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MPEC 2000-F35: COMET C/2000 B6 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-F35                                Issued 2000 Mar. 24, 23:52 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.

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

                            COMET C/2000 B6 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.44590 21 05 06.6  -19 55 17                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.44590 2 +0.00412611 -0.00696845 -0.00227984        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.47090 21 04 46.8  -19 51 35                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.47090 2 +0.00413252 -0.00696459 -0.00227788        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.48756 21 04 34.3  -19 48 56                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.48756 2 +0.00413678 -0.00696201 -0.00227658        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.52923 21 04 02.2  -19 42 51                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.52923 2 +0.00414745 -0.00695556 -0.00227330        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.57090 21 03 28.3  -19 36 23                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.57090 2 +0.00415812 -0.00694909 -0.00227003        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.59590 21 03 07.9  -19 32 42                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.59590 2 +0.00416451 -0.00694520 -0.00226806        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.61256 21 02 54.1  -19 30 01                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.61256 2 +0.00416878 -0.00694260 -0.00226675        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.65423 21 02 18.1  -19 23 23                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.65423 2 +0.00417944 -0.00693610 -0.00226347        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.67923 21 01 56.0  -19 19 26                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.67923 2 +0.00418583 -0.00693219 -0.00226149        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.69590 21 01 41.1  -19 16 52                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.69590 2 +0.00419009 -0.00692959 -0.00226018        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.72090 21 01 17.6  -19 12 41                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.72090 2 +0.00419648 -0.00692567 -0.00225821        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.73756 21 01 01.6  -19 10 02                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.73756 2 +0.00420074 -0.00692306 -0.00225689        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.76256 21 00 37.4  -19 06 02                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.76256 2 +0.00420713 -0.00691914 -0.00225491        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.77924 21 00 20.7  -19 03 17                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.77924 2 +0.00421139 -0.00691652 -0.00225359        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.82094 20 59 40.7  -18 56 12                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.82094 2 +0.00422205 -0.00690995 -0.00225029        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.84590 20 59 13.0  -18 51 56                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.84590 2 +0.00422842 -0.00690602 -0.00224832        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.86256 20 58 55.7  -18 49 02                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.86256 2 +0.00423268 -0.00690339 -0.00224700        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.88784 20 58 27.9  -18 44 24                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.88784 2 +0.00423913 -0.00689940 -0.00224499        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.90423 20 58 07.9  -18 41 41                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.90423 2 +0.00424332 -0.00689681 -0.00224369        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.92924 20 57 38.6  -18 37 08                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.92924 2 +0.00424970 -0.00689284 -0.00224171        249
    CK00B060  S2000 01 29.97098 20 56 45.2  -18 28 58                        249
    CK00B060  s2000 01 29.97098 2 +0.00426035 -0.00688622 -0.00223839        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection by M. Meyer,
    T. Lovejoy, J. Shanklin and M. Oates, measurements by D. Hammer and
    D. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 B6 (SOHO)
T 2000 Jan. 30.21 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0052               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   84.28        +0.08947        -0.99595
                   Node   359.24        -0.95920        -0.08390
e   1.0            Incl.  140.89        +0.26821        +0.03217
From 21 observations 2000 Jan. 29.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-F35

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