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MPEC 2000-F32: COMET C/1999 W1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-F32                                Issued 2000 Mar. 24, 23:33 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
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/1999 W1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99W010  S1999 11 23.18756 15 55 04.1  -22 05 36                        249
    CJ99W010  s1999 11 23.18756 2 -0.00684383 -0.00753247 -0.00418135        249
    CJ99W010  S1999 11 23.20423 15 55 16.7  -22 02 04                        249
    CJ99W010  s1999 11 23.20423 2 -0.00684322 -0.00753288 -0.00418133        249
    CJ99W010  S1999 11 23.21256 15 55 22.4  -21 59 04                        249
    CJ99W010  s1999 11 23.21256 2 -0.00684292 -0.00753308 -0.00418132        249
    CJ99W010  S1999 11 23.22925 15 55 34.9  -21 56 37                        249
    CJ99W010  s1999 11 23.22925 2 -0.00684231 -0.00753348 -0.00418131        249
    CJ99W010  S1999 11 23.24591 15 55 45.5  -21 52 16                        249
    CJ99W010  s1999 11 23.24591 2 -0.00684170 -0.00753388 -0.00418129        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by D. Biesecker,
    measurements by D. Hammer and D. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 W1 (SOHO)
T 1999 Nov. 23.64 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0088               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   87.47        +0.16134        -0.98057
                   Node     9.34        -0.92343        -0.18989
e   1.0            Incl.  136.57        +0.34821        -0.04922
From 5 observations 1999 Nov. 23.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-F32

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