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MPEC 2002-W34 : COMETS C/1999 O4, 2002 U4, 2002 U5 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2002-W34                                Issued 2002 Nov. 23, 15:41 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

                   COMETS C/1999 O4, 2002 U4, 2002 U5 (SOHO)

Additional Observations:
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.82090 07 44 42.5  +23 40 28                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.82090 2 -0.00056562 +0.00862457 +0.00412612        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.84591 07 44 57.7  +23 38 02                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.84591 2 -0.00057131 +0.00862248 +0.00412591        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.88756 07 45 25.7  +23 34 32                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.88756 2 -0.00058078 +0.00861900 +0.00412557        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.90423 07 45 37.4  +23 32 56                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.90423 2 -0.00058457 +0.00861760 +0.00412543        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.92923 07 45 55.0  +23 29 46                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.92923 2 -0.00059026 +0.00861550 +0.00412522        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.97099 07 46 22.1  +23 26 10                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.97099 2 -0.00059977 +0.00861199 +0.00412486        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 18.98789 07 46 37.5  +23 24 18                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 18.98789 2 -0.00060361 +0.00861057 +0.00412472        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 19.01257 07 46 52.8  +23 20 48                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 19.01257 2 -0.00060923 +0.00860849 +0.00412450        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 19.02924 07 47 06.5  +23 18 55                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 19.02924 2 -0.00061302 +0.00860708 +0.00412436        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 19.07091 07 47 38.8  +23 13 44                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 19.07091 2 -0.00062251 +0.00860355 +0.00412399        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 19.11256 07 48 10.6  +23 07 35                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 19.11256 2 -0.00063200 +0.00860002 +0.00412362        249
    CJ99O040  S1999 07 19.13756 07 48 33.8  +23 03 38                        249
    CJ99O040  s1999 07 19.13756 2 -0.00063769 +0.00859790 +0.00412339        249
    CK02U040  S2002 10 22.89316 13 41 58.3  -12 04 17                        249
    CK02U040  s2002 10 22.89316 2 -0.01023365 -0.00348683 -0.00245881        249
    CK02U040  S2002 10 22.90979 13 42 24.0  -12 02 50                        249
    CK02U040  s2002 10 22.90979 2 -0.01023335 -0.00348742 -0.00245892        249
    CK02U040  S2002 10 22.92090 13 42 41.6  -12 01 51                        249
    CK02U040  s2002 10 22.92090 2 -0.01023316 -0.00348781 -0.00245899        249
    CK02U040  S2002 10 22.93478 13 43 03.8  -12 00 16                        249
    CK02U040  s2002 10 22.93478 2 -0.01023291 -0.00348831 -0.00245908        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.86256 13 34 51.5  -15 31 25                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.86256 2 -0.01015836 -0.00364721 -0.00248516        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.88756 13 35 20.0  -15 30 24                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.88756 2 -0.01015783 -0.00364836 -0.00248534        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.90423 13 35 42.4  -15 29 14                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.90423 2 -0.01015748 -0.00364913 -0.00248546        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.92923 13 36 12.0  -15 28 21                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.92923 2 -0.01015695 -0.00365028 -0.00248564        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.97100 13 36 57.3  -15 26 07                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.97100 2 -0.01015607 -0.00365220 -0.00248595        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 26.98756 13 37 18.2  -15 24 56                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 26.98756 2 -0.01015572 -0.00365297 -0.00248607        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.01256 13 37 46.8  -15 24 10                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.01256 2 -0.01015519 -0.00365412 -0.00248626        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.02923 13 38 05.4  -15 22 40                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.02923 2 -0.01015483 -0.00365490 -0.00248638        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.07090 13 38 54.3  -15 20 51                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.07090 2 -0.01015394 -0.00365683 -0.00248668        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.09590 13 39 21.3  -15 19 36                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.09590 2 -0.01015341 -0.00365799 -0.00248687        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.11258 13 39 41.1  -15 19 00                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.11258 2 -0.01015305 -0.00365877 -0.00248699        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.13756 13 40 11.8  -15 17 26                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.13756 2 -0.01015251 -0.00365993 -0.00248718        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.15423 13 40 30.3  -15 16 37                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.15423 2 -0.01015215 -0.00366071 -0.00248730        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.17923 13 41 01.2  -15 15 24                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.17923 2 -0.01015161 -0.00366188 -0.00248749        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.22100 13 41 50.1  -15 13 02                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.22100 2 -0.01015071 -0.00366384 -0.00248780        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.23756 13 42 09.4  -15 12 07                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.23756 2 -0.01015035 -0.00366461 -0.00248792        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.26256 13 42 39.5  -15 10 44                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.26256 2 -0.01014981 -0.00366579 -0.00248811        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.27923 13 43 00.0  -15 09 48                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.27923 