Last updated 8/04/98
MPC elements based on our six-day arc:
1998 OV1 Epoch 1998 July 26.0 TT = JDT 2451020.5 Williams M 179.83688 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21594972 Peri. 356.51377 -0.55403313 -0.82514365 a 2.7514880 Node 127.09826 +0.76710747 -0.55752124 e 0.1829627 Incl. 7.95517 +0.32340906 -0.09114839 P 4.56 H 14.0 G 0.15 From 11 observations 1998 July 24-30. E-assumed. Orbital elements from MPEC 1998-P05.
Orbit I derived using Find_Orb and our last astrometry before bright moon (D-Day +5 and +6).
Orbital elements: 1998 OV1 Perihelion 1998 Dec 20.443823 TT Epoch 1998 Jul 26.0 TT = JDT 2451020.5 M 329.03154 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21003568 Peri. 206.75932 0.90729626 0.41458938 a 2.8028982 Node 128.56953 -0.36792408 0.86356324 e 0.0150609 Incl. 5.15192 -0.20358136 0.28700901 P 4.69 H 14.2 G 0.15 q 2.7606841 From 11 observations 1998 Jul. 24-30; RMS error 0.859 arcseconds
VERY PRELIMINARY! 1998 OV1 Epoch 1998 July 6.0 TT = JDT 2451000.5 Williams M 283.85526 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20030759 Peri. 268.84869 +0.79325068 -0.60425756 a 2.8929290 Node 128.32155 +0.58974621 +0.73180167 e 0.1880079 Incl. 5.48625 +0.15150168 +0.31518108 P 4.92 H 14.5 G 0.15 From 7 observations 1998 July 24-26. E-assumed. Orbital elements from MPEC 1998-O20.
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