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    M.P.E.C. 2003-U19                                Issued 2003 Oct. 19, 11:10 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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                                   2003 UX5

Observations:
     K03U05X* C2003 10 18.38540 04 54 57.34 -15 47 03.6          18.3        704
     K03U05X  C2003 10 18.40827 04 55 00.34 -15 46 21.2          18.7        704
     K03U05X  C2003 10 18.41963 04 55 01.88 -15 46 00.0          19.3        704
     K03U05X  C2003 10 18.43155 04 55 03.37 -15 45 39.2          18.7        704
     K03U05X  C2003 10 19.04403 04 56 33.20 -15 26 36.4          18.6 R      620
     K03U05X  C2003 10 19.05720 04 56 34.94 -15 26 12.2          18.9 R      620
     K03U05X  C2003 10 19.25273 04 57 04.57 -15 19 50.3          19.0 R      649
     K03U05X  C2003 10 19.27527 04 57 07.58 -15 19 06.9          18.8 R      649
     K03U05X  C2003 10 19.28624 04 57 09.16 -15 18 46.1          19.1 R      649
     K03U05X 5C2003 10 19.43808 04 57 30.60 -15 13 45.7          18.5 R      673
     K03U05X 5C2003 10 19.44016 04 57 30.89 -15 13 41.6                      673
     K03U05X 5C2003 10 19.44225 04 57 31.16 -15 13 37.5                      673
     K03U05X 5C2003 10 19.44433 04 57 31.45 -15 13 33.3                      673

Observer details:
620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
    J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.  0.3-m
    Schmidt Cassegrain + 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 UX5                                                             PHA 0.043A
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M 314.95993              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58162114     Peri.   52.88501     -0.18091020     -0.94175298
a   1.4213769      Node    50.07277     +0.74358735     -0.31963780
e   0.3397905      Incl.   21.69654     +0.64369974     +0.10456102
P   1.69           H   20.3           G   0.15
From 13 observations 2003 Oct. 18-19.

Ephemeris:
2003 UX5                 a,e,i = 1.42, 0.34, 22                  q = 0.9384
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 18    04 54.03   -15 58.0    0.239    1.146   123.4    46.6    19.3
2003 10 28    05 23.32   -07 56.8    0.159    1.097   127.1    46.3    18.3
2003 11 07    06 22.98   +14 39.1    0.095    1.052   128.0    48.0    17.1
2003 11 17    09 40.72   +55 34.8    0.086    1.012   103.6    71.7    17.5
2003 11 27    13 49.96   +56 36.0    0.139    0.980    82.9    89.0    19.1
2003 12 07    15 04.30   +49 16.6    0.208    0.955    75.7    92.1    20.1
2003 12 17    15 34.03   +44 10.5    0.276    0.942    73.1    90.6    20.6
2003 12 27    15 51.41   +40 14.6    0.339    0.939    72.5    87.4    20.9
2004 01 06    16 04.08   +36 53.1    0.393    0.947    73.2    83.4    21.1
2004 01 16    16 14.58   +33 52.8    0.437    0.967    74.9    79.3    21.2
2004 01 26    16 23.51   +31 11.9    0.468    0.995    77.6    75.0    21.3
2004 02 05    16 30.59   +28 48.8    0.486    1.032    81.4    70.8    21.3
2004 02 15    16 35.22   +26 41.8    0.492    1.075    86.3    66.5    21.3
2004 02 25    16 36.33   +24 48.2    0.487    1.122    92.5    61.8    21.2
2004 03 06    16 32.53   +22 59.8    0.472    1.172   100.2    56.4    21.1
2004 03 16    16 22.32   +21 03.8    0.452    1.223   109.7    50.0    20.9
2004 03 26    16 04.17   +18 41.2    0.431    1.275   121.2    42.0    20.6
2004 04 05    15 37.81   +15 27.8    0.417    1.327   134.7    32.4    20.4
2004 04 15    15 05.50   +11 11.0    0.417    1.378   149.0    22.0    20.2
2004 04 25    14 32.19   +06 06.8    0.440    1.428   160.0    14.0    20.1
2004 05 05    14 03.51   +00 55.9    0.488    1.476   159.4    13.9    20.4
2004 05 15    13 42.58   -03 45.1    0.559    1.521   150.1    19.4    20.9
2004 05 25    13 29.78   -07 43.9    0.650    1.565   139.5    24.8    21.5
2004 06 04    13 24.03   -11 04.9    0.755    1.606   129.9    29.0    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U19

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