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The Current Situation

At midnight GMT on Day 0, the positions of the following quantities were measured relative to the Sun.

Measurement Value
Earth's position ($\rm km$) $(-1.50168 \times 10^8,-9.67807 \times
10^6)$
Earth's velocity ( $\rm\frac{km}{s}$) (1.87503,-29.5800)
Moon's position ($\rm km$) $(-1.50483 \times 10^8,-9.63727 \times 10^6)$
Moon's velocity ( $\rm\frac{km}{s}$) (1.76133, -30.7543)
Asteroid's position ($\rm km$) $(6.88860 \times 10^8,-6.73800 \times 10^8)$
Asteroid's velocity ( $\rm\frac{km}{s}$) (-32.0642, 41.5587)



Louis F Rossi
2002-02-14