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MPEC 2003-Y23 : 2003 YM1

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M.P.E.C. 2003-Y23                                Issued 2003 Dec. 19, 00:24 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 Steven and Michele Kirsch 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 YM1

Observations:
     K03Y01M* C2003 12 17.20583 04 20 52.79 +39 04 35.7          18.9   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.21924 04 20 51.54 +39 04 24.8          19.3   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.23235 04 20 50.30 +39 04 13.3          19.2   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.24533 04 20 49.09 +39 04 02.0          19.3   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.25846 04 20 47.83 +39 03 50.7          19.4   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.95377 04 19 45.97 +38 53 40.5          18.5 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.95588 04 19 45.51 +38 53 38.5          18.3 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.95799 04 19 45.55 +38 53 36.9          18.7 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.96009 04 19 45.24 +38 53 34.2          18.8 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.96895 04 19 44.46 +38 53 26.4          18.6 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.97528 04 19 44.07 +38 53 20.9          18.9 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.97949 04 19 43.58 +38 53 17.5          18.4 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 17.98160 04 19 43.26 +38 53 15.1          18.8 R EY023J92
     K03Y01M IC2003 12 18.08299 04 19 34.03 +38 51 46.2                 EY023J95
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.08679 04 19 33.63 +38 51 40.4          19.3 R EY023J95
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.09045 04 19 33.31 +38 51 37.5          19.2 R EY023J95
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.10729 04 19 32.80 +38 51 25.3          19.2 R EY023649
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.10965 04 19 32.52 +38 51 23.3          19.0 R EY023649
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.11201 04 19 32.37 +38 51 21.8          19.1 R EY023649
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.16499 04 19 27.60 +38 50 36.7          19.2 R EY023448
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.16996 04 19 27.14 +38 50 31.7          19.1 R EY023448
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.17599 04 19 26.56 +38 50 26.5          19.7 R EY023448
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.19577 04 19 24.73 +38 50 08.8          18.8   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.19754 04 19 24.59 +38 50 07.4          19.0   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.19816 04 19 24.59 +38 50 07.7          19.2 R EY023854
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.20481 04 19 23.95 +38 50 01.7          17.8 R EY023854
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.20999 04 19 23.34 +38 49 55.3          19.8   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.21047 04 19 23.34 +38 49 57.1          19.2   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.22340 04 19 22.16 +38 49 44.6          19.4   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.22412 04 19 22.01 +38 49 44.3          19.2   EY023704
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.23669 04 19 21.16 +38 49 32.8          19.0 R EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.23950 04 19 20.67 +38 49 30.1          19.4   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.23996 04 19 20.63 +38 49 30.0          19.4   EY023704
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.24039 04 19 20.85 +38 49 29.2                 EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25110 04 19 19.66 +38 49 20.5          19.3 R EY023926
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.25198 04 19 19.75 +38 49 19.6                 EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25331 04 19 19.44 +38 49 18.4          19.7 R EY023926
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25364 04 19 19.34 +38 49 17.8          19.4   EY023704
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25421 04 19 19.35 +38 49 17.0          18.9 R EY023854
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25505 04 19 19.12 +38 49 17.1          19.5   EY023704
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.25532 04 19 19.48 +38 49 16.5                 EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.25549 04 19 19.19 +38 49 16.2          19.4 R EY023926
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.25881 04 19 19.12 +38 49 13.7                 EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.26086 04 19 18.74 +38 49 11.5          18.7 R EY023854
     K03Y01M 5C2003 12 18.26215 04 19 18.85 +38 49 10.6                 EY023673
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.26220 04 19 18.55 +38 49 10.7          20.6 R EY023701
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.26752 04 19 18.09 +38 49 05.6          18.8 R EY023854
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.30743 04 19 14.35 +38 48 30.0          18.8 R EY023701
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.34690 04 19 10.66 +38 47 53.8          19.7 R EY023701
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.84668 04 18 27.58 +38 40 20.0                 EY023246
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.84763 04 18 27.53 +38 40 19.3                 EY023246
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.84841 04 18 27.44 +38 40 18.6                 EY023246
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.84916 04 18 27.36 +38 40 17.7                 EY023246
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.85001 04 18 27.28 +38 40 16.9                 EY023246
     K03Y01M  C2003 12 18.85083 04 18 27.19 +38 40 16.2                 EY023246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, M. Kocer.  1.06-m KLENOT
    Telescope + CCD.
448 Desert Moon Observatory.  Observer B. L. Stevens.  0.3-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers R. Fredrick, R. Trentman.
    0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
701 Junk Bond Observatory, Sierra Vista.  Observer D. Healy.  0.51 M
    Cassegrain + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
    H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
    1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  0.81-m
    f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
J92 Beaconsfield.  Observer D. Stokes.  0.30-m f/10.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

