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    M.P.E.C. 2002-T07                                Issued 2002 Oct. 3, 11:53 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
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                                        1998 VR
    
                               Revision to MPEC 1998-V20
    
    Observations:
         J98V00R bC2002 09 30.50480 17 14 40.17 -83 36 55.1          18.4 R      422
         J98V00R bC2002 09 30.50858 17 14 52.03 -83 36 50.6          18.0 R      422
         J98V00R  C2002 10 02.42620 18 41 05.16 -82 27 16.1                      422
         J98V00R  C2002 10 02.42858 18 41 10.55 -82 27 07.8          18.2 R      422
         J98V00R  C2002 10 02.43038 18 41 14.20 -82 27 01.5          18.9 R      422
         J98V00R  C2002 10 02.43128 18 41 16.06 -82 26 58.9          18.6 R      422
         J98V00R  C2002 10 02.43503 18 41 24.63 -82 26 47.5          18.6 R      422
    
    Observer details:
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.45-m f/5.4 reflector + CCD.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc, reference and Delta-T
    020930 422  2.1- 36.0+    021002 422 14.1- 32.1+    MPC 36085   +0.0020 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    1998 VR
    Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 MPC
    M 171.94630              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.20235298     Peri.  170.67208     -0.78881209     +0.55253502
    a   0.8758870      Node    46.46291     -0.58514923     -0.54105827
    e   0.3181054      Incl.   21.80059     -0.18808474     -0.63400395
    P   0.82           H   18.5           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    981110 704  0.9+  1.4+    981112 557  0.8+  0.2+    981122 151  0.2+  0.0
    981110 704  1.3+  0.7+    981112 540  0.4+  0.8+    981123 046  0.3-  0.5+
    981110 704  1.5+  0.3+    981112 540  0.1+  1.0-    981123 046  0.1+  0.2+
    981110 704  1.5+  0.7-    981112 540  1.9-  0.1+    981123 046  0.3+  0.1-
    981110 704  1.0+  0.1-    981112 540  0.4+  0.1+    981123 046  0.5+  0.2-
    981111 704  1.3+  0.9-    981112 046  0.3+  0.2-    981123 118  0.6+  0.1-
    981111 704  1.2+  0.6-    981112 046  0.2+  0.3-    981123 118  0.4+  0.0
    981111 704  0.5+  1.4-    981112 046  0.0   0.2-    981123 118  0.2+  0.0
    981111 704  0.1-  0.5-    981112 046  0.1+  0.2-    981124 561  0.9+  0.6-
    981111 713  0.6-  0.4+    981112 106  0.5-  0.0     981124 561  1.0+  0.5-
    981111 713  0.3-  0.5+    981112 106  0.1-  0.0     981124 561  1.1+  0.3-
    981111 704  1.8+  0.9-    981112 106  0.1+  0.2-    981124 561  1.2+  0.5-
    981111 704  0.8+  1.0-    981113 540  0.1-  0.1+    981125 540  0.5-  0.6-
    981111 713  0.6-  0.3+    981113 540  0.3-  0.1-    981125 540  0.4-  0.2+
    981111 704  0.7+  1.2-    981113 540  0.4-  0.1-    981125 540  1.6-  0.2-
    981111 713  0.2-  0.5+    981113 540  0.1-  0.2-    981125 540  1.2-  0.3+
    981111 704  1.4+  0.4-    981113 046  0.3-  0.0     981126 670  2.8-  1.5+
