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M.P.E.C. 2003-K53 Issued 2003 May 30, 20:03 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
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COMET P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
Observations:
PK03K02V C2003 05 28.89405 10 58 29.10 +33 51 38.5 18.4 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 28.89548 10 58 29.18 +33 51 34.5 18.6 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 28.89690 10 58 29.28 +33 51 30.7 18.6 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 28.89833 10 58 29.37 +33 51 27.0 18.5 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.85093 10 59 33.71 +33 09 31.9 17.8 N 176
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.85301 10 59 33.85 +33 09 26.4 17.5 N 176
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.85683 10 59 34.11 +33 09 16.1 17.6 N 176
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.85868 10 59 34.24 +33 09 11.2 17.5 N 176
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.86181 10 59 34.45 +33 09 02.8 17.6 N 176
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.89493 10 59 36.70 +33 07 37.9 18.0 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 29.89729 10 59 36.83 +33 07 31.8 18.2 T 950
PK03K02V C2003 05 30.13380 10 59 53.27 +32 57 00.0 18.0 N 448
PK03K02V C2003 05 30.13857 10 59 53.57 +32 56 47.5 18.1 N 448
PK03K02V C2003 05 30.14334 10 59 53.83 +32 56 35.3 18.5 N 448
Observer details:
176 Observatori Astronomic de Consell. Observers A. Lopez, R. Pacheco.
0.41-m reflector + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory. Observer B. L. Stevens. 0.3-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
950 La Palma. Observers C. Brinkworth, M. Burleigh. Measurers A. Fitzsimmons,
C. Dandy, A. Boattini, G. D'Abramo. 1-m Kapteyn Telescope + CCD.
Orbital elements:
P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
T 2003 July 10.882 TT MPC
q 1.06234 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.205327 Peri. 188.789 -0.267961 +0.878847
a 2.84558 Node 66.478 -0.855699 -0.028835
e 0.62667 Incl. 25.501 -0.442692 -0.476231
P 4.80
From 65 observations 2003 May 23-30.
Ephemeris:
P/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2003 05 21 10 50.82 +39 14.9 0.756 1.249 88.6 54.1 18.4
2003 05 26 10 55.42 +35 55.0 0.738 1.217 86.6 56.2 18.3
2003 05 31 11 00.90 +32 18.2 0.719 1.188 84.7 58.2 18.3
2003 06 05 11 07.15 +28 23.8 0.701 1.161 83.0 60.2 18.2
2003 06 10 11 14.07 +24 11.3 0.683 1.137 81.5 62.0 18.2
2003 06 15 11 21.56 +19 40.2 0.666 1.115 80.2 63.8 18.1
2003 06 20 11 29.57 +14 50.6 0.650 1.097 79.1 65.4 18.1
2003 06 25 11 38.08 +09 43.2 0.636 1.083 78.2 66.8 18.0
2003 06 30 11 47.10 +04 19.5 0.624 1.072 77.6 67.8 18.0
2003 07 05 11 56.65 -01 18.0 0.615 1.065 77.2 68.6 18.0
2003 07 10 12 06.81 -07 05.8 0.609 1.062 77.1 68.9 18.0
2003 07 15 12 17.66 -12 59.3 0.607 1.064 77.4 68.8 18.0
2003 07 20 12 29.36 -18 53.4 0.608 1.069 77.9 68.3 18.0
2003 07 25 12 42.12 -24 42.6 0.614 1.079 78.6 67.4 18.0
2003 07 30 12 56.21 -30 21.7 0.624 1.092 79.6 66.2 18.0
2003 08 04 13 11.95 -35 45.7 0.638 1.109 80.8 64.6 18.0
2003 08 09 13 29.70 -40 49.9 0.656 1.129 82.1 62.8 18.1
2003 08 14 13 49.89 -45 30.2 0.677 1.152 83.4 60.9 18.1
2003 08 19 14 12.98 -49 42.5 0.702 1.178 84.8 58.8 18.2
2003 08 24 14 39.38 -53 23.1 0.730 1.207 86.1 56.7 18.3
2003 08 29 15 09.38 -56 28.0 0.761 1.237 87.4 54.6 18.4
2003 09 03 15 42.91 -58 53.7 0.796 1.270 88.6 52.6 18.5
2003 09 08 16 19.36 -60 37.4 0.833 1.304 89.7 50.6 18.6
2003 09 13 16 57.56 -61 37.6 0.874 1.340 90.6 48.7 18.7
2003 09 18 17 35.94 -61 55.8 0.918 1.377 91.4 46.9 18.8
2003 09 23 18 12.91 -61 35.7 0.964 1.415 91.9 45.1 18.9
2003 09 28 18 47.27 -60 43.3 1.014 1.454 92.3 43.5 19.0
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