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    M.P.E.C. 2003-W39                                Issued 2003 Nov. 22, 12:22 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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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 WR25
    
    Observations:
         K03W25R* C2003 11 21.39631 04 00 06.98 -22 30 05.6          17.2        644
         K03W25R  C2003 11 21.41792 04 00 07.56 -22 28 09.5          17.2        644
         K03W25R  C2003 11 21.44354 04 00 08.27 -22 25 51.7          17.3        644
         K03W25R  C2003 11 21.87926 04 00 27.57 -21 47 39.7          17.7 R      620
         K03W25R  C2003 11 21.88370 04 00 27.67 -21 47 16.3          17.8 R      620
         K03W25R  C2003 11 21.88818 04 00 27.81 -21 46 53.1          17.8 R      620
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.03357 04 00 31.44 -21 34 16.7          18.0 R      176
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.03448 04 00 31.47 -21 34 12.1          18.1 R      176
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.03586 04 00 31.51 -21 34 05.1          17.8 R      176
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.03678 04 00 31.54 -21 34 00.5          17.5 R      176
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.30715 04 00 41.85 -21 10 38.5          17.9 R      926
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.30828 04 00 41.88 -21 10 32.5          17.9 R      926
         K03W25R  C2003 11 22.30934 04 00 41.90 -21 10 26.6          17.9 R      926
    
    Observer details:
    176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell.  Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco,
        J. Forteza.  0.41-m f/4 reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, R. Stoss,
        J. Nomen.  0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers S. Pravdo, D. MacDonald, K. Lawrence,
        M. Hicks.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.
    926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
        f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 WR25
    Epoch 2003 Nov. 17.0 TT = JDT 2452960.5                 MPC
    M   6.78612              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.16261448     Peri.  245.70164     +0.98861665     -0.05579734
    a   3.3242722      Node   117.23613     +0.09924056     +0.93985202
    e   0.7074226      Incl.    9.04158     -0.11308594     +0.33699383
    P   6.06           H   19.5           G   0.15
    From 13 observations 2003 Nov. 21-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 WR25                a,e,i = 3.32, 0.71, 9                   q = 0.9726
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 11 17    03 56.67   -29 29.6    0.216    1.142   131.2    40.7    18.1
    2003 11 27    04 03.08   -14 58.7    0.274    1.220   144.0    28.4    18.4
    2003 12 07    04 06.85   -04 45.9    0.353    1.304   150.5    21.8    18.9
    2003 12 17    04 10.72   +02 27.9    0.449    1.393   150.6    20.3    19.5
    2003 12 27    04 15.85   +07 42.3    0.563    1.485   146.2    21.6    20.2
    2004 01 06    04 22.75   +11 36.3    0.694    1.579   139.9    23.7    20.8
    2004 01 16    04 31.39   +14 34.5    0.841    1.673   132.9    25.5    21.4
    2004 01 26    04 41.61   +16 53.1    1.002    1.767   125.7    26.9    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-W39
    

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