    966 Church Stretton.  Observer S. P. Laurie.  0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 SS84                                                            PHA 0.007
    Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
    M 337.50440              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.36216845     Peri.  234.64064     +0.29356424     -0.95545146
    a   1.9492265      Node   198.36041     +0.90550205     +0.28817268
    e   0.5766479      Incl.    5.56338     +0.30640836     +0.06378883
    P   2.72           H   21.7           G   0.15
    From 41 observations 2003 Sept. 20-21.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 SS84                a,e,i = 1.95, 0.58, 6                   q = 0.8252
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 18    22 56.01   +10 09.2    0.176    1.175   163.5    14.1    19.1
    2003 09 19    22 54.41   +10 07.3    0.168    1.166   162.9    14.7    19.0
    2003 09 20    22 52.68   +10 04.6    0.160    1.158   162.2    15.4    18.9
    2003 09 21    22 50.80   +10 01.2    0.152    1.149   161.4    16.2    18.8
    2003 09 22    22 48.75   +09 56.9    0.144    1.141   160.5    17.1    18.7
    2003 09 23    22 46.52   +09 51.6    0.136    1.132   159.5    18.1    18.6
    2003 09 24    22 44.07   +09 45.2    0.128    1.124   158.4    19.2    18.5
    2003 09 25    22 41.36   +09 37.5    0.121    1.115   157.2    20.4    18.4
    2003 09 26    22 38.36   +09 28.3    0.113    1.107   155.9    21.7    18.2
    2003 09 27    22 34.99   +09 17.3    0.106    1.099   154.5    23.2    18.1
    2003 09 28    22 31.19   +09 04.2    0.098    1.091   152.9    24.8    18.0
    2003 09 29    22 26.85   +08 48.6    0.091    1.083   151.1    26.5    17.9
    2003 09 30    22 21.85   +08 29.7    0.084    1.074   149.2    28.5    17.7
    2003 10 01    22 16.00   +08 06.8    0.077    1.066   147.0    30.8    17.6
    2003 10 02    22 09.06   +07 38.6    0.069    1.058   144.5    33.3    17.4
    2003 10 03    22 00.66   +07 03.3    0.062    1.050   141.6    36.3    17.3
    2003 10 04    21 50.29   +06 18.4    0.055    1.042   138.2    39.8    17.1
    2003 10 05    21 37.17   +05 19.9    0.049    1.035   134.1    44.0    16.9
    2003 10 06    21 20.11   +04 01.5    0.042    1.027   128.9    49.3    16.7
    2003 10 07    20 57.23   +02 13.7    0.036    1.019   122.2    56.1    16.6
    2003 10 08    20 25.65   -00 17.8    0.030    1.012   113.1    65.3    16.5
    2003 10 09    19 41.28   -03 49.5    0.026    1.004   100.8    77.8    16.5
    2003 10 10    18 40.26   -08 22.1    0.023    0.997    84.3    94.4    16.8
    2003 10 11    17 24.64   -13 02.4    0.021    0.989    64.5   114.4    17.8
    2003 10 12    16 07.58   -16 16.3    0.023    0.982    45.0   134.1    19.6
    2003 10 13    15 03.69   -17 35.8    0.026    0.975    29.3   150.0    22.2
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S40
    

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