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MPEC 2000-K36: COMET C/2000 K4 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-K36                                Issued 2000 May 30, 20:20 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 K4 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.57645 04 00 25.0  +18 58 57                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.57645 2 +0.00739914 +0.00802582 +0.00262322        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.58757 04 00 21.8  +19 00 38                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.58757 2 +0.00739867 +0.00802613 +0.00262352        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.60145 04 00 18.4  +19 03 11                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.60145 2 +0.00739809 +0.00802652 +0.00262389        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.61812 04 00 14.1  +19 05 33                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.61812 2 +0.00739739 +0.00802698 +0.00262434        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.62923 04 00 10.4  +19 06 54                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.62923 2 +0.00739692 +0.00802729 +0.00262464        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.64312 04 00 06.2  +19 10 05                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.64312 2 +0.00739633 +0.00802767 +0.00262501        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.65981 04 00 01.5  +19 13 13                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.65981 2 +0.00739563 +0.00802814 +0.00262546        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.67091 03 59 57.0  +19 14 38                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.67091 2 +0.00739516 +0.00802845 +0.00262576        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.68479 03 59 52.3  +19 17 16                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.68479 2 +0.00739458 +0.00802883 +0.00262613        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.70146 03 59 47.8  +19 20 39                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.70146 2 +0.00739387 +0.00802930 +0.00262658        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.71259 03 59 45.0  +19 22 42                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.71259 2 +0.00739340 +0.00802961 +0.00262688        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.72646 03 59 39.7  +19 25 02                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.72646 2 +0.00739281 +0.00803000 +0.00262726        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.74312 03 59 36.7  +19 28 40                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.74312 2 +0.00739211 +0.00803046 +0.00262771        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.75423 03 59 32.1  +19 30 35                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.75423 2 +0.00739164 +0.00803077 +0.00262801        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.76812 03 59 28.0  +19 33 37                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.76812 2 +0.00739105 +0.00803116 +0.00262839        249
    CK00K040  S2000 05 22.78478 03 59 23.0  +19 36 37                        249
    CK00K040  s2000 05 22.78478 2 +0.00739034 +0.00803163 +0.00262884        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet reported by M. Oates, measurements
    by D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 K4 (SOHO)
T 2000 May 23.02 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0055               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   81.93        +0.18016        -0.98326
                   Node     2.79        -0.96545        -0.18209
e   1.0            Incl.  145.78        +0.18830        +0.00712
From 16 observations 2000 May 22.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-K36

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