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  • MPEC 2003-T67 : COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-T67                                Issued 2003 Oct. 14, 21:44 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
    
                                COMET P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
    
    Observations:
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.02835 00 34 30.12 +11 31 28.3                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.03224 00 34 29.89 +11 31 27.0          17.4 N      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.03613 00 34 29.75 +11 31 26.1                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.91100 00 33 59.39 +11 27 37.0                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.91490 00 33 59.21 +11 27 35.1                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.91880 00 33 59.10 +11 27 34.3                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.92270 00 33 58.94 +11 27 33.8          17.3 N      621
        PK03S010  C2003 09 25.92660 00 33 58.81 +11 27 32.5                      621
        PK03S010  C2003 10 04.67476 00 28 41.41 +10 44 43.8          17.7 T      D83
        PK03S010  C2003 10 04.67794 00 28 41.23 +10 44 43.4          17.7 T      D83
        PK03S010  C2003 10 04.68106 00 28 41.10 +10 44 42.1          17.7 T      D83
        PK03S010  C2003 10 07.01829 00 27 15.57 +10 32 08.0          17.5 T      204
        PK03S010  C2003 10 07.02192 00 27 15.43 +10 32 06.8          17.5 T      204
        PK03S010  C2003 10 07.02554 00 27 15.29 +10 32 05.6          17.7 T      204
        PK03S010  C2003 10 08.24560 00 26 31.15 +10 25 25.3          17.0 T      673
        PK03S010  C2003 10 08.24792 00 26 31.06 +10 25 24.5                      673
        PK03S010  C2003 10 08.25162 00 26 30.94 +10 25 23.1                      673
    
    Observer details:
    204 Schiaparelli Observatory.  Observer L. Buzzi.  0.60-m f/4.64 Newtonian
        + CCD.
    621 Bergisch Gladbach.  Observer W. Bickel.  0.60-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer D. Mayes.  0.6-m
        reflector + CCD.
    D83 Miwa.  Observer Y. Ohshima.  0.25-m f/5 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
    T 2004 Mar. 28.0728 TT                                  MPC
    q   2.594532             (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.1011341      Peri.  175.9897      +0.5439766      -0.8341869
    a   4.562515       Node   241.0331      +0.7669477      +0.5381283
    e   0.431337       Incl.    5.9487      +0.3404125      +0.1206238
    P   9.75
    From 140 observations 2003 Sept. 4-Oct. 8.
    
    Ephemeris:
        P/2003 S1 (NEAT)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    2003 10 08    00 26.67   +10 26.8    1.859    2.852   172.0     2.8  17.4
    2003 10 18    00 20.91   +09 29.9    1.856    2.825   163.1     5.9  17.4
    2003 10 28    00 16.27   +08 33.5    1.880    2.799   152.4     9.5  17.3
    2003 11 07    00 13.38   +07 43.8    1.928    2.775   141.7    12.8  17.4
    2003 11 17    00 12.65   +07 05.5    1.996    2.751   131.3    15.7  17.4
    2003 11 27    00 14.23   +06 41.5    2.080    2.729   121.5    17.9  17.5
    2003 12 07    00 18.13   +06 33.1    2.177    2.709   112.3    19.7  17.5
    2003 12 17    00 24.19   +06 40.2    2.283    2.690   103.6    20.8  17.6
    2003 12 27    00 32.22   +07 01.7    2.394    2.673    95.4    21.5  17.7
    2004 01 06    00 42.00   +07 36.1    2.508    2.657    87.7    21.7  17.7
    2004 01 16    00 53.30   +08 21.4    2.623    2.643    80.4    21.5  17.8
    2004 01 26    01 05.93   +09 15.8    2.736    2.631    73.4    21.0  17.9
    2004 02 05    01 19.73   +10 17.3    2.846    2.620    66.8    20.2  18.0
    2004 02 15    01 34.52   +11 23.9    2.952    2.611    60.5    19.2  18.0
    2004 02 25    01 50.21   +12 33.7    3.053    2.604    54.4    18.0  18.1
    2004 03 06    02 06.68   +13 45.0    3.148    2.599    48.5    16.6  18.1
    2004 03 16    02 23.83   +14 56.0    3.235    2.596    42.9    15.1  18.2
    2004 03 26    02 41.60   +16 05.2    3.316    2.595    37.3    13.5  18.2
    2004 04 05    02 59.90   +17 11.0    3.389    2.595    32.0    11.8  18.3
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-T67
    

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