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MPEC 2000-F31: COMET C/1999 U5 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-F31                                Issued 2000 Mar. 24, 23:16 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/1999 U5 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.49451 14 06 46.1  -17 26 31                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.49451 2 -0.00765050 -0.00697896 -0.00394887        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.51535 14 07 09.1  -17 24 35                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.51535 2 -0.00764992 -0.00697963 -0.00394936        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.53618 14 07 32.6  -17 22 23                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.53618 2 -0.00764933 -0.00698031 -0.00394985        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.55702 14 07 59.5  -17 19 30                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.55702 2 -0.00764875 -0.00698099 -0.00395034        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.57784 14 08 29.1  -17 16 43                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.57784 2 -0.00764816 -0.00698167 -0.00395083        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.59867 14 08 51.7  -17 14 10                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.59867 2 -0.00764758 -0.00698234 -0.00395132        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.61952 14 09 18.5  -17 11 32                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.61952 2 -0.00764699 -0.00698302 -0.00395181        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.64034 14 09 44.6  -17 08 57                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.64034 2 -0.00764641 -0.00698370 -0.00395230        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.68201 14 10 33.4  -17 03 37                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.68201 2 -0.00764524 -0.00698505 -0.00395328        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.70284 14 11 02.5  -17 00 32                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.70284 2 -0.00764465 -0.00698573 -0.00395377        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.72367 14 11 26.4  -16 57 41                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.72367 2 -0.00764406 -0.00698641 -0.00395426        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.74451 14 11 55.6  -16 54 53                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.74451 2 -0.00764348 -0.00698709 -0.00395474        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.76534 14 12 21.2  -16 52 02                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.76534 2 -0.00764289 -0.00698776 -0.00395523        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.78617 14 12 47.1  -16 49 08                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.78617 2 -0.00764230 -0.00698844 -0.00395572        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.80701 14 13 14.9  -16 45 37                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.80701 2 -0.00764171 -0.00698912 -0.00395620        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.82785 14 13 41.7  -16 42 45                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.82785 2 -0.00764113 -0.00698980 -0.00395669        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.84867 14 14 08.8  -16 39 51                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.84867 2 -0.00764054 -0.00699048 -0.00395718        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.86951 14 14 36.9  -16 36 37                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.86951 2 -0.00763995 -0.00699115 -0.00395766        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.89034 14 15 02.1  -16 32 56                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.89034 2 -0.00763936 -0.00699183 -0.00395815        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.91117 14 15 31.0  -16 29 49                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.91117 2 -0.00763877 -0.00699251 -0.00395863        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.93202 14 15 56.1  -16 26 16                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.93202 2 -0.00763818 -0.00699319 -0.00395911        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.97376 14 16 55.1  -16 19 04                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.97376 2 -0.00763700 -0.00699455 -0.00396008        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 10 31.99453 14 17 22.8  -16 15 23                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 10 31.99453 2 -0.00763641 -0.00699523 -0.00396057        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 11 01.01534 14 17 52.5  -16 11 32                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 11 01.01534 2 -0.00763582 -0.00699590 -0.00396105        249
    CJ99U050  S1999 11 01.03617 14 18 22.7  -16 07 27                        249
    CJ99U050  s1999 11 01.03617 2 -0.00763523 -0.00699658 -0.00396153        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 U5 (SOHO)
T 1999 Nov. 1.40 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0072               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   54.48        +0.24970        -0.90265
                   Node   331.61        -0.93594        -0.13214
e   1.0            Incl.  132.50        +0.24833        +0.40959
From 25 observations 1999 Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-F31

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