MPEC 2003-B11 : 2003 BH

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M.P.E.C. 2003-B11                                Issued 2003 Jan. 20, 23:02 UT

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                                    2003 BH

Observations:
     K03B00H* C2003 01 18.51893 11 46 43.94 +06 56 38.5          18.5        608
     K03B00H  C2003 01 18.52963 11 46 43.60 +06 58 45.5          18.4        608
     K03B00H  C2003 01 18.54044 11 46 43.24 +07 00 53.6          18.1        608
     K03B00H  C2003 01 19.48109 11 46 45.18 +09 59 14.0          17.1        644
     K03B00H  C2003 01 19.49196 11 46 44.77 +10 01 13.9          17.1        644
     K03B00H  C2003 01 19.50442 11 46 44.31 +10 03 30.5          17.2        644
     K03B00H 1C2003 01 20.68993511 46 45.44 +13 32 58.2                      413
     K03B00H 1C2003 01 20.69132311 46 45.37 +13 33 12.5                      413
     K03B00H 1C2003 01 20.69271211 46 45.32 +13 33 26.4          17.7 R      413

Observer details:
413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
608 Haleakala-NEAT/MSSS.  Observers R. Bambery, E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    K. Lawrence, P. Kervin, R. Maeda, J. Africano, M. Hicks.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.
644 Palomar Mountain/NEAT.  Observers R. Bambery, E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo,
    K. Lawrence, M. Hicks, R. Thicksten.  1.2-m Schmidt + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 BH                                                              PHA 0.022A
Epoch 2003 Jan. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452640.5                  MPC
M  13.11221              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56173005     Peri.  313.20469     +0.27437370     -0.94135058
a   1.4547363      Node   119.88919     +0.93485199     +0.21325256
e   0.3554664      Incl.   13.09380     +0.22532383     +0.26150035
P   1.75           H   21.3           G   0.15
From 9 observations 2003 Jan. 18-20.

Ephemeris:
2003 BH                  a,e,i = 1.45, 0.36, 13                  q = 0.9376
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 01 21    11 46.69   +14 22.9    0.085    1.039   128.3    48.0    17.8
2003 01 26    11 45.08   +25 36.7    0.104    1.061   135.0    41.0    18.1
2003 01 31    11 41.43   +33 09.3    0.126    1.084   139.1    36.5    18.5
2003 02 05    11 36.14   +38 14.7    0.151    1.108   141.6    33.6    18.8
2003 02 10    11 29.74   +41 39.4    0.177    1.133   142.9    31.7    19.2
2003 02 15    11 22.77   +43 52.1    0.205    1.159   143.5    30.5    19.5
2003 02 20    11 15.74   +45 11.2    0.235    1.185   143.3    29.9    19.8
2003 02 25    11 09.06   +45 49.4    0.266    1.212   142.6    29.7    20.1
2003 03 02    11 03.09   +45 55.2    0.299    1.239   141.4    29.9    20.4
2003 03 07    10 58.14   +45 35.2    0.334    1.266   139.9    30.3    20.7
2003 03 12    10 54.39   +44 55.2    0.371    1.293   138.1    30.9    21.0
2003 03 17    10 51.89   +43 59.8    0.409    1.320   136.0    31.6    21.3
2003 03 22    10 50.58   +42 52.7    0.450    1.347   133.8    32.3    21.6

Kyle E. Smalley              (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-B11

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