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MPEC 2001-M55: COMET C/2001 M9 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-M55                                Issued 2001 June 30, 01:27 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/2001 M9 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.66256 06 16 48.7  +21 43 54                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.66256 2 +0.00300849 +0.00832967 +0.00393952        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.67090 06 16 53.7  +21 45 43                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.67090 2 +0.00300655 +0.00832963 +0.00393975        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.68756 06 17 00.8  +21 48 55                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.68756 2 +0.00300268 +0.00832956 +0.00394020        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.70425 06 17 10.1  +21 51 57                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.70425 2 +0.00299880 +0.00832948 +0.00394064        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.71256 06 17 14.6  +21 53 28                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.71256 2 +0.00299686 +0.00832944 +0.00394087        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.72923 06 17 23.8  +21 56 46                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.72923 2 +0.00299298 +0.00832936 +0.00394132        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.74590 06 17 32.8  +21 59 58                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.74590 2 +0.00298910 +0.00832928 +0.00394176        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.75425 06 17 37.8  +22 01 41                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.75425 2 +0.00298716 +0.00832923 +0.00394199        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.77090 06 17 47.1  +22 04 57                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.77090 2 +0.00298328 +0.00832915 +0.00394243        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.78756 06 17 57.1  +22 08 22                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.78756 2 +0.00297940 +0.00832907 +0.00394288        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.81375 06 18 13.9  +22 14 03                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.81375 2 +0.00297330 +0.00832893 +0.00394357        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.82923 06 18 23.9  +22 17 25                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.82923 2 +0.00296970 +0.00832885 +0.00394399        249
    CK01M090  S2001 06 26.83757 06 18 28.7  +22 19 26                        249
    CK01M090  s2001 06 26.83757 2 +0.00296775 +0.00832881 +0.00394421        249

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

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 M9 (SOHO)
T 2001 June 27.06 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0051               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   72.49        +0.20578        -0.97632
                   Node   353.22        -0.96387        -0.19044
e   1.0            Incl.  145.62        +0.16911        +0.10260
From 13 observations 2001 June 26.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-M55

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