MPEC 2003-W32 : 2003 WU21
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M.P.E.C. 2003-W32 Issued 2003 Nov. 21, 12:59 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
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2003 WU21
Observations:
K03W21U* C2003 11 20.35384 04 25 22.42 +27 39 08.1 18.1 704
K03W21U C2003 11 20.36699 04 25 10.56 +27 41 42.4 18.0 704
K03W21U C2003 11 20.37991 04 24 58.90 +27 44 13.5 17.8 704
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.17998 04 12 22.87 +30 29 01.9 17.0 R 673
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.18310 04 12 19.50 +30 29 43.4 673
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.18634 04 12 15.98 +30 30 26.4 673
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.19063 04 12 11.46 +30 31 23.3 673
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.19549 04 12 06.31 +30 32 27.4 673
K03W21U 5C2003 11 21.20058 04 12 00.82 +30 33 34.7 673
K03W21U C2003 11 21.22804 04 11 30.75 +30 39 41.6 18.0 R 854
K03W21U C2003 11 21.23327 04 11 25.19 +30 40 49.8 18.2 R 854
K03W21U C2003 11 21.23851 04 11 19.35 +30 41 59.3 18.1 R 854
K03W21U C2003 11 21.32805 04 09 40.14 +31 01 37.5 17.5 R 448
K03W21U C2003 11 21.33713 04 09 30.00 +31 03 36.7 17.7 R 448
K03W21U C2003 11 21.34622 04 09 19.83 +31 05 36.1 17.7 R 448
Observer details:
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. L. Stevens. 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, A. Milner. Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.356-m f/10.0
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
Orbital elements:
2003 WU21
Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5 MPC
M 273.32148 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.14035146 Peri. 140.70198 -0.88543221 +0.23557933
a 0.9073543 Node 57.58843 -0.44480381 -0.67946132
e 0.5430227 Incl. 28.33123 +0.13475671 -0.69486308
P 0.86 H 22.3 G 0.15
From 15 observations 2003 Nov. 20-21.
Ephemeris:
2003 WU21 a,e,i = 0.91, 0.54, 28 q = 0.4146
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2003 11 17 05 00.40 +18 50.1 0.135 1.115 158.0 19.4 19.2
2003 11 18 04 52.25 +21 03.2 0.125 1.108 160.9 17.0 18.9
2003 11 19 04 42.39 +23 36.2 0.116 1.100 163.9 14.5 18.6
2003 11 20 04 30.32 +26 31.4 0.107 1.093 166.4 12.3 18.4
2003 11 21 04 15.38 +29 50.8 0.099 1.085 167.6 11.2 18.2
2003 11 22 03 56.63 +33 34.1 0.092 1.077 166.3 12.6 18.0
2003 11 23 03 32.87 +37 37.2 0.086 1.070 162.1 16.5 18.0
2003 11 24 03 02.64 +41 48.6 0.081 1.062 155.8 22.4 18.0
2003 11 25 02 24.53 +45 47.0 0.077 1.054 148.0 29.7 18.1
2003 11 26 01 38.12 +49 01.2 0.075 1.045 139.4 37.9 18.3
2003 11 27 00 45.36 +50 58.8 0.075 1.037 130.4 46.4 18.5
2003 11 28 23 51.08 +51 21.9 0.077 1.029 121.5 54.8 18.8
2003 11 29 23 00.95 +50 18.2 0.080 1.021 113.1 62.8 19.1
2003 11 30 22 18.46 +48 14.6 0.085 1.012 105.3 70.1 19.4
2003 12 01 21 44.20 +45 40.6 0.090 1.003 98.4 76.5 19.8
2003 12 02 21 17.10 +42 58.0 0.097 0.995 92.3 82.1 20.1
2003 12 03 20 55.66 +40 19.8 0.104 0.986 86.9 87.0 20.4
2003 12 04 20 38.53 +37 52.5 0.112 0.977 82.2 91.3 20.7
2003 12 05 20 24.65 +35 38.2 0.121 0.968 78.0 95.0 21.0
2003 12 06 20 13.23 +33 37.0 0.130 0.958 74.3 98.2 21.3
2003 12 07 20 03.69 +31 48.1 0.139 0.949 71.0 101.0 21.6
2003 12 08 19 55.60 +30 10.2 0.148 0.940 68.1 103.5 21.8
2003 12 09 19 48.66 +28 41.9 0.158 0.930 65.4 105.7 22.1
2003 12 10 19 42.63 +27 21.9 0.168 0.921 62.9 107.7 22.3
2003 12 11 19 37.34 +26 09.0 0.178 0.911 60.7 109.5 22.5
2003 12 12 19 32.63 +25 02.2 0.188 0.901 58.6 111.1 22.7
2003 12 13 19 28.42 +24 00.7 0.198 0.891 56.7 112.6 22.9
2003 12 14 19 24.61 +23 03.6 0.208 0.881 54.9 114.0 23.0
2003 12 15 19 21.15 +22 10.2 0.218 0.871 53.2 115.3 23.2
2003 12 16 19 17.97 +21 20.1 0.229 0.861 51.6 116.4 23.4
2003 12 17 19 15.04 +20 32.6 0.239 0.851 50.0 117.5 23.5
Timothy B. Spahr (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-W32
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