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MPEC 2003-Q29 : 2003 QB30

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M.P.E.C. 2003-Q29                                Issued 2003 Aug. 25, 13:56 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2003 QB30

Observations:
     K03Q30B* C2003 08 24.27631 21 28 27.10 -07 02 40.9          19.6        704
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.28908 21 28 13.05 -07 01 25.7          19.3        704
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.30192 21 27 58.79 -07 00 09.2          19.8        704
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.31538 21 27 43.71 -06 58 49.1          19.3        704
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.91741 21 15 49.96 -05 46 21.5                      246
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.91778 21 15 49.38 -05 46 18.6                      246
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.91892 21 15 47.65 -05 46 07.9                      246
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.91929 21 15 47.02 -05 46 05.1                      246
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.91998 21 15 45.89 -05 45 58.1                      246
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.92901 21 15 36.93 -05 44 49.0          17.8 R      J95
     K03Q30B  C2003 08 24.93124 21 15 33.36 -05 44 28.0          19.0 R      J95

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
    S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, P. Hopman.  1.0-m
    f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 QB30
Epoch 2003 June 10.0 TT = JDT 2452800.5                 MPC
M 261.28036              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71645623     Peri.  104.29566     +0.44411772     -0.89591373
a   1.2369238      Node   319.33277     +0.81606731     +0.40904913
e   0.4288719      Incl.    0.87058     +0.36985619     +0.17325529
P   1.38           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
030824 704  0.3+  0.4+    030824 246  0.3-  0.3+    030824 246  0.1-  0.6+
030824 704  0.6+  0.3+    030824 246  0.1-  0.1-    030824 J95  0.1+  0.7-
030824 704  0.2+  0.2+    030824 246  1.0+  0.3+    030824 J95  0.3-  0.2+
030824 704  0.9-  0.9-    030824 246  0.4+  0.2-

Ephemeris:
2003 QB30                a,e,i = 1.24, 0.43, 1                   q = 0.7064
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 08 19.0  22 01.42   -10 16.0    0.060    1.072   176.3     3.5    20.7
2003 08 20.0  21 58.70   -10 00.0    0.053    1.065   177.2     2.7    20.3
2003 08 21.0  21 55.15   -09 39.0    0.046    1.058   177.2     2.7    20.0
2003 08 22.0  21 50.31   -09 10.4    0.039    1.050   175.9     4.0    19.7
2003 08 23.0  21 43.35   -08 29.0    0.032    1.043   173.5     6.3    19.4
2003 08 24.0  21 32.58   -07 23.8    0.025    1.036   170.0     9.8    19.0
2003 08 25.0  21 13.78   -05 27.2    0.018    1.028   164.2    15.5    18.5

2003 08 26.0  20 33.75   -01 10.6    0.012    1.021   152.6    27.1    17.9
2003 08 26.5  19 52.30   +03 17.9    0.0088   1.017   141.0    38.7    17.6
2003 08 27.0  18 35.10   +11 06.3    0.0065   1.014   120.0    59.7    17.5
2003 08 27.5  16 23.11   +20 33.1    0.0057   1.010    86.6    93.1    18.4
2003 08 28.0  14 10.06   +23 23.1    0.0069   1.006    55.3   124.4    20.7
2003 08 28.5  12 51.69   +21 45.9    0.0093   1.003    36.8   142.8    23.4
2003 08 29.0  12 09.67   +19 53.8    0.012    0.999    26.6   153.1    25.8

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Q29

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