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    M.P.E.C. 2000-C37                                Issued 2000 Feb.  9, 18:38 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 WT24
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-X10
    
    Observations:
         J98W24T 1C1999 11 04.40936 16 55 51.39 -26 57 12.7                      413
         J98W24T 1C1999 11 04.41102 16 55 52.13 -26 57 14.4                      413
         J98W24T 1C1999 11 04.41271 16 55 53.04 -26 57 15.9          19.5 R      413
         J98W24T 1C2000 02 07.43329101 08 22.62 +06 24 08.2          19.3 R      413
         J98W24T 1C2000 02 07.43538201 08 23.05 +06 24 10.9          19.4 R      413
         J98W24T 1C2000 02 07.43774001 08 23.42 +06 24 14.3          19.7 R      413
         J98W24T 1C2000 02 08.43712 01 11 15.18 +06 47 57.0          19.5 R      413
         J98W24T 1C2000 02 08.43914 01 11 15.53 +06 47 59.8          19.0 R      413
    
    Observer details:
    413 Siding Spring.  Observers R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    991104 413 12.4-  6.5+    000208 413  5.9-  3.0-    MPC 34031   +0.0054 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 WT24                                                            PHA 0.001
    Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Williams
    M 224.00653              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.61992256     Peri.  167.36275     -0.34894003     +0.92846276
    a   0.7180255      Node    82.10490     -0.87060856     -0.27090335
    e   0.4184183      Incl.    7.38225     -0.34681638     -0.25410289
    P   0.61           H   17.7           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    981124 699  1.6-  1.1+    981201 704  0.5+  0.6+    981216 360  0.3+  0.8+
    981124 699  0.7-  1.2+    981201 704  0.4+  0.3-    981217 046  0.3-  0.3+
    981124 699  1.0-  0.1+    981201 704  0.7-  0.4+    981217 046  0.4-  0.3+
    981125 704  1.0-  0.5-    981202 327  0.4+  0.1-    981217 046  0.1-  0.1-
    981125 704 (2.5-  1.4+)   981202 327  1.2+  0.1+    981218 402  1.0-  0.6-
    981125 704  0.2+  0.8-    981202 327  0.6+  0.3-    981218 402  0.4+  0.8-
    981125 704  0.9+  1.1-    981204 046  1.0+  0.1-    981218 402  0.7-  0.6-
    981125 704  1.5+  0.6-    981204 046  0.1+  0.1+    981227 402  0.3-  0.1-
    981126 734  0.6-  1.2-    981204 046  0.3-  0.0     981227 402  0.2+  0.0
    981126 734  1.0+  1.0-    981204 046  0.3-  0.1+    991104 413  0.4-  0.2-
    981126 734 (2.5+  0.9-)   981204 046  0.6-  0.3+    991104 413  0.6-  0.2+
    981201 704  0.9-  0.8+    981204 046  0.3-  0.5+    991104 413  1.3+  0.9+
    981201 704  1.0-  0.6-    981206 104  1.5+  0.4+    000207 413  0.8-  0.3+
    981201 704  1.6-  0.1+    981206 104 (2.6+  0.2-)   000207 413  0.3+  0.0
    981201 704  0.4-  0.1-    981206 104  1.6+  0.1+    000207 413  0.2-  0.0
    981201 704  0.1+  0.0     981216 360  0.6+  0.5+    000208 413  0.3+  0.2+
    981201 704  0.2+  0.4+    981216 360  0.3+  0.5+    000208 413  0.4+  0.2+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 WT24                a,e,i = 0.72, 0.42, 7                   q = 0.4176
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2000 02 06    01 04.26   +05 49.7    1.027    1.015    60.5    57.7    19.9
    2000 02 16    01 32.60   +09 40.8    1.061    1.001    58.4    57.2    19.9
    2000 02 26    02 00.26   +13 12.9    1.082    0.974    55.9    57.3    19.9
    2000 03 07    02 27.70   +16 27.2    1.088    0.935    53.2    58.2    19.8
    2000 03 17    02 55.17   +19 24.0    1.076    0.884    50.4    60.1    19.7
    2000 03 27    03 22.57   +22 02.0    1.042    0.820    47.4    63.5    19.6
    2000 04 06    03 49.29   +24 18.2    0.983    0.745    44.1    69.3    19.5
    2000 04 16    04 13.23   +26 06.3    0.895    0.658    40.0    78.9    19.3
    2000 04 26    04 28.62   +27 09.4    0.780    0.565    34.0    95.5    19.3
    2000 05 06    04 21.63   +26 34.4    0.655    0.478    22.8   125.1    20.4
    2000 05 16    03 38.14   +22 08.1    0.590    0.423     3.3   172.1    34.3
    2000 05 26    02 57.27   +15 44.4    0.676    0.430    18.6   131.3    20.9
    2000 06 05    02 56.82   +13 25.7    0.850    0.495    29.1    94.2    19.2
    2000 06 15    03 18.76   +14 03.1    1.018    0.585    33.4    73.1    19.1
    2000 06 25    03 48.19   +15 34.4    1.153    0.677    35.7    61.1    19.3
    2000 07 05    04 19.89   +17 09.8    1.253    0.761    37.4    54.2    19.6
    2000 07 15    04 52.24   +18 31.9    1.325    0.835    39.1    50.1    19.8
    2000 07 25    05 24.82   +19 34.6    1.371    0.896    40.8    47.8    19.9
    2000 08 04    05 57.62   +20 15.6    1.396    0.945    42.6    46.6    20.1
    2000 08 14    06 30.71   +20 33.6    1.402    0.981    44.4    46.3    20.1
    2000 08 24    07 04.31   +20 27.7    1.393    1.005    46.1    46.5    20.2
    2000 09 03    07 38.67   +19 56.6    1.370    1.017    47.7    47.2    20.2
    2000 09 13    08 14.06   +18 58.3    1.336    1.017    49.0    48.3    20.2
    2000 09 23    08 50.89   +17 29.9    1.294    1.005    49.9    49.8    20.1
    2000 10 03    09 29.59   +15 27.6    1.248    0.981    50.3    51.7    20.0
    2000 10 13    10 10.67   +12 46.8    1.200    0.945    49.9    53.8    19.9
    2000 10 23    10 54.74   +09 22.2    1.157    0.897    48.5    56.2    19.8
    2000 11 02    11 42.45   +05 10.3    1.123    0.836    46.0    58.7    19.7
    2000 11 12    12 34.41   +00 12.1    1.107    0.763    42.2    60.7    19.5
    2000 11 22    13 31.36   -05 23.4    1.115    0.678    37.0    61.3    19.3
    2000 12 02    14 34.14   -11 14.9    1.153    0.586    30.6    58.8    19.0
    2000 12 12    15 44.01   -16 48.7    1.224    0.496    22.8    50.4    18.5
    2000 12 22    17 02.35   -21 15.1    1.315    0.431    13.9    33.4    17.9
    2001 01 01    18 27.05   -23 26.5    1.396    0.423     4.4    10.4    17.2
    2001 01 11    19 49.46   -22 42.6    1.451    0.477     4.6     9.5    17.5
    2001 01 21    21 02.12   -19 37.8    1.492    0.564    11.6    20.5    18.3
    2001 01 31    22 03.80   -15 14.9    1.535    0.657    16.8    25.6    18.9
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-C37
    

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