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    M.P.E.C. 2002-A18                                Issued 2002 Jan. 5, 22:24 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,
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       1999 GU3
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1999-G22
    
    Observations:
         J99G03U 1C2002 01 03.69191 08 38 17.64 -12 35 27.6                      413
         J99G03U 1C2002 01 03.73352 08 38 17.06 -12 36 14.1                      413
         J99G03U 1C2002 01 05.70251 08 37 53.63 -13 13 17.1                      413
         J99G03U 1C2002 01 05.70574 08 37 53.56 -13 13 20.1                      413
         J99G03U 1C2002 01 05.70895 08 37 53.53 -13 13 24.0                      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
    020103 413 71.4+ 16.6-    020105 413 73.8+ 17.4-    MPC 35447   -0.016 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1999 GU3                                                             PHA 0.033
    Epoch 2001 Oct. 18.0 TT = JDT 2452200.5                 MPC
    M 300.39127              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.32696964     Peri.    8.69841     -0.91187475     +0.40612133
    a   2.0867212      Node   195.67588     -0.38861791     -0.90091712
    e   0.5061513      Incl.   12.73907     -0.13213842     -0.15301570
    P   3.01           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   0
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    990410 704 (2.8-  1.6-)   990412 719  0.3+  1.3-    990419 557  0.1+  0.3+
    990410 704 (5.0-  2.2-)   990412 719 (0.3-  3.0-)   990419 557  0.1-  0.5+
    990410 704 (5.1-  0.5-)   990412 719  0.3+  0.3-    990419 557  0.1+  0.4+
    990410 704 (3.5-  3.8-)   990412 719  0.3-  1.1-    990419 557  0.2+  0.5+
    990411 046  0.3+  0.8+    990412 422  0.2-  0.2+    990419 557  0.1-  0.1-
    990411 046  0.6+  0.8+    990412 422  0.2-  0.1-    990419 557  0.1-  0.1-
    990411 046  0.3+  1.0+    990412 422  0.2-  0.0     990419 557  0.2-  0.1-
    990411 046  0.8+  1.3+    990412 422  0.1-  0.4+    990419 557  0.2-  0.0
    990411 046  1.1+  0.6+    990412 422  0.1+  0.5+    990420 557  0.2-  0.0
    990411 046  1.6+  0.6+    990412 422  0.1-  0.5+    990420 557  0.1-  0.1-
    990411 046  1.8+  0.7+    990413 739  1.4-  0.3-    990420 860  1.7+  0.4-
    990411 046 (2.1+  0.7+)   990413 739 (5.0+  0.1-)   990420 860  1.9+  0.4-
    990411 046  0.1-  0.3+    990413 726  0.1-  0.3-    990420 860  1.6+  0.4-
    990411 046  0.2+  0.2+    990413 726  0.6+  0.1-    990421 557  0.0   0.4-
    990411 046  0.2+  0.2+    990413 739 (5.4+  0.3-)   990421 557  0.1+  0.5-
    990411 046  0.3+  0.3+    990413 726  0.4-  0.4+    990421 046  0.2-  0.1+
    990411 734  0.5+  0.7+    990413 726  0.6+  0.6-    990421 046  0.2-  0.1+
    990411 734  0.6-  0.6+    990413 726  0.5-  0.1-    990421 557  0.1+  0.6-
    990411 734  1.4-  0.2+    990413 726  0.3+  0.0     990421 046  0.3-  0.0
    990411 734  0.3+  0.4+    990413 726  0.7+  0.4-    990422 658  0.1+  0.3+
    990411 704 (2.1-  0.9+)   990413 739 (1.3-  2.1-)   990422 658  0.3-  0.1+
    990411 704  1.4-  0.8-    990413 355  0.7+  0.4+    990422 658  0.4-  0.1+
    990411 704  1.6-  0.8-    990413 355  0.6+  0.5+    990423 557  0.1-  0.1+
    990411 704 (2.1-  0.3-)   990413 355  0.7+  0.7+    990423 557  0.1-  0.1-
    990411 704 (4.9-  2.4-)   990413 151  0.8+  0.1-    990423 557  0.2-  0.1+
    990411 704 (5.2-  2.8-)   990413 151  1.6-  0.7+    990424 557  0.6-  0.3-
    990411 704 (5.0-  4.0-)   990413 151  0.6-  0.6+    990424 046  0.5-  0.1+
    990411 704 (5.1-  3.4-)   990413 151  0.0   0.0     990424 557  0.5-  0.3-
