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    M.P.E.C. 2003-T32                                Issued 2003 Oct. 7, 13:27 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.
    
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                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 TK2
    
    Observations:
         K03T02K* C2003 10 06.44116 06 51 30.02 +32 32 03.2          19.0        704
         K03T02K  C2003 10 06.45451 06 51 22.76 +32 32 28.7          19.0        704
         K03T02K  C2003 10 06.46785 06 51 15.61 +32 32 53.6          19.2        704
         K03T02K  C2003 10 06.48209 06 51 07.87 +32 33 21.0          19.5        704
         K03T02K  C2003 10 07.33339 06 43 50.88 +32 57 48.3          19.1 R      649
         K03T02K  C2003 10 07.33623 06 43 49.37 +32 57 53.6          19.0 R      649
         K03T02K  C2003 10 07.33909 06 43 47.90 +32 57 58.4          18.9 R      649
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.45828 06 42 46.83 +33 01 23.4          18.5 R      673
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.45966 06 42 46.12 +33 01 26.0          18.5 R      673
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.46060 06 42 45.62 +33 01 27.4          18.5 R      673
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.46175 06 42 45.03 +33 01 29.6          18.5 R      673
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.46269 06 42 44.53 +33 01 31.1          18.5 R      673
         K03T02K 5C2003 10 07.46383 06 42 43.93 +33 01 33.0          18.5 R      673
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Trentman.  0.75-m Newtonian
        + 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 TK2                                                             PHA 0.024
    Epoch 2003 Sept. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452900.5                MPC
    M   6.11249              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27006015     Peri.  320.13450     +0.77951822     +0.62637791
    a   2.3704404      Node     1.08518     -0.55362934     +0.69005230
    e   0.6576494      Incl.    4.34804     -0.29299472     +0.36259969
    P   3.65           H   20.2           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2003 Oct. 6-7.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 TK2                 a,e,i = 2.37, 0.66, 4                   q = 0.8115
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 10 08    06 38.22   +33 15.7    0.172    1.032    96.1    74.4    19.0
    2003 10 18    05 27.22   +35 23.0    0.217    1.122   120.2    50.2    19.0
    2003 10 28    04 34.47   +34 52.5    0.273    1.216   140.2    31.5    19.2
    2003 11 07    03 55.81   +33 07.2    0.343    1.313   156.9    17.2    19.4
    2003 11 17    03 29.32   +30 58.8    0.429    1.411   167.8     8.5    19.7
    2003 11 27    03 12.91   +28 58.8    0.533    1.508   165.0     9.8    20.4
    2003 12 07    03 04.53   +27 22.7    0.655    1.603   155.1    15.0    21.1
    2003 12 17    03 02.19   +26 13.7    0.794    1.697   145.0    19.4    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-T32
    

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