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    M.P.E.C. 2003-S81                                Issued 2003 Sept. 29, 13:17 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 SM215
    
    Observations:
         K03SL5M* C2003 09 28.23242 00 25 40.54 -05 23 46.4          18.0        704
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 28.24573 00 26 02.14 -05 18 07.6          18.6        704
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 28.25861 00 26 23.12 -05 12 36.3          18.6        704
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 28.27121 00 26 43.83 -05 07 08.2          18.8        704
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 28.28385 00 27 04.61 -05 01 37.8          18.8        704
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.04535 00 56 35.28 +02 06 57.1          18.6 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.05409 00 56 59.82 +02 13 14.8          18.3 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.05530 00 57 03.27 +02 14 07.5          17.9 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.05704 00 57 08.15 +02 15 22.6          17.9 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.05873 00 57 12.94 +02 16 36.8          17.7 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.06877 00 57 41.53 +02 23 55.0          18.1 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.07039 00 57 46.13 +02 25 06.0          18.0 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.07227 00 57 51.53 +02 26 29.0          18.3 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.07381 00 57 55.91 +02 27 36.1          18.2 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.07909 00 58 11.05 +02 31 28.3          18.4 R      J95
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.20322 01 05 21.83 +04 09 26.8          17.5 R      G90
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.20466 01 05 26.55 +04 10 38.0          17.5 R      G90
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.20521 01 05 28.25 +04 11 04.8          17.4 R      G90
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.23558 01 07 04.89 +04 35 51.9          19.1 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.23587 01 07 05.80 +04 36 04.5          18.6 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.23612 01 07 06.61 +04 36 17.2          18.6 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.23639 01 07 07.48 +04 36 30.6          18.5 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.23665 01 07 08.32 +04 36 43.4          19.4 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.24312 01 07 29.02 +04 42 02.5          19.2 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.24340 01 07 29.94 +04 42 15.7          18.9 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.24461 01 07 33.80 +04 43 15.6          18.6 R      333
         K03SL5M  C2003 09 29.24484 01 07 34.60 +04 43 28.5          18.4 R      333
    
    Observer details:
    333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-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.
    G90 Three Buttes Observatory, Tucson.  Observer G. R. Jones.  0.32-m
        Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 SM215
    Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 MPC
    M  18.46893              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.32307005     Peri.   40.77334     +0.68418722     -0.72924816
    a   2.1034794      Node     6.07558     +0.64446253     +0.59862718
    e   0.5603770      Incl.    4.99646     +0.34140283     +0.33142514
    P   3.05           H   27.5           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030928 704  0.5-  0.5+    030929 J95  0.2-  0.0     030929 333  0.5+  1.3+
    030928 704  0.2-  0.3-    030929 J95  0.6+  0.2-    030929 333  0.1+  0.4-
    030928 704  0.3-  0.5-    030929 J95  0.2+  0.2-    030929 333  0.3+  0.0
    030928 704  0.8+  0.5+    030929 J95  0.6+  0.3+    030929 333  0.3+  0.1+
    030928 704  0.0   0.0     030929 J95  0.1+  0.3-    030929 333  0.4+  0.1+
    030929 J95  0.2+  0.2+    030929 J95  0.2-  0.5-    030929 333  0.8-  0.3-
    030929 J95  0.3-  0.3-    030929 G90  1.0-  0.2+    030929 333  0.6-  1.0-
    030929 J95  0.2+  0.1-    030929 G90  1.5+  2.0+    030929 333  1.1-  1.0-
    030929 J95  0.4-  0.6-    030929 G90 (0.8+  2.2+)   030929 333  0.2-  0.5+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 SM215               a,e,i = 2.10, 0.56, 5                   q = 0.9247
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 09 28    00 19.05   -06 51.2    0.019    1.021   171.4     8.5    19.5
    2003 09 29    00 54.41   +01 42.3    0.014    1.016   171.3     8.5    18.8
    2003 09 30    02 04.96   +17 55.7    0.010    1.010   150.7    29.0    18.8
    2003 10 01    04 26.73   +38 32.8    0.0093   1.005   115.0    64.5    19.6
    2003 10 02    07 05.29   +44 10.7    0.012    1.000    86.1    93.2    21.2
    2003 10 03    08 30.90   +41 15.0    0.017    0.995    71.2   107.9    22.7
    2003 10 04    09 12.63   +38 08.7    0.022    0.991    63.5   115.3    23.7
    2003 10 05    09 35.87   +35 51.5    0.028    0.986    59.2   119.4    24.5
    2003 10 06    09 50.44   +34 12.1    0.034    0.982    56.7   121.6    25.1
    2003 10 07    10 00.41   +32 57.8    0.040    0.977    55.2   122.8    25.5
    2003 10 08    10 07.67   +32 00.2    0.046    0.973    54.3   123.5    25.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-S81
    

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