    990411 739  0.6-  0.1-    990413 151  0.8+  1.0-    990424 046  0.4-  0.1+
    990411 739  0.4-  0.2+    990413 151  0.6-  0.3+    990424 046  0.5-  0.2+
    990411 739  0.7-  0.5+    990413 620  0.3+  0.0     990424 046  0.6-  0.1+
    990411 739  0.3-  0.2+    990413 620  0.3+  0.1-    990424 557  0.5-  0.3-
    990411 739  0.2-  0.1-    990413 620  0.2+  0.1+    990426 360  0.4+  0.2-
    990411 739  0.3-  0.1+    990413 620  0.2+  0.0     990426 360  0.0   0.1-
    990411 739  0.0   0.1-    990413 620  0.0   0.2-    990426 360  0.4+  0.0
    990411 739  0.2-  0.2+    990414 355  0.3-  0.4-    990428 118  0.5-  0.3-
    990411 422  0.3-  0.7-    990414 355  0.3-  0.1-    990428 118  0.1-  0.3-
    990411 422  0.2+  0.2-    990414 355  0.3-  0.2-    990428 118  0.6+  0.3-
    990411 422  0.5-  0.3-    990414 360  0.5-  0.3-    990429 658  0.2-  0.7+
    990411 402  0.1+  0.6-    990414 360  0.6-  0.2-    990429 658  0.1-  0.8+
    990411 402  0.3+  0.5-    990414 360  0.3-  0.2-    990429 658  0.5-  0.4+
    990411 422  0.4+  1.3-    990414 557  0.3-  0.0     990429 118  0.3+  0.1-
    990411 422  0.3+  1.5-    990414 557  0.1-  0.3+    990429 118  0.7+  0.4-
    990412 151  0.4-  0.7-    990414 557  0.3-  0.2+    990429 118  0.2+  0.4-
    990412 151  0.3-  0.5-    990414 557  0.4-  0.0     990430 658  0.3-  0.5+
    990412 151  0.5-  0.1-    990415 046  0.6+  0.2-    990430 658  0.2-  0.2+
    990412 151  0.8-  0.5-    990415 046  0.5+  0.2-    990430 658  0.1-  0.5+
    990412 151  0.7-  0.7-    990415 046  0.4+  0.1-    990504 557  0.4-  0.2+
    990412 758  0.3+  0.3+    990415 046  0.2+  0.2-    990504 557  0.3-  0.1+
    990412 758  0.8+  0.1+    990415 118  0.0   0.3-    990504 557  0.5-  0.2+
    990412 758  0.3-  0.4+    990415 118  0.1-  0.3-    990504 557  0.4-  0.1+
    990412 758  0.0   0.1+    990415 118  0.1+  0.3-    990506 557  0.0   0.5+
    990412 758  0.4+  0.1-    990415 540  0.3+  0.1-    990506 557  0.0   0.4+
    990412 649  0.5-  0.3+    990415 540  0.5+  0.3-    990506 557  0.3+  0.6+
    990412 649  0.3-  0.6+    990415 540  0.5+  0.3-    990506 711  0.1-  0.2+
    990412 649  0.1+  0.3+    990415 540  0.1+  0.0     990506 711  0.2+  0.5+
    990412 649  1.1-  0.4+    990416 355  0.2+  0.2-    990507 711  0.2-  0.2+
    990412 649  0.4-  0.9+    990416 355  0.1-  0.3-    990507 711  0.1+  0.4+
    990412 859  0.2+  0.6+    990416 355  0.0   0.2-    990508 557  0.0   0.2+
    990412 859  0.6+  0.8+    990416 121  1.4-  1.6+    990508 557  0.1+  0.3+
    990412 859  0.7+  0.6+    990416 121  0.4+  1.3+    990508 557  0.1-  0.4+
    990412 859  0.8+  0.7+    990417 121  0.1+  0.7-    990508 557  0.1-  0.2+
    990412 859  0.3+  0.8+    990417 121  0.7+  0.1-    990510 046  0.3-  0.0
    990412 732  0.0   0.3+    990417 557  0.4-  0.7-    990510 046  0.0   0.1-
    990412 732  0.2+  0.0     990417 121  0.2-  0.2-    990510 557  0.3+  0.0
    990412 732  0.7+  0.3+    990417 557  0.5-  0.7-    990510 557  0.2+  0.2-
    990412 732  0.2+  0.2+    990417 557  0.2-  0.3-    990510 557  0.5+  0.2-
    990412 713  0.1-  0.3+    990417 557  0.4+  0.4-    990513 360  0.5+  0.2+
    990412 713  0.3-  0.1+    990417 557  0.6-  0.8-    990513 360  0.0   0.4+
    990412 649  0.3-  0.2+    990417 121  0.5-  0.8+    990513 360  0.2+  0.2+
    990412 649  0.5-  0.6+    990418 151  0.2-  0.0     990517 557  0.2+  0.2+
    990412 649  0.0   0.4+    990418 151  0.2-  1.1-    990517 118  0.5+  0.4+
    990412 649  0.6-  0.3+    990418 151  0.1+  0.5-    990517 557  0.0   0.4+
    990412 713  0.2+  0.3+    990418 151  0.5-  0.2-    990517 118  0.3+  0.1-
