On 07/11/2011 6:45 PM, Bill J Gray wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> There's a very definite problem here, and John Farrell has
> diagnosed it correctly: the elements must be for an epoch close
> to that of the actual event, and MPC's default epoch will be for
> a few months away from the flyby. (*)
>
> To get around that, save this e-mail as a text file, and then
> use Extras... Asteroid/Comets Options, and then on Add MPC
> Comets/Asteroids. At the bottom, you'll see an "Add MPC Comets/Asteroids"
> option. Click on this, and then select the text file you've saved.

Bill

Just got in from a search for the asteroid and was successful after a few minutes
learning the field. We followed it from 2:11 until after 3:00. At 2:47 UT the
asteroid passed the mag 6 star Tycho 1681 1751 within arc-seconds of where plotted
using the elements you posted yesterday.

Thanks again Bill.

Larry Wood