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    M.P.E.C. 2001-G23                                Issued 2001 Apr. 11, 17:37 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.
    
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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1998 RO4
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-S12
    
    Observations:
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 05.62091 15 12 57.33 -14 09 00.7                      413
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 05.62502 15 12 57.33 -14 08 59.4                      413
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 05.62821 15 12 57.35 -14 08 57.8                      413
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 06.60839 15 12 59.61 -14 02 16.5                      413
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 06.61160 15 12 59.62 -14 02 15.3                      413
         J98R04O 1C2001 04 06.61480 15 12 59.61 -14 02 13.5                      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, reference and Delta-T
    010405 413 24.0+  3.9-    010406 413 24.4+  3.9-    MPC 33350   -0.0057 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 RO4
    Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Spahr
    M 314.44018              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.31518735     Peri.  111.16853     +0.55069901     +0.83446843
    a   2.1384061      Node   192.30562     -0.79618389     +0.51800521
    e   0.4270119      Incl.    5.33739     -0.25064281     +0.18797082
    P   3.13           H   17.9           G   0.15           U   3
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    980823 699  0.5+  0.3-    980920 557  0.1-  0.2-    981013 422  0.3+  0.5-
    980823 699  0.4+  0.7-    980923 426  0.6-  0.5-    981013 557  0.1-  0.3-
    980823 699  0.4+  0.1+    980923 426  0.0   0.2-    981013 046  0.5+  0.3+
    980827 699  0.1+  0.1+    980923 426  0.2-  0.2-    981013 046  0.4+  0.1+
    980827 699  0.5-  0.1+    980923 540  0.8+  0.0     981014 699  0.7-  1.0+
    980827 699  0.0   0.2+    980923 540  0.7+  0.1+    981014 699  0.1+  0.4-
    980828 704  0.0   0.5+    980923 540  0.5+  0.1-    981014 699  0.3+  0.7-
    980828 704  1.7-  0.4-    980925 557  0.2+  0.1-    981014 470  0.7-  0.6+
    980828 704  0.5+  0.1+    980925 557  0.0   0.1-    981014 470  0.6-  1.0+
    980828 704  0.2-  0.7+    980926 704  0.5-  0.4-    981014 470  0.7+  0.7+
    980828 704  0.1+  0.2-    980926 704  1.0-  0.6-    981015 704  0.6+  0.7-
    980914 704  0.3+  0.5+    980926 704  1.4-  0.3-    981015 704  0.2+  0.9+
    980914 704  0.2-  0.1+    980926 704  0.6-  0.1-    981015 704  0.4+  1.9+
    980914 704  0.6+  0.6+    980926 704  0.1-  0.5-    981015 704 (2.2-  0.1-)
    980915 699  0.0   0.3+    980927 704  0.5+  0.5+    981019 699  0.4-  0.3+
    980915 699  0.2+  0.1+    980927 704  0.1+  0.2+    981019 699  0.2+  1.6+
    980915 699  0.3-  0.2+    980927 704  0.2+  0.7+    981019 699  0.2+  0.1-
    980918 704  0.4-  0.2-    980927 704  0.3+  0.3-    981115 711  0.1+  0.2+
    980918 704  0.5-  0.4-    980927 704  0.2+  0.5-    981115 711  0.1+  0.2+
    980918 704  0.2-  0.3+    981002 402  0.0   0.2-    981116 711  0.1-  0.3+
    980918 704  0.6+  0.1+    981002 402  0.2-  0.1+    981116 711  0.1+  0.1+
    980918 704  0.4-  0.2+    981002 402  0.1+  0.5-    010405 413  0.0   0.5+
    980920 470  0.5+  0.7-    981002 360  0.2-  0.4+    010405 413  0.0   0.2+
    980920 470  0.4+  0.1-    981002 360  0.0   0.1-    010405 413  0.3+  0.5+
    980920 470  0.5+  0.0     981002 360  0.1-  0.2+    010406 413  0.1-  0.3+
    980920 557  0.1+  0.2-    981012 470 (3.1-  1.6-)   010406 413  0.1+  0.1+
    980920 557  0.0   0.1-    981012 470  1.5-  1.8-    010406 413  0.1+  0.6+
    980920 557  0.2+  0.3-    981013 422  0.2+  0.6-
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 RO4                 a,e,i = 2.14, 0.43, 5                   q = 1.2253
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 04 01    15 12.33   -14 37.2    0.907    1.801   141.6    20.2    20.0
    2001 04 11    15 12.73   -13 29.2    0.798    1.745   151.4    15.9    19.5
    2001 04 21    15 09.49   -11 54.3    0.705    1.690   161.8    10.7    19.0
    2001 05 01    15 02.77   -09 55.0    0.632    1.635   171.1     5.5    18.4
    2001 05 11    14 53.57   -07 40.5    0.577    1.580   168.9     7.1    18.2
    2001 05 21    14 43.58   -05 26.4    0.541    1.527   157.9    14.4    18.3
    2001 05 31    14 35.05   -03 32.1    0.521    1.476   146.3    22.4    18.4
    2001 06 10    14 30.04   -02 13.4    0.513    1.427   135.4    30.0    18.5
    2001 06 20    14 29.82   -01 37.8    0.514    1.382   125.9    36.6    18.6
    2001 06 30    14 35.05   -01 46.3    0.519    1.340   117.9    42.1    18.8
    2001 07 10    14 45.77   -02 34.2    0.526    1.304   111.4    46.5    18.8
    2001 07 20    15 01.73   -03 55.4    0.533    1.274   106.4    49.9    18.9
    2001 07 30    15 22.74   -05 42.9    0.541    1.250   102.6    52.4    19.0
    2001 08 09    15 48.48   -07 48.2    0.550    1.234   100.0    54.0    19.0
    2001 08 19    16 18.61   -10 02.1    0.561    1.226    98.3    54.8    19.1
    2001 08 29    16 52.78   -12 13.6    0.577    1.227    97.5    54.7    19.1
    2001 09 08    17 30.26   -14 09.8    0.599    1.235    97.2    54.0    19.2
    2001 09 18    18 10.04   -15 39.2    0.631    1.252    97.2    52.8    19.3
    2001 09 28    18 50.92   -16 32.6    0.673    1.276    97.3    51.1    19.5
    2001 10 08    19 31.52   -16 45.9    0.728    1.307    97.2    49.3    19.6
    2001 10 18    20 10.70   -16 20.7    0.795    1.344    96.6    47.4    19.8
    2001 10 28    20 47.76   -15 21.9    0.875    1.386    95.5    45.5    20.1
    2001 11 07    21 22.28   -13 56.7    0.967    1.431    94.0    43.7    20.3
    2001 11 17    21 54.28   -12 12.2    1.071    1.480    91.8    41.9    20.5
    2001 11 27    22 23.96   -10 14.4    1.185    1.532    89.2    40.1    20.8
    2001 12 07    22 51.59   -08 08.4    1.309    1.585    86.2    38.3    21.0
    2001 12 17    23 17.49   -05 57.9    1.440    1.639    82.8    36.6    21.3
    2001 12 27    23 41.99   -03 45.7    1.578    1.695    79.1    34.7    21.5
    2002 01 06    00 05.32   -01 34.1    1.722    1.750    75.1    32.9    21.7
    2002 01 16    00 27.72   +00 35.3    1.869    1.806    71.0    31.0    21.9
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-G23
    

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