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7 Orbit

The initial velocity and apparent radiant were used to compute the orbit following procedures described by Ceplecha (1987). The orbit is presented in Table 5 and is of low eccentricity and low inclination with aphelion close to the Mars orbit.


  
Table 5: Radiant and orbit; angular elements referred to J2000

\begin{tabular}
{llr@{.}lcr@{.}l} 
\hline
\multicolumn{7}{c}{}\\ $v_\infty$\spac...
 ...&0002 \\ $i$\space & degrees & 11&5 & $\pm$\space & 1&0 \\  
\hline\end{tabular}
\begin{tabular}
{lllll}
\multicolumn{5}{l}{$v_\infty$\space initial velocity,}\\...
 ...lticolumn{5}{l}{standard notation for orbital elements is used.}\\ \end{tabular}


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