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    M.P.E.C. 2000-C35                                Issued 2000 Feb.  9, 18:22 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
    
                                       1998 FF2
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-F12
    
    Observations:
         J98F02F 1C2000 02 07.68870 13 25 39.37 -01 31 48.1          20.4 R      413
         J98F02F 1C2000 02 07.69182 13 25 39.56 -01 31 50.6          20.3 R      413
         J98F02F 1C2000 02 07.69520 13 25 39.80 -01 31 53.5          20.0 R      413
         J98F02F 1C2000 02 08.69669 13 26 50.63 -01 45 00.4          20.6 R      413
         J98F02F 1C2000 02 08.70038 13 26 50.83 -01 45 02.6          18.1 R      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    000207 413 0.03+ 0.02-    000208 413 0.03+ 0.02-    MPC 31805   -0.041 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 FF2
    Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Spahr
    M 298.87181              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.50491788     Peri.  264.77464     -0.00748089     +0.99984029
    a   1.5619084      Node     4.88579     -0.82529650     +0.00299164
    e   0.2924793      Incl.   10.98571     -0.56465009     -0.01761921
    P   1.95           H   18.9           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    980320 704  0.2-  0.8+    980323 046  0.5-  0.1-    980329 704  0.7+  0.6-
    980320 704  0.3+  0.3+    980324 704  0.5+  0.4-    980329 658  0.5-  0.1+
    980320 704  0.5+  1.5-    980324 704  0.3-  0.5-    980329 704  0.1+  0.7-
    980320 704  1.0+  1.3-    980324 704  0.3-  0.4+    980329 658  0.6+  0.1-
    980321 046  0.3-  0.9-    980324 704  0.3-  1.3+    980329 658  0.4-  0.4+
    980321 046 (0.3+  2.1-)   980324 704  0.7-  0.4+    980329 422 (6.7-  5.8+)
    980321 106  0.7-  0.0     980324 704  0.4-  0.6+    980329 422 (5.0-  7.0+)
    980321 106  0.8-  0.1-    980324 704  0.7+  0.1+    980329 046  0.3+  0.1-
    980321 106  0.4-  0.2+    980324 704  0.1-  0.5-    980329 046  0.3+  0.3+
    980321 557  1.2-  0.1+    980324 704  0.2-  0.6+    980329 046  0.0   0.2+
    980321 557  0.0   1.1-    980324 704  0.3-  0.1+    980329 046  0.4+  0.1-
    980321 557  0.0   0.6-    980324 704  0.3+  0.3-    980331 402  0.3+  0.2+
    980321 557  0.5-  0.7-    980324 704  0.8+  0.3-    980331 402  0.8+  0.3+
    980322 557  0.6+  0.4+    980324 704  0.6-  0.0     980331 402  0.3+  0.2-
    980322 704  0.6+  0.6-    980324 704  1.2+  0.8+    980331 106  0.1-  0.0
    980322 704  1.3+  0.4-    980324 704  1.0+  0.5+    980331 106  0.9-  0.5+
    980322 704  0.7-  0.1-    980324 566  0.2+  0.9-    980402 360  0.7+  0.2-
    980322 704  0.9+  0.1+    980324 566  0.2-  0.2+    980402 360  0.4+  0.1+
    980322 704 (4.6-  0.5+)   980324 566  0.9-  1.5-    980402 360  0.4+  0.1+
    980322 900  0.5-  1.3-    980324 587  0.4+  0.2-    980415 658  0.6-  0.6-
    980322 900  0.7-  0.2+    980324 587  0.2+  0.6-    980415 658  0.6-  0.1-
    980322 108 (2.5+  0.0 )   980325 704  0.0   0.9+    980415 658  0.5-  0.6-
    980322 557  1.7-  0.7+    980325 704  0.5+  0.8+    980416 704  1.7+  0.3+
    980322 557  0.4-  0.1+    980325 704  0.4+  0.5+    980416 704  1.4-  1.0+
    980322 557  0.2-  0.4+    980325 704  0.1-  0.9+    980416 704  1.1-  1.3-
    980322 108  1.4+  1.2+    980325 704  0.4-  0.5+    980416 704  1.0+  1.7-
    980323 557  0.6-  0.3+    980325 360  0.2+  0.2-    980417 118  0.1-  0.0
    980323 557  0.1-  0.2-    980325 360  0.4+  0.1-    980417 118  0.2+  0.0
