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MPEC 2000-F33: COMET C/1999 Y3 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-F33                                Issued 2000 Mar. 24, 23:41 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 Y3 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.49590 18 04 00.1  -25 02 32                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.49590 2 -0.00444271 -0.00850797 -0.00398476        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.50425 18 04 00.1  -25 00 42                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.50425 2 -0.00444159 -0.00850822 -0.00398461        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.52091 18 03 58.9  -24 56 47                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.52091 2 -0.00443934 -0.00850873 -0.00398433        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.53757 18 03 59.7  -24 52 49                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.53757 2 -0.00443709 -0.00850923 -0.00398404        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.56348 18 03 58.4  -24 46 50                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.56348 2 -0.00443360 -0.00851002 -0.00398359        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.57925 18 03 56.9  -24 43 04                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.57925 2 -0.00443147 -0.00851050 -0.00398332        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.58756 18 03 56.4  -24 41 01                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.58756 2 -0.00443034 -0.00851075 -0.00398317        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.60423 18 03 54.6  -24 37 01                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.60423 2 -0.00442809 -0.00851125 -0.00398288        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.62090 18 03 52.8  -24 32 52                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.62090 2 -0.00442583 -0.00851176 -0.00398260        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.62925 18 03 51.3  -24 30 46                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.62925 2 -0.00442470 -0.00851201 -0.00398245        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.64590 18 03 48.8  -24 26 32                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.64590 2 -0.00442245 -0.00851252 -0.00398216        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.66256 18 03 45.8  -24 22 14                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.66256 2 -0.00442019 -0.00851302 -0.00398187        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.67090 18 03 43.8  -24 20 04                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.67090 2 -0.00441906 -0.00851328 -0.00398173        249
    CJ99Y030  S1999 12 21.68756 18 03 39.5  -24 15 27                        249
    CJ99Y030  s1999 12 21.68756 2 -0.00441680 -0.00851378 -0.00398144        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 Y3 (SOHO)
T 1999 Dec. 21.88 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0056               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   85.05        +0.17725        -0.98197
                   Node     6.49        -0.96031        -0.18718
e   1.0            Incl.  144.43        +0.21536        -0.02648
From 14 observations 1999 Dec. 21.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-F33

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