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MPEC 1999-P25: COMET C/1999 P2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-P25                                Issued 1999 Aug.  9, 18:52 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 P2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.36256 08 41 13.8  +15 38 52                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.36256 2 -0.00467951 +0.00644111 +0.00354005        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.38756 08 41 43.8  +15 42 03                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.38756 2 -0.00468543 +0.00643678 +0.00353848        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.40423 08 41 56.9  +15 43 07                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.40423 2 -0.00468937 +0.00643390 +0.00353743        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.42927 08 42 26.4  +15 46 02                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.42927 2 -0.00469530 +0.00642956 +0.00353585        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.44590 08 42 45.2  +15 47 24                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.44590 2 -0.00469923 +0.00642667 +0.00353480        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.47090 08 43 10.9  +15 49 21                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.47090 2 -0.00470515 +0.00642233 +0.00353322        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.48757 08 43 29.8  +15 51 14                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.48757 2 -0.00470909 +0.00641944 +0.00353216        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.51257 08 43 57.9  +15 53 09                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.51257 2 -0.00471500 +0.00641509 +0.00353057        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.52923 08 44 16.5  +15 54 53                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.52923 2 -0.00471894 +0.00641219 +0.00352951        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.57091 08 45 05.1  +15 58 46                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.57091 2 -0.00472880 +0.00640493 +0.00352686        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.59590 08 45 34.6  +16 00 58                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.59590 2 -0.00473470 +0.00640057 +0.00352527        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.61258 08 45 55.5  +16 02 44                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.61258 2 -0.00473864 +0.00639765 +0.00352420        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.63757 08 46 26.1  +16 05 14                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.63757 2 -0.00474455 +0.00639329 +0.00352260        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.65423 08 46 46.3  +16 06 38                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.65423 2 -0.00474849 +0.00639037 +0.00352154        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.67923 08 47 17.3  +16 09 09                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.67923 2 -0.00475439 +0.00638600 +0.00351993        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.69590 08 47 39.8  +16 10 36                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.69590 2 -0.00475833 +0.00638307 +0.00351886        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.72090 08 48 13.8  +16 13 36                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.72090 2 -0.00476423 +0.00637869 +0.00351725        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.73757 08 48 36.2  +16 14 50                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.73757 2 -0.00476817 +0.00637577 +0.00351618        249
    CJ99P020  S1999 08 05.76257 08 49 09.9  +16 17 42                        249
    CJ99P020  s1999 08 05.76257 2 -0.00477407 +0.00637137 +0.00351457        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3.  Comet detection by K. Schenk.
    Measurements by D. Lewis, reduction by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 P2 (SOHO)
T 1999 Aug. 6.17 TT                                     Williams
q   0.0049               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  102.11        +0.07501        -0.96964
                   Node    21.20        -0.96004        -0.13333
e   1.0            Incl.  139.94        +0.26961        -0.20498
From 19 observations 1999 Aug. 5.

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-P25

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