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MPEC 2000-R26 : 1999 FA

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M.P.E.C. 2000-R26                                Issued 2000 Sept. 6, 17:54 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

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                    1999 FA

                           Revision to MPEC 1999-F08

Observations:
     J99F00A 1 1978 10 10.67576 04 15 36.55 -54 17 13.1                      260
     J99F00A   1998 08 18.45144 20 42 15.64 +14 09 18.3          18.3        566
     J99F00A   1998 08 18.47251 20 42 12.93 +14 08 07.6                      566
     J99F00A   1998 08 18.49347 20 42 10.26 +14 06 57.0          17.7        566

Observer details:
260 Siding Spring Observatory-DSS.  Observer W. J. Zealey.  Image located
    and measured by DANEOPS (A. Gnadig)  1.2-m Schmidt.
566 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS.  Observers E. F. Helin, S. Pravdo, K. J. Lawrence,
    D. L. Rabinowitz for the NEAT team.  Images located and measured by
    DANEOPS (A. Gnadig).  1.0-m f/2.2 GEODSS telescope + CCD.

First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
781010 260 3.69+ 2.64+    980818 566 0.08+ 0.01+    MPC 35085   -0.60 day

Orbital elements:
1999 FA                                                              PHA 0.000A
Epoch 2000 Sep. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                 Gnadig
M 178.82733              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.87989085     Peri.  296.80311     -0.23008684     -0.97190399
a   1.0785746      Node   166.22447     +0.95039614     -0.23537734
e   0.1327170      Incl.   12.02897     +0.20930173     +0.00037935
P   1.12           H   20.5           G   0.15           U   1
Residuals in seconds of arc
781010 260  1.3-  0.1+    990318 557  0.3-  0.2-    990323 355  0.1+  0.0
980818 566  0.5-  0.3+    990318 587  0.1-  0.7-    990323 355  0.2+  0.3+
980818 566  0.1-  0.4+    990318 587  0.2+  1.0-    990323 355  0.2+  0.1-
980818 566  0.2+  0.4+    990318 587  0.2+  0.7-    990324 071  0.4+  0.2+
990316 704  0.9-  1.5-    990318 557  0.2-  0.2-    990324 071  0.3+  0.0
990316 704 (2.1-  1.7-)   990318 557  0.1+  0.1-    990324 071  0.2+  0.1-
990316 704  1.3-  1.2-    990318 046  0.1+  0.1+    990324 714  0.4+  0.6-
990316 704 (3.0+  1.7-)   990318 151  0.1+  0.2-    990324 714  0.1-  0.2+
990316 704  0.3-  0.3-    990318 046  0.1+  0.0     990324 151  0.7-  0.4-
990316 704  0.3-  0.2+    990318 046  0.1+  0.0     990324 151  0.1-  0.0
990316 704  0.3-  0.9+    990318 046  0.2+  0.0     990324 151  0.2-  0.2-
990316 704  0.5-  1.0+    990318 151  0.3+  0.1+    990324 151  0.5-  0.1-
990316 704  0.9-  1.6+    990318 151  0.5-  0.3+    990324 151  1.3-  0.3-
990316 620  1.0-  0.0     990318 151  0.4+  0.1+    990325 046  0.2+  0.5+
990316 620  0.9-  0.3-    990318 151  0.1-  0.2-    990325 046  0.2+  0.4+
990316 620  0.7-  0.5-    990318 151  0.2-  0.0     990325 046  0.1+  0.4+
990316 620  0.3-  0.6-    990318 557  0.0   0.3+    990325 046  0.2+  0.4+
