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MPEC 2000-L07: COMET C/1998 V1 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-L07                                Issued 2000 June 2, 22:21 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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                            COMET C/1998 V1 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.14600 14 23 31.9  -17 27 48                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.14600 2 -0.00647754 -0.00782440 -0.00424409        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.18757 14 24 23.6  -17 23 34                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.18757 2 -0.00647590 -0.00782542 -0.00424516        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.22923 14 25 15.2  -17 19 34                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.22923 2 -0.00647425 -0.00782644 -0.00424623        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.31386 14 27 02.4  -17 10 12                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.31386 2 -0.00647093 -0.00782851 -0.00424840        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.35423 14 27 53.4  -17 06 15                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.35423 2 -0.00646935 -0.00782950 -0.00424943        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.39590 14 28 45.0  -17 01 19                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.39590 2 -0.00646772 -0.00783052 -0.00425049        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.47932 14 30 34.6  -16 51 02                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.47932 2 -0.00646448 -0.00783256 -0.00425261        249
    CJ98V010  S1998 11 04.67927 14 35 05.7  -16 20 42                        249
    CJ98V010  s1998 11 04.67927 2 -0.00645678 -0.00783744 -0.00425766        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detected and measured by
    D. Hammer and D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1998 V1 (SOHO)
T 1998 Nov. 4.92 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0049               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   80.75        +0.17197        -0.98507
                   Node     0.80        -0.96081        -0.16958
e   1.0            Incl.  143.89        +0.21742        +0.02978
From 8 observations 1998 Nov. 4.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-L07

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