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MPEC 1998-D09: COMET C/1997 U1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1998-D09                                Issued 1998 Feb. 20, 23:01 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 U1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.13356 13 53 34.9  -16 23 46                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.13356 2 -0.00599392 -0.00804467 -0.00400052        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.16824 13 54 16.0  -16 20 03                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.16824 2 -0.00599129 -0.00804705 -0.00400244        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.19683 13 54 52.8  -16 17 20                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.19683 2 -0.00598913 -0.00804902 -0.00400403        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.21574 13 55 12.8  -16 14 53                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.21574 2 -0.00598770 -0.00805032 -0.00400507        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.25017 13 55 56.9  -16 10 42                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.25017 2 -0.00598509 -0.00805268 -0.00400698        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.28699 13 56 40.2  -16 05 58                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.28699 2 -0.00598231 -0.00805520 -0.00400901        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.32380 13 57 27.5  -16 01 58                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.32380 2 -0.00597952 -0.00805772 -0.00401104        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.36476 13 58 18.1  -15 57 09                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.36476 2 -0.00597642 -0.00806051 -0.00401330        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.40645 13 59 08.8  -15 52 32                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.40645 2 -0.00597327 -0.00806335 -0.00401559        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.44404 13 59 59.4  -15 46 36                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.44404 2 -0.00597042 -0.00806590 -0.00401766        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.49322 14 01 03.7  -15 40 13                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.49322 2 -0.00596670 -0.00806923 -0.00402035        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.52921 14 01 53.5  -15 35 20                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.52921 2 -0.00596397 -0.00807167 -0.00402233        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.57377 14 02 47.6  -15 28 51                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.57377 2 -0.00596060 -0.00807468 -0.00402476        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.61130 14 03 39.5  -15 23 05                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.61130 2 -0.00595776 -0.00807720 -0.00402681        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.65641 14 04 44.4  -15 15 43                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.65641 2 -0.00595435 -0.00808024 -0.00402927        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.68073 14 05 19.2  -15 12 19                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.68073 2 -0.00595251 -0.00808187 -0.00403059        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.71545 14 06 06.2  -15 05 55                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.71545 2 -0.00594988 -0.00808419 -0.00403248        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.73976 14 06 39.4  -15 01 17                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.73976 2 -0.00594804 -0.00808582 -0.00403380        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.75063 14 06 59.9  -15 00 01                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.75063 2 -0.00594722 -0.00808654 -0.00403439        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.75432 14 07 10.6  -14 59 04                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.75432 2 -0.00594694 -0.00808679 -0.00403459        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.75925 14 07 08.4  -14 56 46                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.75925 2 -0.00594657 -0.00808712 -0.00403486        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.76417 14 07 20.0  -14 55 56                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.76417 2 -0.00594619 -0.00808745 -0.00403513        249
    CJ97U010  S1997 10 28.78778 14 07 48.0  -14 52 15                        249
    CJ97U010  s1997 10 28.78778 2 -0.00594441 -0.00808902 -0.00403641        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/1997 U1 (SOHO)
T 1997 Oct. 29.05 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0050               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   49.48        +0.14611        -0.84808
                   Node   317.70        -0.96721        -0.01433
e   1.0            Incl.  130.82        +0.20776        +0.52968
From 22 observations 1997 Oct. 28.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-D09

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