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MPEC 1999-H33: COMET C/1999 H1 (LEE)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-H33                                Issued 1999 Apr. 27, 13:46 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  ISSN 1523-6714

                             COMET C/1999 H1 (LEE)

Observations:
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.36876 13 02 37.53 -67 36 51.7           9.3 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.36996 13 02 36.34 -67 36 49.7           9.1 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.37067 13 02 35.61 -67 36 48.9           9.2 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.46048 13 01 02.37 -67 34 19.7          12.9 N      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.46301 13 00 59.75 -67 34 15.5          12.9 N      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.46663 13 00 55.98 -67 34 09.3          12.8 N      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.46958 13 00 52.93 -67 34 04.3          12.8 N      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.47087 13 00 50.76 -67 34 02.5                      423
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.50323 13 00 17.46 -67 33 08.4          13.9 N      422
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.50363 13 00 17.04 -67 33 07.7          13.8 N      422
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.50427 13 00 16.35 -67 33 06.6          13.8 N      422
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.51409 13 00 05.77 -67 32 47.4                      423
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.96417 12 52 20.53 -67 18 56.1          10.5 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.97520 12 52 08.81 -67 18 34.4          10.2 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.98083 12 52 02.87 -67 18 24.0          10.2 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 19.98632 12 51 57.01 -67 18 12.2          10.1 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 20.00032 12 51 42.12 -67 17 44.6          10.5 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 20.00807 12 51 33.99 -67 17 29.6          10.0 T      860
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 20.49490 12 43 10.91 -67 00 13.1                      423
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 20.53376 12 42 30.66 -66 58 45.8                      423
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.44912 12 26 54.60 -66 19 55.1           9.3 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.44912 12 26 54.60 -66 19 55.1           9.3 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.44979 12 26 53.90 -66 19 53.3           9.3 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.44979 12 26 53.90 -66 19 53.3           9.3 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.45045 12 26 53.25 -66 19 51.7           9.4 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 21.45045 12 26 53.25 -66 19 51.7           9.4 T      428
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 22.43958 12 10 23.12 -65 28 55.2          13.7 N      430
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 22.45139 12 10 11.37 -65 28 15.4          13.6 N      430
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 23.99623 11 45 36.19 -63 49 46.3                      844
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.00697 11 45 26.10 -63 49 01.2                      844
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.02075 11 45 13.33 -63 48 02.8                      844
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.05216 11 44 44.23 -63 45 47.8                      844
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.06034 11 44 36.69 -63 45 13.2                      844
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.37569 11 39 50.51 -63 22 07.8          13.3 N      430
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 24.45278 11 38 40.36 -63 16 22.8          13.3 N      430
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 26.41329 11 10 59.39 -60 31 28.2                      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 26.41565 11 10 57.48 -60 31 15.1                      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 26.41862 11 10 55.13 -60 30 58.6                      426
    CJ99H010  C1999 04 26.42241 11 10 52.08 -60 30 37.6          12.4 N      426

Observer details:
422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
423 North Ryde.  Observer S. G. McAndrew.  0.20-m hyperbolic astrograph + CCD.
426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
428 Reedy Creek.  Observer J. Broughton.  0.25-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.
430 Rainbow Observatory, near Coonabarabran.  Observer S. Lee.  0.30-m f/5
    reflector + CCD.
844 Los Molinos.  Observers J. C. Tulic, E. Acosta.  0.35-m f/6.4 reflector
    + CCD.
860 Valinhos.  Observer P. R. Holvorcem.  0.20-m f/3.3 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 H1 (Lee)
T 1999 July 11.1735 TT                                  Williams
q   0.708563             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   40.6354      -0.5568168      +0.8165627
                   Node   162.6176      +0.5665939      +0.2393492
e   1.0            Incl.  149.3607      +0.6073932      +0.5252973
From 82 observations 1999 Apr. 16-26.

