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    M.P.E.C. 2003-U41                                Issued 2003 Oct. 22, 14:42 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 UL12
    
    Observations:
         K03U12L* C2003 10 19.43299 06 29 56.20 -03 56 09.4          19.4        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 19.44440 06 29 59.51 -03 56 42.0          18.8        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 19.45572 06 30 02.94 -03 57 15.6          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 19.46713 06 30 06.41 -03 57 49.4          18.8        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.42814 06 35 03.88 -04 45 25.1          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.42825 06 35 03.95 -04 45 24.8          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.42877 06 35 04.07 -04 45 27.3          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.43953 06 35 07.40 -04 45 59.6          19.2        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.43964 06 35 07.40 -04 45 59.9          19.0        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.44017 06 35 07.60 -04 46 01.5          18.8        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.45089 06 35 10.86 -04 46 33.8          19.2        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.45100 06 35 10.92 -04 46 33.4          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.45152 06 35 11.06 -04 46 35.1          19.4        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 20.47478 06 35 18.17 -04 47 44.5          19.9        704
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52436 06 35 33.52 -04 50 13.5          17.5 R      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52529 06 35 33.81 -04 50 16.3                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52622 06 35 34.09 -04 50 19.1                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52703 06 35 34.35 -04 50 21.6                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52795 06 35 34.62 -04 50 24.3                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 20.52876 06 35 34.87 -04 50 26.7                      673
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.13044 06 38 43.54 -05 20 39.7                      J95
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.13315 06 38 44.25 -05 20 49.9                      J95
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.13616 06 38 45.19 -05 20 58.1          18.9 R      J95
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.34281 06 39 50.46 -05 31 21.9          18.2 R      649
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.34517 06 39 51.20 -05 31 28.8          18.3 R      649
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.34754 06 39 51.93 -05 31 36.2          18.3 R      649
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.45507 06 40 25.46 -05 37 01.6          18.6        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.46297 06 40 27.85 -05 37 25.6          18.1        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.46697 06 40 29.13 -05 37 37.9          18.3        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.47542 06 40 31.65 -05 38 05.4          18.8        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.47853 06 40 32.72 -05 38 13.0          18.3        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.48802 06 40 35.66 -05 38 42.7          18.7        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.49012 06 40 36.25 -05 38 48.5          19.0        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.50084 06 40 39.60 -05 39 20.6          18.8        704
         K03U12L  C2003 10 21.50175 06 40 39.88 -05 39 23.5          18.4        704
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.52645 06 40 47.73 -05 40 38.7          18.0 R      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.52737 06 40 48.02 -05 40 41.6                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.52934 06 40 48.62 -05 40 47.5                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.53015 06 40 48.87 -05 40 49.8                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.53096 06 40 49.13 -05 40 52.4                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 21.53177 06 40 49.37 -05 40 54.8                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 22.49172 06 45 54.22 -06 29 50.9          19.5 R      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 22.49265 06 45 54.52 -06 29 53.9                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 22.49358 06 45 54.80 -06 29 56.4                      673
         K03U12L 5C2003 10 22.49462 06 45 55.11 -06 29 59.7                      673
    
    Observer details:
    649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, T. Medlock.  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.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 UL12
    Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
    M 348.74379              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.17219307     Peri.  274.94583     -0.30110267     -0.95043954
    a   3.1998204      Node   193.37920     +0.95231530     -0.29550355
    e   0.6894446      Incl.   19.56056     +0.04932282     -0.09665575
    P   5.72           H   17.6           G   0.15
    From 44 observations 2003 Oct. 19-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 UL12                a,e,i = 3.20, 0.69, 20                  q = 0.9937
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 10 18    06 22.65   -02 46.5    0.537    1.256   106.0    49.7    18.6
    2003 10 28    07 16.09   -11 18.5    0.489    1.179    99.7    56.2    18.4
    2003 11 07    08 14.56   -19 54.4    0.474    1.112    91.8    63.0    18.4
    2003 11 17    09 14.83   -27 00.1    0.487    1.057    84.2    68.5    18.6
    2003 11 27    10 12.99   -31 49.5    0.518    1.018    78.3    71.7    18.7
    2003 12 07    11 06.26   -34 30.6    0.560    0.997    74.7    72.5    18.9
    2003 12 17    11 53.55   -35 35.5    0.603    0.996    73.3    71.2    19.0
    2003 12 27    12 34.70   -35 33.7    0.643    1.015    74.0    68.6    19.1
    2004 01 06    13 09.87   -34 44.7    0.676    1.054    76.4    65.1    19.2
    2004 01 16    13 39.27   -33 20.3    0.700    1.108    80.4    61.1    19.2
    2004 01 26    14 02.83   -31 25.5    0.714    1.174    85.9    56.8    19.3
    2004 02 05    14 20.43   -29 01.2    0.720    1.250    92.9    52.0    19.3
    2004 02 15    14 31.94   -26 06.3    0.719    1.332   101.4    46.6    19.3
    2004 02 25    14 37.21   -22 38.6    0.716    1.419   111.5    40.5    19.2
    2004 03 06    14 36.40   -18 38.1    0.717    1.508   123.1    33.5    19.2
    2004 03 16    14 30.19   -14 11.6    0.727    1.599   135.9    25.6    19.1
    2004 03 26    14 19.86   -09 34.7    0.753    1.690   149.5    17.4    19.0
    2004 04 05    14 07.41   -05 11.9    0.802    1.782   162.5     9.7    19.0
    2004 04 15    13 54.95   -01 27.1    0.876    1.873   170.1     5.3    19.1
    2004 04 25    13 44.21   +01 25.2    0.976    1.963   163.9     8.2    19.6
    2004 05 05    13 36.26   +03 22.3    1.100    2.051   153.3    12.8    20.1
    2004 05 15    13 31.42   +04 30.6    1.244    2.139   142.9    16.6    20.6
    2004 05 25    13 29.58   +04 59.4    1.406    2.225   133.2    19.4    21.1
    2004 06 04    13 30.40   +04 58.3    1.582    2.310   124.2    21.3    21.5
    2004 06 14    13 33.44   +04 35.5    1.769    2.393   115.9    22.4    21.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U41
    

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