    981111 704  0.5+  1.5-    981113 046  0.3-  0.1-    981126 670  1.7+  1.0-
    981111 658  0.7-  0.0     981113 046  0.0   0.2-    981126 402  0.0   0.1+
    981111 704  1.7+  0.6-    981113 046  0.0   0.1-    981126 402  0.1+  0.1+
    981111 658  0.9-  0.1+    981114 704  0.1-  1.3-    981126 402  0.1+  0.2+
    981111 658  0.9-  0.1+    981114 704  0.6+  2.0-    981128 402  0.6-  0.7-
    981111 355  0.3-  0.3+    981114 704  1.1+  1.0-    981128 402  0.1-  0.8-
    981111 355  0.3-  0.3+    981114 704  0.9+  1.8-    981128 402  0.5-  0.8-
    981111 355  0.4+  0.2+    981114 355  0.4+  0.1+    981128 118  0.5-  0.2-
    981111 355  0.3-  0.2+    981114 355  0.3+  0.0     981128 118  0.4-  0.3-
    981111 900  0.9-  0.1-    981114 355  0.3+  0.2+    981128 118  0.2-  0.2-
    981111 900  0.5-  0.3+    981114 402  0.0   0.3+    981128 587  0.1-  0.1-
    981111 151  0.9-  0.2-    981114 402  0.1-  0.3+    981128 587  0.5-  0.1+
    981111 151  0.5-  0.1+    981114 402  0.0   0.3+    981202 046  0.4+  0.1+
    981111 151  1.2-  0.0     981114 143  1.4+  2.5-    981202 046  0.2+  0.0
    981111 611  0.5-  0.3+    981114 143  0.0   0.2-    981202 046  0.1+  0.3-
    981111 611  0.5-  0.0     981114 143  2.4+  0.5-    981202 046  0.1-  0.5+
    981111 611  0.9-  0.6+    981114 121  0.8-  0.1+    981205 118  0.5-  0.6+
    981111 611  0.6-  0.2+    981114 121  0.4-  0.2+    981205 118  0.2-  0.5+
    981111 619  0.1-  0.4-    981114 121  0.7-  0.3+    981206 658  0.5-  0.4+
    981111 619  0.7-  0.3-    981114 121  0.6-  0.4+    981206 658  0.3+  0.5+
    981111 106  1.3-  0.5+    981115 104  0.0   0.4+    981206 658  0.4-  0.7+
    981111 619  1.4-  0.4-    981115 104  0.3-  0.7+    981210 118  0.8-  1.0-
    981111 143  0.3-  0.4-    981115 104  0.3-  0.1+    981210 118  1.1-  1.4-
    981111 143  0.1+  0.2-    981116 704  1.1+  0.5-    981211 360  0.9-  1.0-
    981111 143  0.1-  0.1-    981116 704  1.4+  0.2+    981211 360  1.1-  0.9-
    981111 106  1.2-  0.4+    981116 704  1.8+  0.4-    981211 360  1.2-  1.0-
    981111 143  0.6-  0.6-    981116 704  1.6+  0.6-    981215 046  0.1-  0.1-
    981111 143  0.1-  0.3-    981116 704  1.7+  0.4-    981215 046  0.2-  0.4-
    981111 557  0.9-  0.1-    981116 118  0.5-  0.3+    981215 046  0.2-  0.6-
    981111 557  0.8-  0.2-    981116 118  0.6-  0.3+    981217 402  0.4+  1.3-
    981111 557  0.8-  0.2-    981116 118  0.6-  0.1+    981217 402  0.6+  1.2-
    981111 557  0.7-  0.1-    981118 355  0.1+  0.1+    981217 402  0.1+  1.3-
    981111 106  1.3-  0.5+    981118 355  0.1+  0.0     981219 658  1.0+  0.7-
    981111 106  1.4-  0.6+    981118 355  0.1+  0.3-    981219 658  1.1+  0.5-
    981112 835  1.6+  1.4+    981118 151  0.6+  0.1-    981219 658  0.8+  1.6-
    981112 835  0.6-  0.6+    981118 151  0.6-  0.3+    981220 071  1.3+  1.1+
    981112 758  0.1+  0.2-    981118 151  0.0   0.0     981220 071  1.6+  1.2+
    981112 758  1.1-  0.2+    981119 897  0.0   0.2-    981220 071  2.0+  1.8+
    981112 758  0.8-  0.5+    981119 897  1.6-  0.2+    981220 071  1.3+  2.4+
