------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1931 2003 Oct 15 20.45UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 UB (HERMES) Brian Marsden has reported on MPEC 2003-T74 that a bright near- earth-object candidate, reported this morning by Brian Skiff, was placed on The NEO Confirmation Page by T. B. Spahr quickly enough that follow-up observations could be made by J. Young within four hours. Spahr then located the Oct. 5 observations (which had been reported as a likely main-belt object) and recognized the object as 1937 UB (Hermes). With the help of the LINEAR Team, single-night observations could then be identified back to Aug. 26. Observations: 2003 08 26.35985 01 52 54.33 +04 08 41.6 18.8 704 2003 08 26.41142 01 52 56.62 +04 08 52.1 19.2 704 2003 09 03.37679 01 58 49.08 +04 23 54.8 19.0 704 2003 09 03.41219 01 58 50.36 +04 23 57.0 19.3 704 2003 09 28.29353 02 05 19.55 +04 12 35.4 16.9 704 2003 09 28.30707 02 05 19.22 +04 12 32.1 18.5 704 2003 10 05.59036 02 01 02.22 +03 46 56.7 16.7 608 2003 10 05.61168 02 01 00.90 +03 46 50.5 16.8 608 2003 10 15.30771 01 45 29.04 +02 45 15.7 14.4 R 699 2003 10 15.34094 01 45 23.44 +02 44 57.8 699 Observer details: 704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico. 1.0-m f/2.15 refl. + CCD. 699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS. 0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt + CCD. Orbital elements: Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 MPC M 1.79614 (2000.0) P Q n 0.46288738 Peri. 92.39541 -0.59740895 -0.79969615 a 1.6550806 Node 34.51615 +0.68733602 -0.54908819 e 0.6242226 Incl. 6.06865 +0.41312437 -0.24287492 P 2.13 H 17.1 G 0.15 U 6 Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2003 10 14 01 48.61 +02 56.6 0.221 1.216 170.2 8.0 14.8 2003 10 16 01 43.64 +02 39.3 0.200 1.195 172.0 6.7 14.5 2003 10 18 01 37.45 +02 18.9 0.179 1.174 172.7 6.2 14.2 2003 10 19 01 33.78 +02 07.2 0.169 1.164 172.4 6.5 14.1 2003 10 20 01 29.64 +01 54.2 0.159 1.153 171.6 7.2 13.9 2003 10 21 01 24.96 +01 39.8 0.149 1.143 170.4 8.4 13.8 2003 10 22 01 19.63 +01 23.7 0.139 1.132 168.7 9.9 13.7 2003 10 23 01 13.53 +01 05.6 0.130 1.122 166.7 11.7 13.6 2003 10 24 01 06.49 +00 45.0 0.120 1.111 164.4 13.9 13.5 2003 10 25 00 58.31 +00 21.4 0.111 1.101 161.7 16.5 13.4 2003 10 26 00 48.72 -00 05.8 0.102 1.090 158.5 19.5 13.3 2003 10 27 00 37.38 -00 37.7 0.094 1.079 154.9 23.0 13.2 2003 10 28 00 23.82 -01 15.1 0.085 1.069 150.7 27.1 13.1 Nick James, Chelmsford, England reports astrometry: 2003 10 15.82939 01 44 07.97 +02 40 22.6 14.6 R 970 2003 10 15.83578 01 44 06.90 +02 40 18.9 14.5 R 970 2003 10 15.84005 01 44 06.16 +02 40 16.7 14.6 R 970 2003 10 15.84432 01 44 05.44 +02 40 14.2 14.5 R 970 Guy M Hurst