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    M.P.E.C. 2005-A39                                Issued 2005 Jan. 13, 19:51 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 Brinson 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 AD23
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2003-A59
    
    Additional Observations:
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.14153 01 32 36.58 +03 29 45.7          17.7 R EA039703
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.15050 01 32 43.14 +03 31 11.6          18.0 R EA039703
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.15946 01 32 49.74 +03 32 38.8          18.1 R EA039703
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.16843 01 32 56.32 +03 34 05.0          17.9 R EA039703
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.23304 01 33 43.79 +03 44 26.1          17.8 R EA039651
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.23611 01 33 46.11 +03 44 55.9          17.9 R EA039651
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.23912 01 33 48.28 +03 45 24.8          17.8 R EA039651
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.80595 01 40 42.86 +05 14 05.5                 EA039J95
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.81106 01 40 46.41 +05 14 52.4                 EA039J95
         K03A23D  C2005 01 13.81653 01 40 50.27 +05 15 42.7          18.8 R EA039J95
    
    Observer details:
    651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
        Newtonian reflector + CCD.
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer R. Hill.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
        C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, R. E. Hill, S. M. Larson,
        R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    050113 703 1.66- 1.20-    050113 J95 1.64- 1.19-    MPO 41910   +0.52 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 AD23
    Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 MPC
    M  29.93954              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.46705116     Peri.  241.35778     +0.88653860     +0.25099252
    a   1.6452292      Node   101.81040     -0.14060342     +0.94648377
    e   0.7628262      Incl.   23.39450     -0.44077204     +0.20290693
    P   2.11           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   5
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    030107 704  0.1-  0.2-    030108 557  1.2+  0.7+    030113 649  0.2-  0.2+
    030107 704  0.3+  0.2-    030108 557  0.1+  0.3+    030113 649  0.4+  0.1+
    030107 704  0.8+  0.9-    030108 557  0.1-  0.6+    030125 734  1.5+  0.2-
    030107 704  0.0   1.2-    030108 557  0.3+  0.3+    030125 734  1.7-  1.6+
    030108 J95  0.3-  0.5+    030111 649  0.2-  0.1+    030125 587  0.1-  0.8-
    030108 J95  0.8-  0.1+    030111 649  0.0   0.2-    030125 587  0.2+  0.2-
    030108 704  0.1+  0.3-    030111 649  0.3-  0.0     050113 703  0.3-  0.5-
    030108 704  0.1-  0.8-    030111 649  0.0   0.2-    050113 703  0.7-  1.0-
    030108 704  0.5-  0.1-    030112 246  0.5+  0.3+    050113 703  0.3-  0.1-
    030108 704  0.3+  0.5-    030112 246  0.1-  0.6+    050113 703  0.4-  0.3-
    030108 557  0.6+  0.3-    030112 246  1.0+  0.1-    050113 651  0.0   0.2+
    030108 557  0.5-  0.1-    030112 246  0.1+  0.1-    050113 651  1.0+  0.6+
    030108 557  0.1+  1.0-    030112 704  0.4-  0.2+    050113 651  0.3+  0.7+
    030108 557  0.4+  0.4-    030112 704  1.0-  0.3-    050113 J95  0.8+  0.2+
    030108 557  1.5+  0.5+    030112 704  0.9+  0.1+    050113 J95  0.3-  0.0
    030108 557  0.3-  0.2-    030112 704  0.1+  0.3-    050113 J95  0.5-  0.1-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 AD23                a,e,i = 1.65, 0.76, 23                  q = 0.3902
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2005 01 10    00 50.33   -05 39.6    0.237    0.970    79.7    86.4    18.7
    2005 01 20    02 42.72   +17 37.3    0.333    1.111   103.7    59.3    18.9
    2005 01 30    03 46.09   +27 18.4    0.493    1.244   110.1    48.0    19.6
    2005 02 09    04 26.38   +31 28.1    0.675    1.368   109.3    42.9    20.4
    2005 02 19    04 56.33   +33 30.2    0.869    1.484   105.9    39.8    21.0
    2005 03 01    05 21.21   +34 33.2    1.070    1.593   101.2    37.6    21.6
    2005 03 11    05 43.39   +35 03.9    1.275    1.695    96.0    35.6    22.0
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-A39
    

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