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    • MPEC 2003-U59 : 2003 UB22

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    M.P.E.C. 2003-U59                                Issued 2003 Oct. 24, 17:30 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

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                                   2003 UB22

Observations:
     K03U22B* C2003 10 22.19408 22 44 04.59 +26 39 33.5          19.8        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 22.20568 22 44 18.41 +26 36 23.5          19.4        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 22.21722 22 44 32.28 +26 33 13.9          19.7        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 22.22873 22 44 45.84 +26 30 05.9          19.7        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 22.24025 22 44 59.57 +26 26 55.9          19.4        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.14280 23 03 06.20 +22 19 57.0          19.2        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.14304 23 03 06.44 +22 19 54.3          19.6        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.15510 23 03 19.61 +22 16 34.7          20.8        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.15535 23 03 19.84 +22 16 31.0          20.2        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.16751 23 03 33.05 +22 13 11.0          20.2        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.16776 23 03 33.40 +22 13 07.5          20.7        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.19251 23 04 00.18 +22 06 17.4          20.4        704
     K03U22B  C2003 10 23.19276 23 04 00.36 +22 06 13.7          20.3        704
     K03U22B 5C2003 10 24.14352 23 21 22.48 +17 46 56.3          19.5 R      673
     K03U22B 5C2003 10 24.14728 23 21 26.54 +17 45 52.2                      673
     K03U22B 5C2003 10 24.15069 23 21 29.53 +17 45 01.2                      673
     K03U22B 5C2003 10 24.15434 23 21 33.21 +17 44 03.0                      673
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.16056 23 21 35.76 +17 42 12.6          19.5 R      649
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.16144 23 21 38.49 +17 42 14.1          19.7 R      448
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.16236 23 21 37.53 +17 41 44.4          19.5 R      649
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.16416 23 21 39.31 +17 41 15.2          19.6 R      649
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.16798 23 21 44.94 +17 40 29.2          19.7 R      448
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.17413 23 21 50.95 +17 38 50.4          20.1 R      448
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.18150 23 21 58.19 +17 36 50.5          19.6 R      448
     K03U22B  C2003 10 24.18975 23 22 06.24 +17 34 37.7          19.6 R      448

Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observer R. Fredrick.  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 UB22
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M  28.07203              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.73678055     Peri.  115.90338     +0.83381874     +0.53260232
a   1.2140706      Node   212.50435     -0.55143353     +0.81588870
e   0.2217150      Incl.   15.67590     +0.02583361     +0.22507866
P   1.34           H   24.7           G   0.15
From 25 observations 2003 Oct. 22-24.

Ephemeris:
2003 UB22                a,e,i = 1.21, 0.22, 16                  q = 0.9449
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 18    21 04.53   +42 27.9    0.058    1.021   113.8    63.2    20.8
2003 10 20    21 54.48   +35 55.3    0.055    1.027   123.6    53.9    20.4
2003 10 22    22 40.02   +27 32.5    0.054    1.033   133.7    44.2    20.1
2003 10 24    23 18.80   +18 26.6    0.055    1.039   142.4    35.7    20.0
2003 10 26    23 50.52   +09 52.1    0.060    1.046   148.2    30.0    20.0
2003 10 28    00 16.07   +02 33.6    0.066    1.052   150.6    27.6    20.1
2003 10 30    00 36.64   -03 18.7    0.074    1.058   150.3    27.7    20.4
2003 11 01    00 53.33   -07 54.0    0.083    1.065   148.7    29.0    20.7
2003 11 03    01 07.02   -11 27.1    0.094    1.071   146.5    30.7    21.0
2003 11 05    01 18.41   -14 12.2    0.104    1.078   144.3    32.5    21.3
2003 11 07    01 28.00   -16 20.4    0.116    1.085   142.2    34.0    21.6

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U59

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