    990412 713  0.5+  0.0     990418 121  1.8-  0.9-    990517 118  0.3+  0.1-
    990412 713  0.2+  0.5-    990418 151  0.8+  0.1+    990517 557  0.2+  0.4+
    990412 732  1.9+  0.6+    990418 121  1.8+  1.1-    990519 557  0.3+  0.1-
    990412 704  1.6-  1.6-    990418 121  0.0   1.5-    990519 557  0.1+  0.2-
    990412 704 (3.5-  0.6-)   990418 121  0.6+  0.6-    990519 557  0.2+  0.2-
    990412 732 (2.2+  0.4+)   990418 121  0.2-  0.9-    990708 658  0.0   0.2-
    990412 713  0.4+  0.5-    990418 860  0.5+  0.4-    990708 658  0.8-  0.4+
    990412 732  0.6+  0.1+    990418 860  0.0   0.1-    990708 658  0.6-  0.3+
    990412 732  1.1+  0.1+    990418 860  0.9+  0.0     990709 658  0.5-  0.6-
    990412 704  1.6-  1.7-    990418 860  0.6+  0.1-    990709 658  0.2+  1.0-
    990412 704 (2.9-  0.6-)   990418 860  1.6+  0.6-    990720 658  0.1+  0.6+
    990412 713  0.5+  0.2-    990418 557  0.0   0.5+    990720 658  0.0   1.1+
    990412 704 (1.2-  3.2-)   990418 557  0.1-  0.4+    990720 658  0.4-  0.3+
    990412 704  2.0-  1.5-    990418 557  0.2-  0.2+    020103 413  0.2+  0.2-
    990412 704  1.2-  1.1-    990419 118  0.1+  0.4+    020103 413  0.4+  0.3+
    990412 704  2.0-  0.6+    990419 118  0.2+  0.6+    020105 413  0.3-  0.2-
    990412 704 (1.6-  2.3-)   990419 118  0.2+  0.6+    020105 413  0.4-  0.4+
    990412 704 (2.8-  1.4-)   990419 557  0.1+  0.4+    020105 413  0.1+  0.1+
    
    Ephemeris:
    1999 GU3                 a,e,i = 2.09, 0.51, 13                  q = 1.0305
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2001 12 27    08 38.48   -10 09.3    0.757    1.598   132.9    26.8    21.2
    2002 01 06    08 37.83   -13 18.9    0.649    1.528   137.8    25.6    20.8
    2002 01 16    08 33.44   -16 18.5    0.555    1.458   141.2    25.0    20.3
    2002 01 26    08 25.37   -18 51.3    0.474    1.390   142.3    25.7    19.9
    2002 02 05    08 14.36   -20 37.8    0.404    1.323   140.5    28.3    19.5
    2002 02 15    08 01.97   -21 16.4    0.344    1.259   136.3    32.8    19.2
    2002 02 25    07 50.80   -20 29.9    0.291    1.199   130.5    38.9    18.9
    2002 03 07    07 43.52   -18 04.4    0.242    1.146   124.1    45.8    18.6
    2002 03 17    07 42.82   -13 33.4    0.196    1.100   117.9    53.1    18.2
    2002 03 27    07 52.18   -05 51.5    0.151    1.065   112.5    59.9    17.8
    2002 04 06    08 18.61   +07 56.8    0.110    1.041   108.7    65.6    17.2
    2002 04 16    09 25.79   +32 35.9    0.084    1.031   106.9    68.7    16.7
    2002 04 26    12 18.52   +56 09.2    0.088    1.035   106.5    68.8    16.8
    2002 05 06    15 22.81   +55 18.2    0.121    1.052   108.0    65.8    17.4
    2002 05 16    16 36.60   +47 42.4    0.164    1.082   111.7    60.2    18.0
    2002 05 26    17 05.98   +41 04.9    0.211    1.123   116.5    53.8    18.4
    2002 06 05    17 19.42   +35 17.6    0.261    1.174   121.8    47.3    18.8
    2002 06 15    17 26.28   +29 47.9    0.315    1.231   126.9    41.3    19.2
    2002 06 25    17 30.89   +24 23.7    0.373    1.293   131.1    36.4    19.5
    2002 07 05    17 35.34   +19 08.0    0.440    1.358   133.7    32.8    19.9
    2002 07 15    17 40.74   +14 07.5    0.517    1.427   134.4    30.6    20.3
    2002 07 25    17 47.71   +09 30.8    0.605    1.496   133.1    29.7    20.7
    2002 08 04    17 56.32   +05 24.0    0.705    1.566   130.2    29.6    21.1
    2002 08 14    18 06.53   +01 49.2    0.818    1.635   126.2    30.0    21.5
    2002 08 24    18 18.22   -01 13.0    0.943    1.705   121.4    30.4    21.9
    
    Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-A18
    

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