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MPEC 1999-M23: COMET C/1999 L5 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-M23                                Issued 1999 June 25, 14:49 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 L5 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.61256 05 10 07.5  +20 13 08                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.61256 2 +0.00539140 +0.00922654 +0.00330070        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.63756 05 10 13.2  +20 17 05                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.63756 2 +0.00538934 +0.00922707 +0.00330146        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.65423 05 10 16.4  +20 18 35                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.65423 2 +0.00538797 +0.00922742 +0.00330198        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.67923 05 10 17.2  +20 22 21                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.67923 2 +0.00538591 +0.00922794 +0.00330274        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.69590 05 10 19.9  +20 24 22                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.69590 2 +0.00538453 +0.00922829 +0.00330325        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.72090 05 10 20.2  +20 27 58                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.72090 2 +0.00538246 +0.00922881 +0.00330402        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.73756 05 10 23.3  +20 29 54                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.73756 2 +0.00538108 +0.00922916 +0.00330453        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.77923 05 10 29.6  +20 35 40                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.77923 2 +0.00537762 +0.00923003 +0.00330581        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.82090 05 10 36.7  +20 41 40                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.82090 2 +0.00537415 +0.00923090 +0.00330709        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.84590 05 10 38.8  +20 45 29                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.84590 2 +0.00537206 +0.00923141 +0.00330786        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.86257 05 10 41.2  +20 48 16                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.86257 2 +0.00537067 +0.00923176 +0.00330837        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.88756 05 10 44.6  +20 51 37                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.88756 2 +0.00536858 +0.00923228 +0.00330914        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.90423 05 10 45.8  +20 54 33                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.90423 2 +0.00536719 +0.00923262 +0.00330965        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.92923 05 10 50.1  +20 58 21                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.92923 2 +0.00536509 +0.00923314 +0.00331042        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.97099 05 10 56.2  +21 04 49                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.97099 2 +0.00536159 +0.00923399 +0.00331171        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 10.98756 05 11 00.1  +21 07 47                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 10.98756 2 +0.00536019 +0.00923433 +0.00331222        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.01256 05 11 03.8  +21 11 28                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.01256 2 +0.00535809 +0.00923485 +0.00331298        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.02923 05 11 09.3  +21 14 48                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.02923 2 +0.00535668 +0.00923519 +0.00331350        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.03478 05 11 08.4  +21 15 13                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.03478 2 +0.00535621 +0.00923530 +0.00331367        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.06029 05 11 11.9  +21 19 32                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.06029 2 +0.00535406 +0.00923582 +0.00331445        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.07090 05 11 14.0  +21 21 25                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.07090 2 +0.00535317 +0.00923604 +0.00331478        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.07645 05 11 15.2  +21 22 16                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.07645 2 +0.00535269 +0.00923615 +0.00331495        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.08757 05 11 17.0  +21 24 20                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.08757 2 +0.00535175 +0.00923638 +0.00331529        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.09590 05 11 18.3  +21 25 29                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.09590 2 +0.00535105 +0.00923654 +0.00331555        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.10145 05 11 20.0  +21 26 40                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.10145 2 +0.00535058 +0.00923666 +0.00331572        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.11257 05 11 23.2  +21 28 43                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.11257 2 +0.00534964 +0.00923688 +0.00331606        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.13757 05 11 28.5  +21 33 16                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.13757 2 +0.00534752 +0.00923739 +0.00331683        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.14312 05 11 28.9  +21 34 24                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.14312 2 +0.00534705 +0.00923750 +0.00331700        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.15423 05 11 32.2  +21 36 06                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.15423 2 +0.00534610 +0.00923773 +0.00331734        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.15979 05 11 32.6  +21 37 16                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.15979 2 +0.00534563 +0.00923784 +0.00331751        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.17923 05 11 37.3  +21 40 48                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.17923 2 +0.00534398 +0.00923823 +0.00331811        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.18478 05 11 36.7  +21 42 39                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.18478 2 +0.00534350 +0.00923835 +0.00331828        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.19590 05 11 42.5  +21 44 08                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.19590 2 +0.00534256 +0.00923857 +0.00331862        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.20166 05 11 43.0  +21 45 13                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.20166 2 +0.00534207 +0.00923869 +0.00331880        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.21256 05 11 45.9  +21 47 22                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.21256 2 +0.00534114 +0.00923891 +0.00331914        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.22090 05 11 47.3  +21 49 39                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.22090 2 +0.00534043 +0.00923907 +0.00331939        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.22645 05 11 49.5  +21 50 09                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.22645 2 +0.00533996 +0.00923918 +0.00331957        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.23756 05 11 53.3  +21 51 57                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.23756 2 +0.00533901 +0.00923941 +0.00331991        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.24312 05 11 54.2  +21 53 28                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.24312 2 +0.00533853 +0.00923952 +0.00332008        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.25423 05 11 57.5  +21 55 44                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.25423 2 +0.00533758 +0.00923974 +0.00332042        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.26812 05 12 01.4  +21 58 35                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.26812 2 +0.00533640 +0.00924002 +0.00332085        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.28501 05 12 07.1  +22 02 09                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.28501 2 +0.00533495 +0.00924036 +0.00332137        249
    CJ99L050  S1999 06 11.31029 05 12 15.8  +22 07 36                        249
    CJ99L050  s1999 06 11.31029 2 +0.00533279 +0.00924086 +0.00332215        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detection and
    measurements by D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 L5 (SOHO)
T 1999 June 11.58 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0077               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   85.28        +0.17721        -0.98179
                   Node     6.76        -0.96024        -0.18774
e   1.0            Incl.  144.42        +0.21570        -0.02916
From 43 observations 1999 June 10-11.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-M23

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