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MPEC 2000-F36: Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2000 MPC M.P.E.C. 2000-F36

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M.P.E.C. 2000-F36                                Issued 2000 Mar. 25, 00:00 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/2000 B7 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.84590 21 12 26.5  -18 52 21                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.84590 2 +0.00473418 -0.00657396 -0.00208569        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.86256 21 12 11.1  -18 49 47                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.86256 2 +0.00473834 -0.00657106 -0.00208430        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.88757 21 11 50.3  -18 46 13                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.88757 2 +0.00474459 -0.00656669 -0.00208222        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.90423 21 11 37.9  -18 43 56                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.90423 2 +0.00474875 -0.00656378 -0.00208083        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.92923 21 11 17.5  -18 40 24                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.92923 2 +0.00475499 -0.00655941 -0.00207874        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.97099 21 10 41.9  -18 34 14                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.97099 2 +0.00476541 -0.00655210 -0.00207525        249
    CK00B070  S2000 01 31.98756 21 10 26.4  -18 31 33                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 01 31.98756 2 +0.00476955 -0.00654919 -0.00207386        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.01256 21 10 05.5  -18 27 47                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.01256 2 +0.00477578 -0.00654480 -0.00207177        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.02923 21 09 51.0  -18 25 41                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.02923 2 +0.00477993 -0.00654187 -0.00207037        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.07090 21 09 10.9  -18 18 46                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.07090 2 +0.00479032 -0.00653454 -0.00206688        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.09590 21 08 48.6  -18 15 01                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.09590 2 +0.00479654 -0.00653014 -0.00206479        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.11256 21 08 27.4  -18 12 46                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.11256 2 +0.00480069 -0.00652720 -0.00206339        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.13756 21 08 03.6  -18 08 30                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.13756 2 +0.00480692 -0.00652278 -0.00206129        249
    CK00B070  S2000 02 01.15423 21 07 48.1  -18 05 46                        249
    CK00B070  s2000 02 01.15423 2 +0.00481106 -0.00651984 -0.00205989        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 B7 (SOHO)
T 2000 Feb. 1.49 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0050               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   79.36        +0.19092        -0.98159
                   Node     0.45        -0.96022        -0.18772
e   1.0            Incl.  144.63        +0.20379        +0.03513
From 14 observations 2000 Jan. 31-Feb. 1.


                        ** HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM! **


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

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