\begin{table}%t4 \caption{Initial parameters of QHC 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu (equinox J2000) and their $\pm$$1 \sigma$ error estimates (Nakano \cite{nakano02}).} \label{tbl:147Porbit} %\centering \small \begin{tabular}{lcc} \hline\hline Osculation epoch (TT) & 2001 May 11.0 & \\ Perihelion time $T$ (TT) & 2001 Apr. 29.48509 & $\pm$$0.00081$ \\ & ($\Rightarrow M=1\fdg52643$) & \\ Perihelion distance $q$ (AU) & 2.7524408 & $\pm$$0.0000019$ \\ Semimajor axis $a$ (AU) & 3.8094146 & $\pm$$0.0000010$ \\ Eccentricity $e$ & 0.2774636 & $\pm$$0.0000005$ \\ Argument of perihelion $\omega$ & $347\fdg55482$ & $\pm$$0\fdg00047$ \\ Longitude of ascending node $\mathit{\Omega}$ & $93\fdg69336$ & $\pm$$0\fdg00044$ \\ Inclination $i$ & $2\fdg36694$ & $\pm$$0\fdg00004$ \\ Number of astrometric positions & 197 & \\ Astrometric arc & 1993 Dec. 08--2002 Mar. 20 & \\ & 3024 days (8.28 yr) & \\ RMS residual & $0\farcs85$ & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}