MPEC 1999-U29: COMET C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 1999-U29 Issued 1999 Oct. 28, 15:45 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
Observations:
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.22090 13 46 44.1 -10 28 49 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.22090 2 -0.00783519 -0.00677847 -0.00378340 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.27923 13 46 55.8 -10 20 01 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.27923 2 -0.00783322 -0.00678036 -0.00378513 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.32090 13 47 08.4 -10 14 04 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.32090 2 -0.00783182 -0.00678171 -0.00378636 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.34590 13 47 16.1 -10 10 36 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.34590 2 -0.00783098 -0.00678251 -0.00378710 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.36256 13 47 23.8 -10 09 21 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.36256 2 -0.00783042 -0.00678305 -0.00378760 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.38756 13 47 32.8 -10 06 01 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.38756 2 -0.00782958 -0.00678386 -0.00378833 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.40423 13 47 39.0 -10 04 05 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.40423 2 -0.00782902 -0.00678440 -0.00378882 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.44590 13 47 56.1 -10 00 12 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.44590 2 -0.00782763 -0.00678574 -0.00379005 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.47090 13 48 09.0 -09 57 14 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.47090 2 -0.00782680 -0.00678655 -0.00379078 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.48757 13 48 16.2 -09 55 47 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.48757 2 -0.00782624 -0.00678708 -0.00379127 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.51257 13 48 28.6 -09 53 50 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.51257 2 -0.00782541 -0.00678789 -0.00379201 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.52923 13 48 36.4 -09 52 26 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.52923 2 -0.00782486 -0.00678843 -0.00379250 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.67923 13 50 09.0 -09 43 40 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.67923 2 -0.00781991 -0.00679325 -0.00379687 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.69590 13 50 17.7 -09 42 45 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.69590 2 -0.00781936 -0.00679378 -0.00379736 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.72090 13 50 31.7 -09 41 56 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.72090 2 -0.00781854 -0.00679458 -0.00379809 249
CJ99U020 S1999 10 25.73756 13 50 46.1 -09 41 21 249
CJ99U020 s1999 10 25.73756 2 -0.00781800 -0.00679512 -0.00379857 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3. Comet detection independently by
S. Gregory and J. D. Shanklin. Measurements by D. A. Biesecker,
reduction by B. G. Marsden.
Orbital elements:
C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
T 1999 Oct. 25.23 TT Marsden
q 0.0492 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 22.22 -0.20554 -0.86885
Node 82.05 +0.81553 -0.40647
e 1.0 Incl. 27.05 +0.54099 +0.28265
From 16 observations 1999 Oct. 25.
Ephemeris:
C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase
1999 10 24 13 53.98 -14 34.0 0.908 0.101 3.1 148.0
1999 10 25 13 47.30 -11 15.1 0.958 0.052 2.2 132.8
1999 10 26 13 54.34 -09 44.3 1.050 0.075 2.8 40.7
1999 10 27 14 06.27 -10 11.6 1.115 0.129 2.4 19.2
1999 10 28 14 16.98 -10 55.4 1.165 0.180 3.0 17.0
1999 10 29 14 26.55 -11 40.2 1.207 0.227 4.0 17.9
1999 10 30 14 35.25 -12 23.0 1.246 0.271 5.0 18.7
1999 10 31 14 43.25 -13 03.4 1.282 0.312 5.9 19.2
1999 11 01 14 50.70 -13 41.1 1.317 0.351 6.7 19.4
1999 11 02 14 57.67 -14 16.4 1.350 0.388 7.4 19.4
1999 11 03 15 04.23 -14 49.3 1.383 0.424 8.1 19.2
1999 11 04 15 10.45 -15 20.2 1.415 0.458 8.6 18.9
1999 11 05 15 16.35 -15 49.1 1.446 0.492 9.1 18.5
1999 11 06 15 21.98 -16 16.3 1.476 0.524 9.4 18.1
1999 11 07 15 27.36 -16 41.8 1.507 0.556 9.8 17.6
1999 11 08 15 32.52 -17 05.8 1.536 0.587 10.0 17.1
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 1999 MPC M.P.E.C. 1999-U29
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