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MPEC 1999-K30: COMET C/1999 K1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-K30                                Issued 1999 May 22, 17:43 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 20.23758 03 54 47.9  +16 54 49                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.23758 2 +0.00643224 +0.00885756 +0.00285440        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.57090 03 53 21.6  +17 35 19                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.57090 2 +0.00641928 +0.00886284 +0.00285845        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.61256 03 53 09.8  +17 40 33                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.61256 2 +0.00641766 +0.00886348 +0.00285896        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.63756 03 53 02.7  +17 43 41                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.63756 2 +0.00641669 +0.00886387 +0.00285926        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.65423 03 52 56.2  +17 46 19                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.65423 2 +0.00641604 +0.00886413 +0.00285946        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.67923 03 52 48.1  +17 49 21                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.67923 2 +0.00641507 +0.00886451 +0.00285977        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.69590 03 52 42.6  +17 52 02                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.69590 2 +0.00641442 +0.00886477 +0.00285997        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.73758 03 52 30.1  +17 57 50                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.73758 2 +0.00641281 +0.00886541 +0.00286048        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.76257 03 52 21.3  +18 01 35                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.76257 2 +0.00641184 +0.00886579 +0.00286079        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.77923 03 52 15.4  +18 04 11                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.77923 2 +0.00641119 +0.00886604 +0.00286099        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.82090 03 52 03.2  +18 09 59                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.82090 2 +0.00640957 +0.00886667 +0.00286150        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.84590 03 51 55.5  +18 14 27                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.84590 2 +0.00640860 +0.00886705 +0.00286180        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.86257 03 51 49.2  +18 17 17                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.86257 2 +0.00640796 +0.00886730 +0.00286201        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.88756 03 51 38.2  +18 20 45                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.88756 2 +0.00640699 +0.00886768 +0.00286232        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.90423 03 51 34.6  +18 23 54                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.90423 2 +0.00640634 +0.00886793 +0.00286252        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.92925 03 51 26.0  +18 27 34                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.92925 2 +0.00640537 +0.00886831 +0.00286283        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.97099 03 51 09.5  +18 35 34                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.97099 2 +0.00640375 +0.00886893 +0.00286334        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.97645 03 51 07.0  +18 35 41                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.97645 2 +0.00640354 +0.00886901 +0.00286341        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.98756 03 51 03.1  +18 37 43                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.98756 2 +0.00640311 +0.00886918 +0.00286354        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 20.99313 03 51 00.4  +18 39 01                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 20.99313 2 +0.00640290 +0.00886926 +0.00286361        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.00423 03 50 58.5  +18 40 39                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.00423 2 +0.00640247 +0.00886943 +0.00286375        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.01812 03 50 54.1  +18 43 17                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.01812 2 +0.00640193 +0.00886963 +0.00286392        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.03481 03 50 44.5  +18 46 31                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.03481 2 +0.00640128 +0.00886988 +0.00286412        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.06027 03 50 36.6  +18 51 32                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.06027 2 +0.00640030 +0.00887026 +0.00286444        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.07645 03 50 32.0  +18 54 05                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.07645 2 +0.00639967 +0.00887050 +0.00286463        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.08758 03 50 26.3  +18 56 29                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.08758 2 +0.00639924 +0.00887066 +0.00286477        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.10146 03 50 21.6  +18 59 11                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.10146 2 +0.00639870 +0.00887087 +0.00286494        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.11814 03 50 12.0  +19 02 49                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.11814 2 +0.00639806 +0.00887111 +0.00286515        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.12923 03 50 10.2  +19 05 07                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.12923 2 +0.00639763 +0.00887128 +0.00286528        249
    CJ99K010  S1999 05 21.14312 03 50 02.3  +19 08 39                        249
    CJ99K010  s1999 05 21.14312 2 +0.00639709 +0.00887148 +0.00286546        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Additional measurements by
    S. E. Gregory and D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 K1 (SOHO)
T 1999 May 21.37 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0051               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   83.51        +0.18924        -0.98030
                   Node     5.49        -0.95568        -0.19711
e   1.0            Incl.  143.78        +0.22553        -0.01266
From 40 observations 1999 May 20-21.

Ephemeris:
    C/1999 K1 (SOHO)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
1999 05 20.5  03 53.50   +17 24.1    1.091    0.096     2.9    32.6
1999 05 20.6  03 53.03   +17 36.9    1.085    0.088     2.7    32.2
1999 05 20.7  03 52.53   +17 50.5    1.079    0.080     2.4    31.7
1999 05 20.8  03 52.00   +18 04.9    1.073    0.072     2.1    31.1
1999 05 20.9  03 51.44   +18 20.4    1.065    0.063     1.8    30.4
1999 05 21.0  03 50.84   +18 37.4    1.058    0.053     1.5    29.5
1999 05 21.1  03 50.20   +18 56.2    1.049    0.042     1.1    28.4
1999 05 21.2  03 49.53   +19 18.1    1.039    0.030     0.8    27.8
1999 05 21.3  03 48.96   +19 45.9    1.026    0.016     0.5    33.7
1999 05 21.4  03 51.71   +20 17.7    1.006    0.007     0.2   145.5

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-K30

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