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MPEC 2000-E28: COMET C/1999 O2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-E28                                Issued 2000 Mar. 7, 17:33 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
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                            COMET C/1999 O2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 21.88757 07 49 30.1  +18 12 43                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 21.88757 2 -0.00126751 +0.00834685 +0.00408840        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 21.90425 07 49 43.2  +18 14 56                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 21.90425 2 -0.00127135 +0.00834522 +0.00408812        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 21.92923 07 50 07.8  +18 18 28                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 21.92923 2 -0.00127710 +0.00834278 +0.00408771        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 21.97100 07 50 45.3  +18 24 18                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 21.97100 2 -0.00128672 +0.00833870 +0.00408702        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 21.98756 07 51 01.6  +18 26 39                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 21.98756 2 -0.00129054 +0.00833708 +0.00408674        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.02923 07 51 41.9  +18 33 05                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.02923 2 -0.00130013 +0.00833300 +0.00408604        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.07091 07 52 26.1  +18 39 53                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.07091 2 -0.00130973 +0.00832891 +0.00408534        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.09590 07 52 52.5  +18 43 50                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.09590 2 -0.00131549 +0.00832645 +0.00408491        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.11256 07 53 13.0  +18 47 02                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.11256 2 -0.00131933 +0.00832481 +0.00408463        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.13756 07 53 39.4  +18 51 01                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.13756 2 -0.00132509 +0.00832235 +0.00408420        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.15423 07 53 58.3  +18 53 32                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.15423 2 -0.00132893 +0.00832070 +0.00408392        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.22090 07 55 15.8  +19 05 58                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.22090 2 -0.00134430 +0.00831412 +0.00408277        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.23756 07 55 38.4  +19 08 35                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.23756 2 -0.00134814 +0.00831247 +0.00408248        249
    CJ99O020  S1999 07 22.26256 07 56 10.7  +19 13 40                        249
    CJ99O020  s1999 07 22.26256 2 -0.00135390 +0.00830999 +0.00408204        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection by D. Lewis,
    measurements by D. Hammer and D. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 O2 (SOHO)
T 1999 July 22.56 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0079               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   62.39        +0.18323        -0.95318
                   Node   338.37        -0.95942        -0.12002
e   1.0            Incl.  139.26        +0.21435        +0.27756
From 14 observations 1999 July 21-22.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-E28

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