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MPEC 1999-K14: COMET C/1999 K1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-K14                                Issued 1999 May 20, 15:13 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 K1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.27923 03 54 37.4  +16 59 06                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.27923 2 +0.00643062 +0.00885823 +0.00285491        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.32090 03 54 28.4  +17 03 57                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.32090 2 +0.00642900 +0.00885890 +0.00285541        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.34590 03 54 21.7  +17 06 59                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.34590 2 +0.00642802 +0.00885930 +0.00285571        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.36257 03 54 17.0  +17 08 42                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.36257 2 +0.00642738 +0.00885956 +0.00285592        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.38756 03 54 11.9  +17 12 01                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.38756 2 +0.00642640 +0.00885996 +0.00285622        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.40423 03 54 08.3  +17 14 22                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.40423 2 +0.00642576 +0.00886022 +0.00285642        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.42929 03 53 59.8  +17 17 01                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.42929 2 +0.00642478 +0.00886062 +0.00285673        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.44590 03 53 56.2  +17 19 00                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.44590 2 +0.00642414 +0.00886088 +0.00285693        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.48758 03 53 45.0  +17 24 18                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.48758 2 +0.00642252 +0.00886154 +0.00285743        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.51256 03 53 37.3  +17 27 13                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.51256 2 +0.00642154 +0.00886193 +0.00285774        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection and measurements by
    D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 K1 (SOHO)
T 1999 May 21.49 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0075               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   93.32        +0.23713        -0.94105
                   Node    22.22        -0.92638        -0.29382
e   1.0            Incl.  140.36        +0.29256        -0.16762
From 10 observations 1999 May 20.

Ephemeris:
    C/1999 K1 (SOHO)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
1999 05 20.5  03 53.51   +17 24.0    1.099    0.102     2.9    30.4   6.8
1999 05 20.6  03 53.06   +17 36.7    1.093    0.095     2.7    29.8   6.5
1999 05 20.7  03 52.58   +17 50.1    1.087    0.087     2.4    29.0   6.1
1999 05 20.8  03 52.08   +18 04.1    1.081    0.079     2.1    28.1   5.6
1999 05 20.9  03 51.54   +18 18.9    1.074    0.071     1.8    27.0   5.2
1999 05 21.0  03 50.99   +18 34.7    1.067    0.062     1.5    25.8   4.6
1999 05 21.1  03 50.40   +18 51.8    1.060    0.052     1.2    24.3   3.8
1999 05 21.2  03 49.79   +19 10.7    1.051    0.042     0.9    22.7   2.8
1999 05 21.3  03 49.18   +19 32.0    1.040    0.031     0.7    22.5   1.5
1999 05 21.4  03 48.76   +19 57.5    1.027    0.018     0.5    33.0  -0.9
1999 05 21.5  03 50.53   +20 22.7    1.006    0.008     0.3   137.2  -4.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-K14

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