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MPEC 2000-O22: COMET C/2000 O1 = 1998 XA70 = 1999 UJ10 (KOEHN)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-O22                                Issued 2000 July 25, 15:16 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 O1 = 1998 XA70 = 1999 UJ10 (KOEHN)

Observations:
    CK00O010  C1998 12 14.24572 04 33 16.35 +33 13 26.6          18.8 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 14.26764 04 33 14.78 +33 13 28.1          19.2 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 14.28975 04 33 12.89 +33 13 29.3          19.4 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 14.31177 04 33 11.27 +33 13 26.6          19.2 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 17.18172 04 29 39.92 +33 13 30.8          18.2 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 17.20502 04 29 38.19 +33 13 30.7          18.6 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 17.22827 04 29 36.44 +33 13 31.1          18.8 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 17.25138 04 29 34.62 +33 13 32.0          19.6 N      704
    CK00O010  C1998 12 17.27465 04 29 32.98 +33 13 30.3          18.8 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 10 31.27743 02 27 21.52 +43 00 10.5          19.0 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 10 31.29360 02 27 20.01 +43 00 07.0          19.2 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 10 31.31006 02 27 18.30 +43 00 04.0          18.8 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 11 01.24233 02 25 47.28 +42 57 24.1          18.3 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 11 01.25880 02 25 45.68 +42 57 21.2          18.4 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 11 01.29173 02 25 42.42 +42 57 14.8          18.4 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 11 01.30817 02 25 40.80 +42 57 11.1          18.2 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 12 13.13058 01 26 43.44 +38 49 49.7          18.9 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 12 13.14513 01 26 42.49 +38 49 42.4          19.3 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 12 13.15969 01 26 41.62 +38 49 36.9          19.4 N      704
    CK00O010  C1999 12 13.18872 01 26 39.79 +38 49 22.2          18.8 N      704
    CK00O010  C2000 07 20.36467 01 03 24.38 +39 53 01.6          17.6 T      699
    CK00O010  C2000 07 20.38693 01 03 23.33 +39 53 04.7                      699
    CK00O010  C2000 07 20.39803 01 03 23.02 +39 53 07.6                      699
    CK00O010  C2000 07 22.07410 01 02 18.03 +39 59 08.6                      611
    CK00O010  C2000 07 22.08600 01 02 17.42 +39 59 09.5                      611
    CK00O010  C2000 07 22.97988 01 01 41.57 +40 02 18.3          17.9 T      046
    CK00O010  C2000 07 22.99126 01 01 41.11 +40 02 20.1                      046
    CK00O010  C2000 07 23.37434 01 01 25.93 +40 03 38.3                      739
    CK00O010  C2000 07 23.39039 01 01 24.65 +40 03 41.9          18.7 N      739
    CK00O010  C2000 07 23.91348 01 01 03.22 +40 05 29.3                      557
    CK00O010  C2000 07 23.91581 01 01 03.18 +40 05 30.0                      557

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
611 Starkenburg.  Observers M. Busch, R. Kresken.  0.45-m f/4.4 reflector
    + CCD.
699 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS.  Observer B. W. Koehn.  0.59-m LONEOS Schmidt
    + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz, R. Huber, L. Manguso.  Measurers J. Stuart,
    R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
739 Sunflower Observatory, Olathe.  Observer L. Robinson.  0.25-m
    Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 O1 = 1998 XA70 = 1999 UJ10 (Koehn)
Epoch 2000 Jan. 17.0 TT = JDT 2451560.5
T 2000 Jan. 27.34855 TT                                 Marsden
q   5.9218889            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0001445      Peri.   55.10855     +0.70756040     +0.46923450
 +/-0.0000094      Node    88.86217     +0.33960438     -0.88150044
e   1.0008554      Incl.  148.09742     +0.61969924     -0.05268740
Residuals in seconds of arc
981214 704  0.3+  1.7-    991031 704  0.8-  0.5-    000720 699  0.4+  0.6-
981214 704  1.2+  0.4-    991101 704  0.1+  0.6+    000722 611  1.2+  0.9+
981214 704  1.8-  0.7+    991101 704  0.4+  0.6+    000722 611  0.3-  0.7-
981214 704 (1.5-  2.2-)   991101 704  0.3+  0.0     000722 046  0.3-  1.0+
981217 704  0.7+  0.1-    991101 704  0.3+  0.7-    000722 046  0.2-  0.4+
981217 704  0.7+  0.1-    991213 704  0.1+  0.2+    000723 739 (5.3+  1.1-)
981217 704  0.3+  0.5+    991213 704  0.3-  0.6-    000723 739  1.8-  0.8-
981217 704  1.1-  1.5+    991213 704  0.3+  0.5+    000723 557  0.2-  0.2+
981217 704  0.1-  0.1-    991213 704  0.3+  1.2-    000723 557  0.5+  0.5+
991031 704  0.7-  0.5+    000720 699  1.4+  0.8+
991031 704  0.2+  0.3-    000720 699  0.9-  1.0-

Ephemeris:
    C/2000 O1 (Koehn)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2000 07 15    01 06.55   +39 32.7    6.093    6.041    82.3     9.6  17.7
2000 07 25    01 00.29   +40 09.1    5.945    6.056    91.4     9.7  17.7
2000 08 04    00 52.29   +40 38.0    5.801    6.071   100.6     9.5  17.7
2000 08 14    00 42.55   +40 56.1    5.668    6.086   109.8     9.0  17.6
2000 08 24    00 31.21   +41 00.3    5.550    6.103   118.9     8.3  17.6
2000 09 03    00 18.55   +40 47.7    5.454    6.120   127.5     7.5  17.6
2000 09 13    00 05.04   +40 16.2    5.385    6.138   135.0     6.7  17.5
2000 09 23    23 51.27   +39 25.2    5.349    6.157   140.6     5.9  17.5
2000 10 03    23 37.85   +38 16.0    5.347    6.177   143.2     5.6  17.5
2000 10 13    23 25.37   +36 51.7    5.381    6.197   141.9     5.7  17.6
2000 10 23    23 14.29   +35 16.8    5.450    6.218   137.2     6.2  17.6
2000 11 02    23 04.89   +33 36.6    5.553    6.239   130.2     7.0  17.7
2000 11 12    22 57.29   +31 56.2    5.684    6.262   121.8     7.7  17.7
2000 11 22    22 51.47   +30 19.9    5.838    6.285   112.6     8.3  17.8
2000 12 02    22 47.33   +28 51.1    6.010    6.308   103.2     8.8  17.9
2000 12 12    22 44.70   +27 32.2    6.192    6.333    93.7     8.9  18.0
2000 12 22    22 43.38   +26 24.4    6.379    6.357    84.3     8.9  18.1
2001 01 01    22 43.17   +25 28.3    6.564    6.383    75.1     8.6  18.1
2001 01 11    22 43.88   +24 43.8    6.743    6.409    66.2     8.1  18.2
2001 01 21    22 45.32   +24 10.5    6.909    6.436    57.6     7.4  18.3
2001 01 31    22 47.31   +23 47.7    7.059    6.463    49.6     6.7  18.3
2001 02 10    22 49.68   +23 34.6    7.189    6.491    42.2     5.9  18.4
2001 02 20    22 52.29   +23 30.2    7.297    6.520    35.7     5.1  18.5
2001 03 02    22 55.01   +23 33.6    7.380    6.549    30.8     4.4  18.5

     Barycentric "original" and "future" values of 1/a are +0.000025 and
+0.000099 AU**-1, respectively.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-O22

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