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MPEC 1997-T01: COMET C/1997 S1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1997-T01                                Issued 1997 Oct. 3, 19:39 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                   URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html

                            COMET C/1997 S1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 29.86532 12 02 21.9  -03 57 03                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 29.86532 2 -0.00828604 -0.00451320 -0.00162609        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 29.91802 12 03 31.8  -03 55 03                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 29.91802 2 -0.00828299 -0.00452303 -0.00163172        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 29.95725 12 04 25.6  -03 54 19                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 29.95725 2 -0.00828037 -0.00453144 -0.00163655        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 29.98818 12 05 04.7  -03 52 51                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 29.98818 2 -0.00827862 -0.00453704 -0.00163976        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 29.99537 12 05 16.2  -03 52 23                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 29.99537 2 -0.00827818 -0.00453844 -0.00164057        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.01889 12 05 49.0  -03 51 51                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.01889 2 -0.00827642 -0.00454404 -0.00164378        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.03698 12 06 11.5  -03 50 25                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.03698 2 -0.00827555 -0.00454684 -0.00164538        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.06545 12 06 50.6  -03 48 57                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.06545 2 -0.00827378 -0.00455243 -0.00164859        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.10295 12 07 46.3  -03 47 26                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.10295 2 -0.00827114 -0.00456081 -0.00165341        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.13212 12 08 24.0  -03 46 31                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.13212 2 -0.00826937 -0.00456640 -0.00165661        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.16822 12 09 18.1  -03 44 45                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.16822 2 -0.00826715 -0.00457337 -0.00166062        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.21569 12 10 25.4  -03 42 12                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.21569 2 -0.00826404 -0.00458313 -0.00166623        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.23050 12 10 50.2  -03 42 20                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.23050 2 -0.00826315 -0.00458591 -0.00166783        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.25104 12 11 19.5  -03 40 23                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.25104 2 -0.00826181 -0.00459009 -0.00167023        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.29097 12 12 20.0  -03 38 22                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.29097 2 -0.00825912 -0.00459843 -0.00167503        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.33101 12 13 24.3  -03 36 44                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.33101 2 -0.00825643 -0.00460676 -0.00167982        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.36735 12 14 19.2  -03 35 00                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.36735 2 -0.00825418 -0.00461370 -0.00168382        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.40642 12 15 21.8  -03 31 45                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.40642 2 -0.00825148 -0.00462202 -0.00168861        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.44115 12 16 20.9  -03 29 38                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.44115 2 -0.00824922 -0.00462895 -0.00169260        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.49293 12 17 47.5  -03 26 19                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.49293 2 -0.00824604 -0.00463863 -0.00169818        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.52887 12 18 50.4  -03 24 34                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.52887 2 -0.00824377 -0.00464554 -0.00170216        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.51928 12 18 26.8  -03 27 35                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.51928 2 -0.00824422 -0.00464416 -0.00170137        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.53839 12 19 01.8  -03 26 24                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.53839 2 -0.00824286 -0.00464831 -0.00170376        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.57147 12 20 01.7  -03 23 28                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.57147 2 -0.00824103 -0.00465383 -0.00170694        249
    CJ97S010  S1997 09 30.59008 12 20 37.9  -03 21 49                        249
    CJ97S010  s1997 09 30.59008 2 -0.00823966 -0.00465797 -0.00170933        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detection by
    D. A. Biesecker.  Solar separations and position angles measured by
    D. A. Biesecker abd C. St. Cyr, reduction to sohocentric J2000.0 R.A.
    and Decl. by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/1997 S1 (SOHO)
T 1997 Sept. 30.83 TT                                   Marsden
q   0.0068               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   77.84        +0.19866        -0.98003
                   Node   359.13        -0.95856        -0.19242
e   1.0            Incl.  144.43        +0.20419        +0.05016
From 25 observations 1997 Sept. 29-30.

                       (Last issue was M.P.E.C. 1997-S16)

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-T01

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