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MPEC 2002-H41 : COMET C/2000 S5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-H41                                Issued 2002 Apr. 24, 16:26 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

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                COMET C/2000 S5

Observations:
    CK00S050  S2000 09 19.648   11 35.9     -12 13               11.6 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 09 19.648   2 -0.00977  -0.00348    -0.00175             249
    CK00S050  S2000 09 21.766   11 46.1     -13 48               10.8 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 09 21.766   2 -0.00974  -0.00374    -0.00192             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 01.417   12 12.1     -20 35               10.0 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 01.417   2 -0.00949  -0.00474    -0.00262             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 05.229   12 30.8     -23 03                9.4 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 05.229   2 -0.00935  -0.00503    -0.00283             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 07.350   12 40.8     -24 57                8.4 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 07.350   2 -0.00926  -0.00516    -0.00294             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 10.378   12 53.9     -27 35                7.7 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 10.378   2 -0.00916  -0.00532    -0.00307             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 12.449   13 04.6     -29 16                7.3 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 12.449   2 -0.00909  -0.00541    -0.00315             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 14.366   13 16.1     -30 37                7.5 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 14.366   2 -0.00904  -0.00549    -0.00322             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 17.397   13 34.8     -33 19                7.8 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 17.397   2 -0.00897  -0.00560    -0.00331             249
    CK00S050  S2000 10 21.376   14 04.1     -35 40                7.9 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 10 21.376   2 -0.00888  -0.00575    -0.00342             249
    CK00S050  S2000 11 04.420   16 22.5     -39 23                8.2 T      249
    CK00S050  s2000 11 04.420   2 -0.00846  -0.00619    -0.00366             249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-SWAN full-sky maps.  Comet detection, measurements and
    reduction by T. Makinen.

Orbital elements:
    C/2000 S5
T 2000 Oct. 27.06 TT                                    MPC
q   0.5992               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  291.63        +0.17994        +0.94984
                   Node   341.67        -0.27634        -0.20075
e   1.0            Incl.   54.44        -0.94406        +0.23980
From 11 observations 2000 Sept. 19-Nov. 4.

Ephemeris:
    C/2000 S5
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2000 07 15    09 50.24   +14 23.3    2.792    2.005    32.1    15.6  15.3
2000 07 25    10 01.26   +11 38.6    2.719    1.860    26.0    13.8  14.9
2000 08 04    10 13.61   +08 36.5    2.625    1.711    20.4    11.9  14.4
2000 08 14    10 27.42   +05 12.7    2.511    1.560    15.7    10.1  13.9
2000 08 24    10 42.93   +01 21.5    2.377    1.406    12.3     8.8  13.4
2000 09 03    11 00.64   -03 04.6    2.225    1.249    11.0     8.8  12.7
2000 09 13    11 21.39   -08 14.8    2.056    1.092    12.0    11.1  11.9
2000 09 23    11 46.78   -14 19.9    1.874    0.938    14.7    15.7  11.1
2000 10 03    12 19.85   -21 26.9    1.683    0.794    17.9    22.9  10.1
2000 10 13    13 06.45   -29 21.7    1.493    0.674    21.6    33.0   9.2
2000 10 23    14 16.23   -36 37.6    1.319    0.606    25.8    45.6   8.4
2000 11 02    15 53.73   -39 38.9    1.192    0.613    30.9    56.2   8.3
2000 11 12    17 36.70   -35 23.0    1.146    0.694    37.0    59.2   8.7
2000 11 22    18 57.19   -26 08.0    1.190    0.819    43.0    55.2   9.5
2000 12 02    19 53.71   -16 09.0    1.306    0.966    47.4    48.7  10.4
2000 12 12    20 34.75   -07 27.6    1.468    1.121    49.8    42.1  11.3
2000 12 22    21 06.69   -00 20.7    1.656    1.278    50.4    36.4  12.2
2001 01 01    21 33.16   +05 28.9    1.858    1.434    49.7    31.5  12.9
2001 01 11    21 56.17   +10 21.6    2.065    1.588    48.2    27.5  13.6
2001 01 21    22 16.85   +14 33.5    2.271    1.739    46.0    24.0  14.2
2001 01 31    22 35.91   +18 16.5    2.474    1.887    43.5    21.1  14.7
2001 02 10    22 53.76   +21 38.6    2.671    2.031    40.9    18.6  15.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-H41

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