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    M.P.E.C. 2003-Y47                                Issued 2003 Dec. 23, 00:10 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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                                   2003 YD45

Observations:
     K03Y45D* C2003 12 20.13092 02 33 29.06 +10 53 10.6          18.8   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 20.14405 02 33 35.08 +10 53 17.9          19.6   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 20.15741 02 33 41.19 +10 53 27.0          19.5   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 20.17077 02 33 47.31 +10 53 35.6          19.7   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.12909 02 48 01.00 +11 11 33.3          19.8   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.14151 02 48 05.83 +11 11 40.2          20.2   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.14377 02 48 06.69 +11 11 41.0          20.2   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.15707 02 48 11.93 +11 11 48.6          19.9   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.16686 02 48 15.76 +11 11 52.7          19.8   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.17005 02 48 16.98 +11 11 54.1          19.7   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.17928 02 48 20.64 +11 11 58.5          19.6   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.18349 02 48 22.27 +11 12 00.8          19.9   EY047704
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.23911 02 48 44.06 +11 12 28.1          19.0 R EY047333
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.24089 02 48 44.75 +11 12 28.8          18.7 R EY047333
     K03Y45D  C2003 12 22.24269 02 48 45.51 +11 12 29.2          19.0 R EY047333

Observer details:
333 Desert Eagle Observatory.  Observer W. K. Y. Yeung.  0.45-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.

Orbital elements:
2003 YD45                                                            PHA 0.025
Epoch 2003 Dec. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452980.5                  MPC
M   8.05355              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18907372     Peri.  103.83766     +0.98723852     +0.05923173
a   3.0064127      Node   252.92446     -0.10840118     +0.92995435
e   0.7545736      Incl.    8.89592     +0.11665886     +0.36287257
P   5.21           H   20.1           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2003 Dec. 20-22.

Ephemeris:
2003 YD45                a,e,i = 3.01, 0.75, 9                   q = 0.7379
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 12 17    02 05.40   +10 13.8    0.219    1.133   128.1    43.1    18.7
2003 12 27    03 15.68   +11 44.5    0.340    1.246   134.6    34.2    19.7
2004 01 06    03 52.63   +12 31.0    0.482    1.360   133.3    31.8    20.5
2004 01 16    04 17.15   +13 10.9    0.639    1.473   129.2    31.2    21.3
2004 01 26    04 36.45   +13 49.6    0.810    1.585   123.8    31.1    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y47

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