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    M.P.E.C. 2000-N33                                Issued 2000 July 14, 19:07 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 WT
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-W15
    
    Observations:
         J98W00T 2 1955 10 24.43333 04 34 10.83 +33 37 33.7                      261
         J98W00T 2 1955 10 24.43889 04 34 09.02 +33 37 30.7                      261
         J98W00T 2 1955 10 24.44236 04 34 07.90 +33 37 28.6                      261
         J98W00T 2 1955 10 24.47708 04 33 56.84 +33 37 09.1                      261
    
    Observer details:
    261 Palomar Mountain-DSS.  Measurers A. Boattini, M. Tombelli, G. Forti,
        G. D'Abramo.  1.2-m Oschin Schmidt.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    551024 261 2.49+ 0.47-    551024 261 2.50+ 0.46-    MPC 36905   -2.2 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 WT                                                              PHA 0.033
    Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5                Williams
    M 198.98308              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.73285820     Peri.  324.38798     +0.03790874     +0.99830030
    a   1.2183987      Node   307.74315     -0.90336880     +0.01529970
    e   0.5699543      Incl.    3.20900     -0.42718583     +0.05623557
    P   1.34           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   5
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    551024 261  0.2-  0.2-    981119 734  0.4-  0.2+    981124 118  0.9-  0.1+
    551024 261  0.0   0.2+    981119 734  0.4-  0.1+    981124 118  0.8-  0.1+
    551024 261  0.2+  0.3+    981119 734  0.1-  0.2+    981124 046  0.9-  0.5+
    551024 261 (4.3+  2.4+)   981119 704  0.3-  0.0     981124 046  0.7-  0.5+
    981114 704  0.1+  0.3-    981119 704 (0.7-  2.3-)   981124 046  0.6-  0.5+
    981114 704  0.6-  0.5+    981119 704  1.2-  0.3-    981125 402  0.2-  0.1-
    981114 704  0.3-  0.4+    981119 704  0.3+  0.8-    981125 402  0.2-  0.0
    981114 704  0.1-  0.4+    981119 704  0.8-  0.6-    981125 402  0.4-  0.5+
    981114 704  0.4-  0.8+    981119 402  0.4+  0.1-    981125 360  0.2-  0.1+
    981116 704  0.0   0.9-    981119 402  0.1+  0.2-    981125 360  0.4-  0.2+
    981116 704  1.1+  1.1-    981119 402  0.3+  0.2+    981125 360  0.3-  0.1+
    981116 704 (2.0+  2.4-)   981119 402  0.3+  0.2+    981209 046  0.0   0.7+
    981116 704  0.3+  1.8-    981119 426  0.5+  0.1-    981209 046  0.1+  0.2+
    981116 704  2.0+  0.8-    981119 426  0.2-  0.1-    981209 046  0.0   0.2+
    981117 108 (0.4+  3.3-)   981119 426  0.1-  0.2-    981209 046  0.1+  0.3+
    981117 108  0.9+  1.1-    981120 049  0.6+  0.8+    981214 658  0.3-  1.1+
    981117 108  1.1+  1.3-    981120 049  0.8+  0.8+    981214 658  0.8-  0.5+
    981118 711  0.4+  0.8+    981120 049  0.0   0.8+    981214 658  0.5-  0.5+
    981118 711  0.4-  0.2-    981122 836  0.2-  0.9+    981215 046  0.5+  1.0-
    981118 711  0.1-  0.1+    981122 836  1.0-  0.9-    981215 046  0.7+  0.6-
    981118 046  0.3+  0.4+    981122 836  1.6+  0.5+    981215 046  0.2+  0.5-
    981118 046  0.0   0.0     981123 118  0.1-  0.1-    981215 046  0.2+  0.5-
    981118 046  0.1-  0.4+    981123 118  0.0   0.3-    981218 402  0.1-  0.4-
    981118 046  0.6-  0.1-    981123 118  0.1-  0.5-    981218 402  1.2+  1.4-
    981118 836  0.0   0.1+    981123 118  0.2-  0.2-    981218 402  0.3+  0.1+
    981119 836 (2.7+  0.3+)   981123 118  0.3-  0.4-
    981119 836  1.7+  1.4+    981124 118  1.0-  0.2+
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-N33
    

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