    980323 557  0.3-  0.3-    980325 360  0.2-  0.2-    980417 118  0.0   0.3-
    980323 557  0.0   0.4+    980326 557  0.8-  0.2+    980426 360  0.0   0.6+
    980323 422  0.6-  0.5+    980326 557  0.2+  0.4-    980426 360  0.2-  0.8+
    980323 422  0.2-  0.2-    980326 046  0.2-  0.1+    980426 360  0.2+  0.4+
    980323 422  0.2-  0.2+    980326 046  0.4-  0.3-    000207 413  0.3+  0.4+
    980323 426  0.6-  0.4+    980326 046  0.2-  0.2-    000207 413  0.0   0.3+
    980323 426  0.1-  0.5+    980328 426  0.7+  0.7+    000207 413  0.2+  0.1+
    980323 426  0.1+  0.4-    980328 426  0.3+  0.2+    000208 413  0.3+  0.5-
    980323 046  0.8-  0.1+    980328 426  0.3+  0.4-    000208 413  0.4-  0.2+
    980323 046  0.1-  0.1+    980329 704  1.0+  0.4+
    980323 046  0.2-  0.4+    980329 704  0.8+  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 FF2                 a,e,i = 1.56, 0.29, 11                  q = 1.1051
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 02 06    13 23.62   -01 10.0    0.829    1.546   116.5    34.8    20.9
    2000 02 16    13 34.80   -03 24.4    0.716    1.505   123.2    33.3    20.5
    2000 02 26    13 43.55   -05 55.4    0.612    1.463   130.4    31.0    20.0
    2000 03 07    13 48.99   -08 52.6    0.518    1.421   138.2    27.7    19.5
    2000 03 17    13 50.00   -12 29.4    0.434    1.379   146.7    23.3    18.9
    2000 03 27    13 45.33   -17 01.2    0.364    1.337   155.5    18.1    18.3
    2000 04 06    13 33.44   -22 38.3    0.308    1.297   162.0    13.8    17.7
    2000 04 16    13 13.50   -29 13.2    0.268    1.259   160.1    15.7    17.4
    2000 04 26    12 46.35   -36 10.7    0.243    1.223   149.9    24.4    17.4
    2000 05 06    12 15.31   -42 38.3    0.232    1.190   137.5    34.9    17.5
    2000 05 16    11 46.01   -48 07.5    0.230    1.162   126.2    44.6    17.7
    2000 05 26    11 23.01   -52 48.9    0.232    1.138   117.3    52.3    17.9
    2000 06 05    11 08.97   -57 08.4    0.236    1.121   110.9    57.8    18.1
    2000 06 15    11 05.58   -61 34.2    0.239    1.109   107.0    61.1    18.2
    2000 06 25    11 15.32   -66 21.6    0.240    1.105   105.5    62.4    18.2
    2000 07 05    11 47.0    -71 30.0    0.240    1.108   106.2    61.8    18.2
    2000 07 15    13 05.4    -76 19.0    0.240    1.118   108.9    59.3    18.2
    2000 07 25    15 41.5    -77 50.6    0.242    1.134   113.5    55.2    18.1
    2000 08 04    18 04.7    -72 50.5    0.248    1.156   119.2    50.0    18.0
    2000 08 14    19 17.02   -63 51.6    0.263    1.184   125.0    44.5    18.1
    2000 08 24    19 55.56   -53 48.2    0.290    1.215   129.3    40.0    18.2
    2000 09 03    20 20.95   -44 11.0    0.330    1.251   131.2    37.4    18.5
    2000 09 13    20 41.05   -35 44.9    0.384    1.289   130.5    36.4    18.9
    2000 09 23    20 58.84   -28 40.9    0.451    1.329   127.9    36.6    19.3
    2000 10 03    21 15.76   -22 50.7    0.531    1.370   124.0    37.2    19.7
    2000 10 13    21 32.50   -17 59.5    0.621    1.412   119.6    37.9    20.1
    2000 10 23    21 49.28   -13 53.0    0.721    1.454   114.9    38.4    20.5
    2000 11 02    22 06.29   -10 18.8    0.830    1.496   110.1    38.5    20.9
    2000 11 12    22 23.58   -07 07.6    0.946    1.537   105.1    38.4    21.2
    2000 11 22    22 41.11   -04 12.8    1.068    1.577   100.2    38.0    21.6
    2000 12 02    22 58.91   -01 29.5    1.195    1.617    95.2    37.4    21.8
    2000 12 12    23 16.97   +01 05.6    1.325    1.655    90.3    36.5    22.1
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-C35
    

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