MPEC 1997-M06: COMET C/1997 L2 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 1997-M06 Issued 1997 June 19, 22:03 UT
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minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/1997 L2 (SOHO)
Observations:
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.5917 05 15 05.0 +23 48 20 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.5917 2 +0.00313215 +0.01032373 +0.00349755 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.6264 05 15 33.5 +23 59 50 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.6264 2 +0.00313056 +0.01032381 +0.00349784 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.7250 05 16 22.1 +24 15 15 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.7250 2 +0.00312611 +0.01032400 +0.00349865 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.7424 05 16 34.7 +24 20 37 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.7424 2 +0.00312516 +0.01032404 +0.00349882 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.78272 05 17 11.5 +24 30 31 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.78272 2 +0.00312325 +0.01032412 +0.00349917 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.82922 05 17 37.8 +24 41 58 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.82922 2 +0.00312134 +0.01032420 +0.00349952 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.8549 05 17 55.4 +24 51 31 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.8549 2 +0.00312007 +0.01032425 +0.00349975 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.89659 05 18 26.6 +24 59 16 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.89659 2 +0.00311816 +0.01032432 +0.00350010 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.93061 05 18 50.8 +25 06 58 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.93061 2 +0.00311657 +0.01032438 +0.00350039 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.97166 05 19 15.9 +25 14 31 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.97166 2 +0.00311466 +0.01032444 +0.00350074 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 10.99520 05 19 29.5 +25 18 59 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 10.99520 2 +0.00311371 +0.01032448 +0.00350091 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.07328 05 20 19.5 +25 30 12 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.07328 2 +0.00310989 +0.01032460 +0.00350162 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.12160 05 20 48.8 +25 35 54 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.12160 2 +0.00310766 +0.01032467 +0.00350203 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.18209 05 21 23.7 +25 40 59 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.18209 2 +0.00310512 +0.01032474 +0.00350250 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.23964 05 22 02.8 +25 44 09 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.23964 2 +0.00310226 +0.01032482 +0.00350303 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.28437 05 22 20.6 +25 45 39 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.28437 2 +0.00310035 +0.01032487 +0.00350339 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.35477 05 22 57.3 +25 48 41 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.35477 2 +0.00309717 +0.01032495 +0.00350398 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.42391 05 23 23.8 +25 48 24 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.42391 2 +0.00309399 +0.01032502 +0.00350457 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.45146 05 23 43.9 +25 48 04 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.45146 2 +0.00309272 +0.01032505 +0.00350481 249
CJ97L020 S1997 06 11.53825 05 24 19.1 +25 45 01 249
CJ97L020 s1997 06 11.53825 2 +0.00308859 +0.01032513 +0.00350559 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3. Comet detection by
S. Stezelberger. Solar separations and position angles measured by
D. Lewis, S. Paswaters, C. St. Cyr and S. Stezelberger, reduced to
sohocentric J2000.0 R.A. and Decl. by G. V. Williams.
Orbital elements:
C/1997 L2 (SOHO)
T 1997 June 10.97523 TT Marsden
q 0.0430141 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 66.38986 -0.16952355 -0.39694522
Node 72.79319 +0.08866097 -0.91773027
e 1.0 Incl. 70.78943 +0.98152993 +0.01434016
From 18 observations 1997 June 10-11.
Ephemeris:
C/1997 L2 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
1997 06 11 05 19.24 +25 13.4 1.033 0.043 2.2 64.9 4.4
1997 06 12 05 26.88 +25 08.5 0.937 0.088 2.4 151.7 7.3
1997 06 13 05 32.08 +23 13.7 0.873 0.145 1.5 169.3 9.3
1997 06 14 05 36.90 +20 59.5 0.825 0.196 2.8 165.2 10.5
1997 06 15 05 41.70 +18 36.5 0.786 0.242 5.0 158.4 11.3
1997 06 16 05 46.59 +16 07.3 0.754 0.286 7.5 152.4 12.0
1997 06 17 05 51.61 +13 32.9 0.726 0.327 10.1 147.0 12.5
1997 06 18 05 56.76 +10 53.9 0.703 0.365 12.8 142.1 12.9
1997 06 19 06 02.07 +08 10.6 0.682 0.402 15.5 137.6 13.2
1997 06 20 06 07.53 +05 23.8 0.665 0.438 18.3 133.2 13.5
1997 06 21 06 13.15 +02 34.0 0.650 0.472 21.2 129.0 13.8
1997 06 22 06 18.91 -00 18.0 0.639 0.505 24.1 124.9 14.1
1997 06 23 06 24.83 -03 11.3 0.629 0.538 27.0 121.0 14.3
1997 06 24 06 30.90 -06 05.1 0.622 0.569 29.9 117.1 14.5
1997 06 25 06 37.12 -08 58.3 0.617 0.600 32.8 113.3 14.7
1997 06 26 06 43.48 -11 50.0 0.614 0.630 35.7 109.7 14.9
1997 06 27 06 49.99 -14 39.3 0.613 0.659 38.5 106.1 15.1
1997 06 28 06 56.63 -17 25.3 0.614 0.688 41.3 102.6 15.3
1997 06 29 07 03.40 -20 07.1 0.617 0.716 44.0 99.2 15.5
1997 06 30 07 10.29 -22 43.9 0.621 0.743 46.7 95.9 15.7
1997 07 01 07 17.31 -25 15.3 0.627 0.771 49.2 92.8 15.9
1997 07 02 07 24.44 -27 40.7 0.635 0.797 51.6 89.7 16.0
1997 07 03 07 31.67 -29 59.7 0.644 0.824 54.0 86.8 16.2
1997 07 04 07 39.00 -32 12.1 0.654 0.849 56.2 84.0 16.4
1997 07 05 07 46.42 -34 17.8 0.665 0.875 58.3 81.4 16.5
1997 07 06 07 53.91 -36 16.6 0.678 0.900 60.3 78.8 16.7
1997 07 07 08 01.48 -38 08.7 0.692 0.925 62.2 76.4 16.9
1997 07 08 08 09.10 -39 54.2 0.706 0.950 63.9 74.1 17.0
1997 07 09 08 16.78 -41 33.1 0.722 0.974 65.6 72.0 17.2
1997 07 10 08 24.49 -43 05.8 0.738 0.998 67.2 69.9 17.3
1997 07 11 08 32.22 -44 32.4 0.755 1.021 68.6 67.9 17.5
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 1997 MPC M.P.E.C. 1997-M06
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