    981112 758  1.7-  1.2+    981119 897  0.7-  0.0     981220 071  0.9+  1.4+
    981112 758  0.3-  0.4+    981119 143  0.6+  1.0+    981220 071  1.7-  0.2+
    981112 046  0.4-  0.4+    981119 143  1.3+  0.7-    981220 071  0.9+  1.2+
    981112 046  0.3-  0.3+    981119 143  0.1+  0.7-    981223 402  0.7+  0.4+
    981112 046  0.1-  0.2+    981120 118  0.3-  0.1+    981223 402  0.4-  0.4-
    981112 046  0.3-  0.1+    981120 118  1.5-  0.7+    981223 402  1.9-  0.8+
    981112 670  0.0   0.5+    981120 118  1.4-  0.5+    981228 046  0.1+  0.1-
    981112 670  0.4+  0.5+    981120 627  0.4+  0.8+    981228 046  0.1-  0.3-
    981112 670  0.4+  0.7+    981120 627  1.5-  0.8+    981228 046  1.0-  0.1+
    981112 670  0.2+  0.9+    981120 627  0.9+  0.2+    981228 046  1.1-  0.1-
    981112 402  0.5+  0.6+    981120 118  0.1-  0.4+    020930 422  0.2-  0.4+
    981112 402  0.6+  0.4+    981120 118  0.3-  0.3+    020930 422  0.2+  0.1-
    981112 402  0.7+  0.5+    981121 704  0.1+  0.3+    021002 422  0.0   1.1-
    981112 402  0.4+  0.7+    981121 704  0.4+  0.2+    021002 422  0.3+  0.2-
    981112 900  0.5+  0.6+    981121 704  0.2+  0.0     021002 422  0.2-  0.5+
    981112 900  0.6+  0.7+    981121 704  0.9+  0.4+    021002 422  0.5-  0.3+
    981112 557  0.4+  0.0     981121 704  0.5+  0.5+    021002 422  0.3+  0.1+
    981112 557  0.8+  0.4+    981122 151  0.1-  0.4-
    981112 557  0.6+  0.2+    981122 151  0.7-  0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    1998 VR                  a,e,i = 0.88, 0.32, 22                  q = 0.5973
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 09 23    12 35.7    -78 51.5    0.353    0.999    79.1    80.6    19.1
    2002 10 03    19 01.3    -81 56.2    0.343    1.042    87.2    73.7    18.8
    2002 10 13    21 19.86   -68 52.4    0.347    1.078    93.8    67.5    18.7
    2002 10 23    21 54.95   -54 32.5    0.367    1.107    97.9    62.9    18.8
    2002 11 02    22 14.46   -41 20.6    0.404    1.129    99.2    60.2    18.9
    2002 11 12    22 29.92   -29 57.0    0.453    1.145    98.0    58.9    19.2
    2002 11 22    22 44.21   -20 23.0    0.512    1.153    95.2    58.6    19.5
    2002 12 02    22 58.33   -12 20.8    0.575    1.154    91.5    58.7    19.7
    2002 12 12    23 12.78   -05 28.9    0.640    1.148    87.3    58.9    19.9
    2002 12 22    23 27.72   +00 31.3    0.702    1.135    82.9    59.3    20.1
    2003 01 01    23 43.25   +05 54.1    0.758    1.115    78.5    59.8    20.3
    2003 01 11    23 59.50   +10 50.4    0.806    1.088    74.2    60.4    20.4
    2003 01 21    00 16.50   +15 27.6    0.843    1.055    70.0    61.3    20.4
    2003 01 31    00 34.31   +19 50.4    0.866    1.014    66.1    62.6    20.4
    2003 02 10    00 53.02   +24 01.4    0.874    0.967    62.3    64.6    20.4
    2003 02 20    01 12.56   +28 00.4    0.863    0.914    58.7    67.5    20.4
    2003 03 02    01 32.77   +31 43.0    0.832    0.856    55.2    71.9    20.3
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-T07
    

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