NEAR ESB Closest Approach Details Updated 3 Feb 98
Date: 1998 January 23
33.12° N, 47.22°. E
Time: 07:22:56.60 UTC (hh:mm:ss)
Geodetic (Actual) Altitude: 539.8325 km (334.8 mi)
Clostest Approach Location: Qal'eh Safid, Iran; about 150 miles east of Baghdad, Iraq
Earth-centered Inertial Coordinates (J2000):
  (X,Y,Z) in km:   (1046.2002, -5703.3510, 3759.5117)
  (Vx,Vy,Vz) in km/s:   (-3.44428, -7.18432, -9.94045)
Earth-centered Inertial Keplerian Orbital Elements:
Semi-major axis:   -8493.2668 km
Eccentricity:   1.81366
Inclination:   107.9695°
Long. of asc. node:  88.2556°
Arg. of periapsis:   145.1159°
Closest approach Julian date:  2450836.807598
3 Feb 98