Ahh..thanks but uh uh..look at the this
http://books.google.ca/books?id=g7Yq...=4&ct=r esult


Where can I find concise directions on how to determine orbital
elements.
All I ever see on the internet is description about what they are and
mean
but never the way to actually do that type of calculation.

See if you can get hold of a copy of Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
by Bate, Mueller, and White. $12.89 at amazon -- a good deal for
an excellent book. Lot's of examples and exercises.

http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-A.../dp/0486600610