Ephemeris:
    C/1999 H1 (Lee)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
1999 04 22    12 17.66   -65 52.7    0.844    1.630   123.5    30.9   8.8
1999 04 27    11 03.38   -59 35.7    0.770    1.559   122.1    33.2   8.4
1999 05 02    10 10.98   -50 03.6    0.728    1.486   116.9    37.2   8.0
1999 05 07    09 36.64   -38 48.5    0.722    1.414   108.5    42.6   7.8
1999 05 12    09 14.07   -27 31.1    0.750    1.342    98.3    48.1   7.7
1999 05 17    08 58.79   -17 22.4    0.807    1.270    87.8    52.7   7.6
1999 05 22    08 48.07   -08 49.7    0.885    1.199    78.0    55.7   7.5
1999 05 27    08 40.21   -01 49.6    0.977    1.128    69.0    57.0   7.5
1999 06 01    08 34.15   +03 53.8    1.075    1.059    60.8    56.7   7.4
1999 06 06    08 29.20   +08 37.9    1.176    0.992    53.3    55.0   7.3
1999 06 11    08 24.87   +12 37.5    1.275    0.929    46.1    52.0   7.2
1999 06 16    08 20.79   +16 04.2    1.370    0.870    39.4    47.8   7.1
1999 06 21    08 16.68   +19 06.5    1.457    0.817    32.8    42.4   6.9

1999 08 10    07 15.51   +40 15.3    1.525    0.924    36.1    40.2   7.6
1999 08 15    07 06.59   +42 14.3    1.454    0.988    42.7    44.1   7.8
1999 08 20    06 56.11   +44 22.5    1.376    1.054    49.6    47.0   7.9
1999 08 25    06 43.22   +46 42.8    1.292    1.123    56.8    48.9   8.1
1999 08 30    06 26.64   +49 17.0    1.205    1.194    64.5    49.8   8.2
1999 09 04    06 04.46   +52 04.6    1.119    1.265    72.8    49.6   8.3
1999 09 09    05 33.75   +54 58.2    1.035    1.337    81.8    48.2   8.3
1999 09 14    04 50.63   +57 36.7    0.958    1.409    91.6    45.5   8.4
1999 09 19    03 52.05   +59 14.7    0.895    1.481   102.3    41.5   8.5
1999 09 24    02 41.09   +58 45.9    0.850    1.553   113.7    36.3   8.6
1999 09 29    01 30.46   +55 24.4    0.829    1.625   124.9    30.4   8.7
1999 10 04    00 32.78   +49 34.2    0.838    1.697   134.5    24.9   8.9
1999 10 09    23 51.03   +42 29.9    0.877    1.768   140.8    20.9   9.2
1999 10 14    23 22.15   +35 23.6    0.944    1.838   142.3    19.4   9.5
1999 10 19    23 02.32   +28 58.3    1.036    1.908   139.8    19.7   9.9
1999 10 24    22 48.65   +23 29.8    1.146    1.978   134.8    20.9  10.3
1999 10 29    22 39.22   +18 57.8    1.271    2.047   128.9    22.2  10.6
1999 11 03    22 32.78   +15 15.7    1.407    2.115   122.7    23.2  11.0
1999 11 08    22 28.53   +12 15.0    1.552    2.183   116.6    23.9  11.3
1999 11 13    22 25.90   +09 48.0    1.701    2.251   110.7    24.3  11.7
1999 11 18    22 24.52   +07 48.3    1.855    2.317   105.0    24.3  12.0
1999 11 23    22 24.09   +06 10.6    2.012    2.384    99.6    24.1  12.3
1999 11 28    22 24.41   +04 50.7    2.170    2.450    94.3    23.7  12.6
1999 12 03    22 25.34   +03 45.3    2.328    2.515    89.2    23.1  12.8
1999 12 08    22 26.77   +02 52.0    2.486    2.580    84.2    22.3  13.1
1999 12 13    22 28.60   +02 08.7    2.642    2.644    79.3    21.5  13.3
1999 12 18    22 30.75   +01 33.8    2.797    2.708    74.6    20.5  13.6
1999 12 23    22 33.17   +01 05.9    2.950    2.771    69.9    19.5  13.8
1999 12 28    22 35.81   +00 44.0    3.099    2.834    65.4    18.4  14.0
2000 01 02    22 38.63   +00 27.1    3.245    2.896    60.8    17.2  14.2
2000 01 07    22 41.61   +00 14.7    3.387    2.958    56.4    16.1  14.4

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-H33

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