MPEC 2003-Y39 : 2003 YP3
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M.P.E.C. 2003-Y39 Issued 2003 Dec. 20, 22:54 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 YP3 Observations: K03Y03P* C2003 12 19.20194 02 55 17.69 +16 39 08.4 17.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 19.21476 02 55 12.96 +16 36 36.7 18.2 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 19.22765 02 55 08.12 +16 34 04.3 17.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 19.24050 02 55 03.33 +16 31 32.3 18.1 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 19.25370 02 54 58.46 +16 28 55.9 18.1 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.08740 02 50 07.48 +13 43 25.7 17.7 R EY039448 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.08823 02 50 07.30 +13 43 16.7 17.8 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.08884 02 50 06.96 +13 43 08.6 17.8 R EY039448 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.08900 02 50 07.02 +13 43 07.0 17.6 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.08979 02 50 06.70 +13 42 57.3 17.7 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.09059 02 50 06.45 +13 42 48.0 17.6 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.09385 02 50 05.14 +13 42 08.5 18.0 R EY039448 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.09667 02 50 04.11 +13 41 34.5 18.1 R EY039448 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.09918 02 50 03.22 +13 41 04.6 18.5 R EY039448 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.11861 02 49 56.14 +13 37 12.2 18.5 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.11878 02 49 56.02 +13 37 09.5 18.3 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.12901 02 49 52.38 +13 35 06.6 18.5 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.13206 02 49 51.21 +13 34 30.4 18.8 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.13224 02 49 51.15 +13 34 28.0 18.6 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.14258 02 49 47.43 +13 32 24.0 18.2 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.14530 02 49 46.50 +13 31 51.6 19.2 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.14547 02 49 46.30 +13 31 49.3 18.5 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15397 02 49 43.40 +13 30 08.6 18.9 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15481 02 49 43.13 +13 29 58.7 19.0 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15561 02 49 42.74 +13 29 47.9 18.8 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15640 02 49 42.49 +13 29 38.5 19.1 R EY039333 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15692 02 49 42.20 +13 29 31.8 18.7 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15855 02 49 41.63 +13 29 12.5 18.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.15873 02 49 41.55 +13 29 10.3 18.8 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.17111 02 49 37.06 +13 26 41.2 18.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.17191 02 49 36.69 +13 26 32.9 19.0 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.17209 02 49 36.66 +13 26 29.8 18.5 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.18418 02 49 32.26 +13 24 03.8 18.6 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.20346 02 49 25.27 +13 20 11.9 18.6 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.21827 02 49 19.93 +13 17 13.8 19.0 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.23084 02 49 15.37 +13 14 42.5 18.8 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.24337 02 49 10.85 +13 12 11.2 18.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.25603 02 49 06.29 +13 09 39.0 18.9 EY039704 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.80623 02 45 59.15 +11 18 51.7 18.1 R EY039176 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.80680 02 45 58.96 +11 18 44.7 18.2 R EY039176 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.80737 02 45 58.75 +11 18 38.0 18.1 R EY039176 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.80794 02 45 58.55 +11 18 30.9 18.1 R EY039176 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.80851 02 45 58.35 +11 18 24.0 18.3 R EY039176 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.83733 02 45 48.17 +11 12 27.4 18.5 R EY039J95 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.84045 02 45 47.13 +11 11 50.0 18.7 R EY039J95 K03Y03P C2003 12 20.84359 02 45 45.91 +11 11 12.1 18.7 R EY039J95 Observer details: 176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco, J. Forteza. 0.41-m f/4 reflector + CCD. 333 Desert Eagle Observatory. Observer W. K. Y. Yeung. 0.45-m f/3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. 448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. L. Stevens. 0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + 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. J95 Great Shefford. Observer P. Birtwhistle. 0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. Orbital elements: 2003 YP3 Epoch 2003 Dec. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452980.5 MPC M 309.95833 (2000.0) P Q n 0.60561555 Peri. 281.14585 -0.79204374 -0.01567943 a 1.3835814 Node 260.29988 +0.18591246 -0.95837983 e 0.5047794 Incl. 38.25149 -0.58146649 -0.28506537 P 1.63 H 20.2 G 0.15 From 46 observations 2003 Dec. 19-20. Ephemeris: 2003 YP3 a,e,i = 1.38, 0.50, 38 q = 0.6852 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2003 12 17 03 08.73 +23 37.9 0.206 1.161 146.3 28.1 18.3 2003 12 18 03 02.55 +20 31.8 0.202 1.152 143.3 30.7 18.4 2003 12 19 02 56.51 +17 19.1 0.199 1.144 140.1 33.5 18.4 2003 12 20 02 50.62 +14 01.3 0.197 1.136 136.8 36.4 18.4 2003 12 21 02 44.88 +10 40.2 0.196 1.127 133.3 39.5 18.5 2003 12 22 02 39.30 +07 17.7 0.196 1.119 129.6 42.6 18.6 2003 12 23 02 33.90 +03 55.6 0.196 1.110 126.0 45.8 18.6 2003 12 24 02 28.66 +00 35.7 0.197 1.102 122.3 49.0 18.7 2003 12 25 02 23.60 -02 40.4 0.199 1.093 118.7 52.1 18.8 2003 12 26 02 18.70 -05 51.1 0.202 1.085 115.1 55.2 18.9 2003 12 27 02 13.96 -08 55.5 0.206 1.076 111.6 58.1 19.0 2003 12 28 02 09.39 -11 52.5 0.210 1.068 108.3 61.0 19.1 2003 12 29 02 04.97 -14 41.6 0.214 1.059 105.0 63.7 19.2 2003 12 30 02 00.69 -17 22.4 0.219 1.051 101.9 66.3 19.4 2003 12 31 01 56.56 -19 54.8 0.225 1.042 98.9 68.8 19.5 2004 01 01 01 52.55 -22 18.8 0.231 1.034 96.1 71.1 19.6 2004 01 02 01 48.67 -24 34.6 0.237 1.025 93.4 73.2 19.7 2004 01 03 01 44.90 -26 42.6 0.244 1.017 90.8 75.3 19.8 2004 01 04 01 41.23 -28 42.9 0.251 1.008 88.4 77.2 19.9 2004 01 05 01 37.66 -30 36.1 0.259 0.999 86.1 79.0 20.0 2004 01 06 01 34.16 -32 22.5 0.266 0.991 83.9 80.6 20.1 2004 01 07 01 30.74 -34 02.7 0.274 0.982 81.8 82.2 20.2 2004 01 08 01 27.39 -35 36.9 0.282 0.974 79.8 83.6 20.3 2004 01 09 01 24.08 -37 05.6 0.290 0.965 78.0 85.0 20.4 2004 01 10 01 20.82 -38 29.2 0.298 0.957 76.2 86.2 20.5 2004 01 11 01 17.59 -39 48.0 0.306 0.949 74.5 87.4 20.6 2004 01 12 01 14.39 -41 02.5 0.315 0.940 72.9 88.5 20.7 2004 01 13 01 11.20 -42 12.8 0.323 0.932 71.3 89.5 20.8 2004 01 14 01 08.02 -43 19.2 0.332 0.923 69.9 90.4 20.8 2004 01 15 01 04.83 -44 22.2 0.341 0.915 68.5 91.3 20.9 2004 01 16 01 01.63 -45 21.7 0.349 0.907 67.1 92.1 21.0 Timothy B. 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