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MPEC 2000-C50: COMET C/2000 C2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-C50                                Issued 2000 Feb. 12, 22:01 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.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2000 C2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.70423 21 12 18.8  -15 10 58                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.70423 2 +0.00543154 -0.00604294 -0.00183939        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.71256 21 12 06.6  -15 09 41                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.71256 2 +0.00543352 -0.00604130 -0.00183865        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.72923 21 11 45.3  -15 05 21                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.72923 2 +0.00543747 -0.00603801 -0.00183717        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.74590 21 11 21.8  -15 01 46                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.74590 2 +0.00544142 -0.00603473 -0.00183569        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.75423 21 11 09.7  -15 00 00                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.75423 2 +0.00544339 -0.00603308 -0.00183495        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.77090 21 10 46.9  -14 56 08                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.77090 2 +0.00544734 -0.00602979 -0.00183346        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.78756 21 10 21.7  -14 53 28                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.78756 2 +0.00545128 -0.00602650 -0.00183198        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.81341 21 09 44.2  -14 48 52                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.81341 2 +0.00545740 -0.00602139 -0.00182968        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.82923 21 09 20.8  -14 46 10                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.82923 2 +0.00546114 -0.00601826 -0.00182827        249
    CK00C020  S2000 02 03.83757 21 09 08.6  -14 44 59                        249
    CK00C020  s2000 02 03.83757 2 +0.00546311 -0.00601661 -0.00182753        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by K. Cernis,
    measurements by D. A. Biesecker, reduction by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 C2 (SOHO)
T 2000 Feb. 3.76 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0344               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   44.41        +0.72413        -0.33485
                   Node    41.27        -0.01777        -0.88299
e   1.0            Incl.  113.92        +0.68944        +0.32894
From 10 observations 2000 Feb. 3.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-C50

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