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Table 1: Initial conditions used for NEAR obtained with the HORIZONS software by NASA, JPL at 1998-Jan-23 07:00:00 coordinate time (CT, defined as the uniform time scale and independent variable of the ephemerides http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons_doc#timesys), that is, 1353 seconds before the flyby. Reference frame: ICRF/J2000.0. Coordinate system: Earth Mean Equator and Equinox of Reference Epoch.

$x_0$ (km) $y_0$ (km) $z_0$ (km) $v_{x0}$ (km ${\sec }^{-1}$) $v_{y0}$ (km ${\sec }^{-1}$) $v_{z0}$ (km ${\sec }^{-1}$) 4,496.885594909381 6,930.477153733549 13,199.11503591246 –1.712684317202157 –8.679677119077454 –4.455285829060190