990317 758  0.1-  0.1-    990319 557  0.2+  0.4+    990327 118  0.1-  0.2+
990317 758  0.8+  0.4+    990319 557  0.1-  0.6+    990327 118  0.0   0.0
990317 758  0.0   0.3-    990319 327  0.2-  0.6+    990327 118  0.3-  0.2+
990317 758  0.7+  0.0     990319 327  0.0   0.1+    990331 658  0.6-  1.5+
990317 761  0.6+  0.0     990319 327  0.1+  0.0     990331 658  0.5+  1.2+
990317 761  0.5+  0.3+    990319 327  0.1+  0.1+    990331 658  1.3-  0.9+
990317 761  0.1-  0.2+    990319 620 (2.9+  2.5-)   990402 118  0.1+  0.5+
990317 402  0.3+  0.6-    990319 620 (3.0+  2.6-)   990402 118  0.4+  0.3+
990317 402  0.2+  0.5-    990319 620 (3.1+  2.5-)   990402 118  0.5+  0.6+
990317 402  0.7+  0.5-    990319 958  1.0-  0.1-    990405 104  0.4+  0.0
990317 402  0.3+  0.5-    990319 620 (3.2+  2.3-)   990405 104  0.0   0.2-
990317 900  0.1+  0.2-    990319 958  0.6-  0.2+    990405 104  0.2-  0.3-
990317 900  0.1+  0.1-    990319 958  0.4-  0.2+    990405 151  0.0   0.6-
990317 151  0.4-  0.8-    990320 958  1.0-  0.5-    990405 151  0.5-  0.7+
990317 151  0.1-  1.4-    990320 104  0.8+  0.5+    990405 151  0.1-  0.0
990317 151  0.4-  0.9-    990320 104  0.2-  0.5+    990405 151 (0.9+  0.6-)
990317 151  0.4+  1.0-    990320 104  0.3-  0.7+    990405 587  0.2+  0.1-
990317 151  0.4-  0.1-    990320 104  0.6-  0.6+    990405 587  0.7-  0.8+
990317 557  0.2-  0.4-    990320 658  0.3+  0.4+    990405 046  0.2-  0.5+
990317 557  0.2-  0.3-    990320 658  0.2+  0.7+    990405 046  0.2-  0.7+
990317 557  0.3-  0.4-    990320 658  0.2+  0.5+    990405 046  0.2-  0.5+
990317 611  0.2+  0.3-    990320 108  0.7-  1.2-    990405 046  0.2+  0.3+
990317 611  0.2-  0.3-    990320 108  0.2+  0.2-    990413 587  1.0-  0.0
990317 636  0.8+  0.3+    990320 108  0.4-  0.3-    990413 587  0.4-  0.7-
990317 611  0.3+  0.2-    990320 108  0.3-  0.5-    990423 658  0.2+  0.3+
990317 636  1.1+  0.2+    990320 587  0.1-  0.4+    990423 658  0.1-  0.1+
990317 636  0.5+  0.7+    990320 587  0.1-  0.1-    990423 658  0.6+  0.3+
990317 636  0.3+  0.2+    990321 726  0.1+  0.1+    990424 046  0.1-  0.0
990317 636  0.2+  0.3+    990321 726  0.1-  0.3+    990424 046  0.3+  0.1-
990317 636  0.0   0.4+    990321 726  0.2+  0.2+    990424 046  0.4-  0.2-
990318 557  0.2+  0.2+    990321 726  0.0   0.3-    990424 046  0.5+  0.1+
990318 557  0.1+  0.2+    990321 735  0.3+  0.9+    990430 658  0.1-  0.0
990318 046  0.2+  0.6+    990321 735  0.3+  0.7+    990430 658  0.5-  0.4-
990318 046  0.1+  0.4+    990321 735  0.3+  0.9+    990430 658  0.6-  0.4-
990318 046  0.3+  0.5+    990322 360  0.4+  0.1+    990522 693  0.1-  1.1-
990318 046  0.1+  0.5+    990322 360  0.8+  0.0     990522 693  0.5-  1.0-
990318 557  0.4-  0.5+    990322 360  0.6+  0.1+    990522 693  0.4-  1.1-
990318 557  0.0   0.4+    990323 714  0.1-  0.4-    990524 658  0.4-  0.6-
990318 557  0.1-  0.5+    990323 714  0.3-  0.3-    990524 658  0.0   0.8-
990318 557  0.5-  0.3-    990323 714  0.3-  0.1-

Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-R26

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