**WARNING: Some observations not found [DEFAULT HEADER INFO FOLLOWS] **
**WARNING: No information found for code 673**
6735Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.61-m
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2003 YM1
Epoch 2003 Dec. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452980.5                  MPC
M 332.12044              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23173739     Peri.  223.80357     -0.88925212     -0.40057248
a   2.6250564      Node   291.37786     +0.45701365     -0.75777338
e   0.5276816      Incl.   13.71911     +0.01921427     -0.51509339
P   4.25           H   18.1           G   0.15
From 55 observations 2003 Dec. 17-18.

Ephemeris:
2003 YM1                 a,e,i = 2.63, 0.53, 14                  q = 1.2399
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2003 12 17    04 21.19   +39 07.5    0.747    1.699   157.6    12.8    19.4
2003 12 27    04 07.77   +36 22.1    0.714    1.635   148.6    18.3    19.4
2004 01 06    03 59.21   +33 05.2    0.699    1.573   138.0    24.7    19.5
2004 01 16    03 56.90   +29 39.7    0.698    1.514   127.6    31.0    19.5
2004 01 26    04 01.07   +26 23.7    0.708    1.458   118.0    36.6    19.7
2004 02 05    04 11.25   +23 26.1    0.723    1.406   109.7    41.3    19.8
2004 02 15    04 26.64   +20 46.9    0.741    1.359   102.7    45.2    19.8
2004 02 25    04 46.48   +18 22.1    0.761    1.318    96.9    48.2    19.9
2004 03 06    05 10.12   +16 05.6    0.779    1.285    92.2    50.5    20.0
2004 03 16    05 36.89   +13 50.8    0.798    1.261    88.6    52.1    20.0
2004 03 26    06 06.30   +11 33.0    0.817    1.245    86.0    53.1    20.1
2004 04 05    06 37.86   +09 08.6    0.838    1.240    84.3    53.4    20.1
2004 04 15    07 11.04   +06 36.1    0.863    1.245    83.3    53.2    20.2
2004 04 25    07 45.44   +03 56.4    0.893    1.259    82.8    52.4    20.3
2004 05 05    08 20.57   +01 11.2    0.930    1.283    82.8    51.2    20.4
2004 05 15    08 55.93   -01 35.9    0.977    1.316    82.9    49.7    20.5
2004 05 25    09 31.12   -04 21.0    1.035    1.356    82.9    47.8    20.6
2004 06 04    10 05.72   -07 00.9    1.105    1.403    82.8    45.9    20.8
2004 06 14    10 39.39   -09 32.3    1.187    1.454    82.3    43.8    21.0
2004 06 24    11 11.95   -11 53.5    1.281    1.510    81.3    41.7    21.2
2004 07 04    11 43.28   -14 03.5    1.387    1.570    79.9    39.6    21.4
2004 07 14    12 13.33   -16 01.8    1.504    1.631    78.0    37.6    21.6
2004 07 24    12 42.17   -17 49.0    1.631    1.695    75.7    35.5    21.8
2004 08 03    13 09.88   -19 25.2    1.766    1.760    72.9    33.4    22.0

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y23

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