MPEC 2003-U44 : 2003 UO12

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M.P.E.C. 2003-U44                                Issued 2003 Oct. 22, 15:02 UT

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                                   2003 UO12

Observations:
     K03U12O* C2003 10 21.26166 01 52 36.63 +14 22 51.2          21.2 V      291
     K03U12O  C2003 10 21.27216 01 52 37.66 +14 23 05.9          21.4 V      291
     K03U12O  C2003 10 21.27923 01 52 38.34 +14 23 15.2          21.5 V      291
     K03U12O  C2003 10 21.36533 01 52 45.88 +14 25 02.7          20.7 R      649
     K03U12O  C2003 10 21.37243 01 52 46.60 +14 25 11.7          21.0 R      649
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 21.37535 01 52 47.64 +14 25 20.5          21.0 R      673
     K03U12O  C2003 10 21.37954 01 52 47.36 +14 25 22.9          20.5 R      649
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 21.38125 01 52 48.33 +14 25 29.4                      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 21.38854 01 52 48.99 +14 25 38.2                      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 21.39502 01 52 49.61 +14 25 46.7                      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 22.23044 01 54 30.91 +14 45 09.3          21.0 R      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 22.23877 01 54 31.71 +14 45 20.4                      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 22.24514 01 54 32.35 +14 45 29.1                      673
     K03U12O HC2003 10 22.24900 01 54 32.51 +14 45 38.4          21.1 V      291
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 22.25231 01 54 33.06 +14 45 39.2                      673
     K03U12O 5C2003 10 22.25475 01 54 33.48 +14 45 44.1                      673
     K03U12O HC2003 10 22.26129 01 54 33.83 +14 45 56.9          21.2 V      291
     K03U12O HC2003 10 22.28238 01 54 36.12 +14 46 27.3          21.1 V      291

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer J. V. Scotti.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 UO12
Epoch 2003 Oct. 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5                  MPC
M 348.78725              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18048415     Peri.   85.34317     +0.04874476     -0.99881114
a   3.1010589      Node     1.86309     +0.91003826     +0.04420124
e   0.6982420      Incl.    0.90184     +0.41164829     +0.02055636
P   5.46           H   24.4           G   0.15
From 18 observations 2003 Oct. 21-22.

Ephemeris:
2003 UO12                a,e,i = 3.10, 0.70, 1                   q = 0.9358
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 10 18    01 47.28   +13 19.3    0.202    1.198   174.1     4.9    21.7
2003 10 19    01 48.76   +13 37.2    0.194    1.190   174.6     4.6    21.6
2003 10 20    01 50.37   +13 56.5    0.186    1.181   174.9     4.3    21.5
2003 10 21    01 52.11   +14 17.4    0.178    1.173   175.3     4.0    21.4
2003 10 22    01 54.02   +14 40.0    0.170    1.165   175.5     3.8    21.2
2003 10 23    01 56.11   +15 04.5    0.162    1.157   175.6     3.7    21.1
2003 10 24    01 58.42   +15 31.3    0.154    1.149   175.7     3.7    21.0
2003 10 25    02 00.97   +16 00.6    0.147    1.141   175.7     3.8    20.9
2003 10 26    02 03.82   +16 32.8    0.139    1.133   175.5     3.9    20.7
2003 10 27    02 07.00   +17 08.4    0.132    1.125   175.3     4.1    20.6
2003 10 28    02 10.59   +17 47.7    0.124    1.118   175.0     4.4    20.5
2003 10 29    02 14.65   +18 31.4    0.117    1.110   174.6     4.8    20.4
2003 10 30    02 19.28   +19 20.1    0.110    1.103   174.1     5.3    20.3
2003 10 31    02 24.61   +20 14.7    0.103    1.095   173.5     5.9    20.1
2003 11 01    02 30.77   +21 16.2    0.096    1.088   172.7     6.7    20.0
2003 11 02    02 37.97   +22 25.5    0.090    1.081   171.7     7.6    19.9
2003 11 03    02 46.46   +23 44.1    0.083    1.074   170.4     8.9    19.8
2003 11 04    02 56.58   +25 13.0    0.077    1.067   168.7    10.5    19.6
2003 11 05    03 08.76   +26 53.8    0.071    1.060   166.6    12.5    19.5
2003 11 06    03 23.61   +28 47.1    0.065    1.054   163.9    15.1    19.4
2003 11 07    03 41.92   +30 52.8    0.059    1.047   160.5    18.4    19.3
2003 11 08    04 04.66   +33 08.6    0.055    1.041   156.3    22.5    19.2
2003 11 09    04 33.03   +35 27.7    0.050    1.035   151.1    27.5    19.2
2003 11 10    05 08.10   +37 36.4    0.047    1.029   144.9    33.6    19.2
2003 11 11    05 50.26   +39 12.9    0.044    1.023   137.6    40.8    19.3
2003 11 12    06 38.24   +39 50.3    0.042    1.017   129.4    48.8    19.4
2003 11 13    07 28.57   +39 09.3    0.042    1.012   120.7    57.2    19.6
2003 11 14    08 16.69   +37 10.6    0.042    1.006   112.2    65.6    19.9
2003 11 15    08 59.07   +34 16.3    0.044    1.001   104.2    73.4    20.2
2003 11 16    09 34.40   +30 56.1    0.047    0.996    97.1    80.2    20.6
2003 11 17    10 03.05   +27 34.3    0.051    0.991    91.1    86.0    20.9

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-U44

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