------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1947 2003 Dec 06 17.05UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 XJ7 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, 704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico report the discovery of a fast-moving object using the 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD. Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, responded with a series of confirmatory images and measures (J95): 2003 12 05.24126 05 20 18.90 +54 21 01.7 18.7 704 2003 12 05.25230 05 20 20.46 +54 19 47.9 18.8 704 2003 12 05.26321 05 20 22.01 +54 18 31.6 18.6 704 2003 12 05.27422 05 20 23.44 +54 17 10.4 18.6 704 2003 12 06.02413205 30 40.51 +50 51 11.2 16.6 R J95 2003 12 06.02514505 30 41.55 +50 50 38.1 16.8 R J95 2003 12 06.02615705 30 42.67 +50 50 05.8 16.8 R J95 2003 12 06.04454905 31 02.40 +50 39 52.4 16.2 R J95 2003 12 06.04657405 31 04.56 +50 38 41.9 16.9 R J95 Orbital elements: 2003 XJ7 Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 MPC M 334.62634 (2000.0) P Q n 0.71179162 Peri. 271.69562 -0.92146901 -0.24718603 a 1.2423219 Node 254.07708 +0.33685980 -0.89263827 e 0.4653346 Incl. 18.15643 -0.19344338 -0.37695621 P 1.38 H 25.7 G 0.15 U 7 Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2003 12 06.0 05 30.04 +51 04.2 0.0078 0.992 150.2 29.6 16.4 2003 12 06.1 05 32.72 +50 07.0 0.0068 0.991 151.0 28.8 16.1 2003 12 06.2 05 36.13 +48 50.6 0.0059 0.991 152.0 27.9 15.8 2003 12 06.3 05 40.57 +47 04.4 0.0049 0.990 153.3 26.6 15.3 2003 12 06.4 05 46.69 +44 24.1 0.0040 0.989 155.1 24.8 14.8 2003 12 06.5 05 55.25 +40 10.6 0.0030 0.988 157.6 22.4 14.2 2003 12 06.6 06 09.02 +31 59.5 0.0021 0.987 160.2 19.8 13.3 2003 12 06.7 06 32.92 +13 24.4 0.0014 0.987 154.2 25.8 12.5 2003 12 06.8 07 24.16 -30 41.0 0.0010 0.986 115.4 64.5 12.9 2003 12 06.9 09 46.35 -69 09.0 0.0014 0.985 74.6 105.3 15.3 2003 12 07.0 13 37.6 -74 39.4 0.0022 0.984 57.9 122.0 17.4 M.P.E.C. 2003-X30 Guy M Hurst