MPEC 2003-C23 : COMET C/2003 B1 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2003-C23 Issued 2003 Feb. 4, 20:09 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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COMET C/2003 B1 (SOHO)
Observations:
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.81372 19 59 28.8 -20 22 23 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.81372 2 +0.00479884 -0.00651490 -0.00208321 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.82923 19 59 11.1 -20 17 09 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.82923 2 +0.00480290 -0.00651271 -0.00208242 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.83757 19 59 02.1 -20 14 33 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.83757 2 +0.00480508 -0.00651153 -0.00208200 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.85423 19 58 45.2 -20 09 26 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.85423 2 +0.00480943 -0.00650917 -0.00208115 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.89593 19 58 02.8 -19 57 16 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.89593 2 +0.00482032 -0.00650328 -0.00207903 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.91256 19 57 44.6 -19 52 25 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.91256 2 +0.00482466 -0.00650092 -0.00207819 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.92090 19 57 34.5 -19 50 15 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.92090 2 +0.00482683 -0.00649974 -0.00207776 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.93757 19 57 13.3 -19 45 13 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.93757 2 +0.00483118 -0.00649738 -0.00207692 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.97923 19 56 24.1 -19 34 03 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.97923 2 +0.00484204 -0.00649147 -0.00207480 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 16.99590 19 56 03.3 -19 29 47 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 16.99590 2 +0.00484641 -0.00648909 -0.00207394 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.00423 19 55 53.8 -19 27 56 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.00423 2 +0.00484855 -0.00648792 -0.00207352 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.02090 19 55 32.8 -19 23 55 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.02090 2 +0.00485289 -0.00648556 -0.00207268 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.03756 19 55 12.0 -19 20 12 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.03756 2 +0.00485723 -0.00648319 -0.00207183 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.06372 19 54 39.4 -19 14 47 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.06372 2 +0.00486404 -0.00647947 -0.00207050 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.07923 19 54 20.2 -19 11 45 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.07923 2 +0.00486807 -0.00647726 -0.00206971 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.15423 19 52 49.0 -18 59 09 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.15423 2 +0.00488755 -0.00646658 -0.00206589 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.17923 19 52 20.3 -18 56 42 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.17923 2 +0.00489404 -0.00646302 -0.00206462 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.19590 19 52 00.5 -18 54 09 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.19590 2 +0.00489836 -0.00646064 -0.00206377 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.22090 19 51 26.9 -18 51 19 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.22090 2 +0.00490485 -0.00645707 -0.00206250 249
CK03B010 S2003 01 17.23756 19 51 08.6 -18 49 43 249
CK03B010 s2003 01 17.23756 2 +0.00490917 -0.00645468 -0.00206165 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C2 and C3. Comet detection by X.-M. Zhou,
measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.
Orbital elements:
C/2003 B1 (SOHO)
T 2003 Jan. 17.08 TT MPC
q 0.0355 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 56.25 -0.07740 -0.38011
Node 74.15 +0.23311 -0.90575
e 1.0 Incl. 73.36 +0.96937 +0.18746
From 20 observations 2003 Jan. 16-17.
Ephemeris:
C/2003 B1 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2003 01 31 19 53.31 -32 05.1 1.430 0.603 19.7 33.5
2003 02 05 20 02.49 -34 47.8 1.524 0.747 24.4 33.1
2003 02 10 20 11.72 -37 04.0 1.604 0.879 28.8 32.8
2003 02 15 20 20.80 -39 03.4 1.672 1.002 33.1 32.5
2003 02 20 20 29.66 -40 51.6 1.732 1.118 37.2 32.3
2003 02 25 20 38.25 -42 32.5 1.783 1.229 41.3 32.1
2003 03 02 20 46.54 -44 09.1 1.828 1.335 45.4 31.9
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-C23
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