2 -0.01014945 -0.00366657 -0.00248823        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.32090 13 43 50.2  -15 07 28                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.32090 2 -0.01014854 -0.00366854 -0.00248854        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.34590 13 44 19.0  -15 06 05                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.34590 2 -0.01014799 -0.00366972 -0.00248873        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.36256 13 44 40.3  -15 04 56                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.36256 2 -0.01014763 -0.00367051 -0.00248886        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.38757 13 45 10.5  -15 03 26                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.38757 2 -0.01014708 -0.00367169 -0.00248904        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.40424 13 45 30.6  -15 02 39                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.40424 2 -0.01014672 -0.00367248 -0.00248917        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.44595 13 46 22.2  -15 00 05                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.44595 2 -0.01014580 -0.00367446 -0.00248948        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.47090 13 46 52.5  -14 58 31                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.47090 2 -0.01014525 -0.00367565 -0.00248967        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.48757 13 47 13.2  -14 57 25                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.48757 2 -0.01014488 -0.00367644 -0.00248980        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.51256 13 47 44.0  -14 55 58                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.51256 2 -0.01014432 -0.00367764 -0.00248999        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.52923 13 48 04.7  -14 54 46                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.52923 2 -0.01014395 -0.00367843 -0.00249012        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.57090 13 48 56.4  -14 52 06                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.57090 2 -0.01014303 -0.00368043 -0.00249043        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.59590 13 49 27.3  -14 50 29                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.59590 2 -0.01014247 -0.00368163 -0.00249062        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.61257 13 49 49.3  -14 49 26                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.61257 2 -0.01014210 -0.00368243 -0.00249075        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.63756 13 50 20.9  -14 47 41                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.63756 2 -0.01014154 -0.00368363 -0.00249094        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.65423 13 50 42.4  -14 46 33                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.65423 2 -0.01014116 -0.00368443 -0.00249107        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.67924 13 51 13.4  -14 44 51                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.67924 2 -0.01014060 -0.00368564 -0.00249126        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.69590 13 51 34.8  -14 43 38                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.69590 2 -0.01014023 -0.00368644 -0.00249139        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.72090 13 52 07.7  -14 41 59                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.72090 2 -0.01013966 -0.00368765 -0.00249158        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.73757 13 52 29.2  -14 40 46                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.73757 2 -0.01013928 -0.00368846 -0.00249171        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.76256 13 53 01.3  -14 38 48                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.76256 2 -0.01013872 -0.00368967 -0.00249190        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.82093 13 54 17.4  -14 34 30                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.82093 2 -0.01013739 -0.00369250 -0.00249235        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.84590 13 54 49.7  -14 32 38                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.84590 2 -0.01013682 -0.00369372 -0.00249255        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.86256 13 55 12.6  -14 31 18                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.86256 2 -0.01013644 -0.00369453 -0.00249268        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.88756 13 55 46.6  -14 29 17                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.88756 2 -0.01013587 -0.00369575 -0.00249287        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.90423 13 56 08.1  -14 27 56                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.90423 2 -0.01013549 -0.00369657 -0.00249300        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.92923 13 56 43.0  -14 25 49                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.92923 2 -0.01013491 -0.00369779 -0.00249319        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.97099 13 57 39.7  -14 22 11                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.97099 2 -0.01013395 -0.00369984 -0.00249352        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 27.98756 13 58 02.2  -14 21 03                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 27.98756 2 -0.01013357 -0.00370066 -0.00249365        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.02923 13 59 01.3  -14 17 24                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.02923 2 -0.01013260 -0.00370271 -0.00249398        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.07090 13 59 59.2  -14 13 19                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.07090 2 -0.01013163 -0.00370476 -0.00249430        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.09590 14 00 35.5  -14 11 04                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.09590 2 -0.01013105 -0.00370600 -0.00249450        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.11256 14 00 59.2  -14 09 28                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.11256 2 -0.01013066 -0.00370682 -0.00249463        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.13757 14 01 37.0  -14 07 03                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.13757 2 -0.01013007 -0.00370806 -0.00249483        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.15423 14 02 00.5  -14 05 06                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.15423 2 -0.01012968 -0.00370889 -0.00249496        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.18479 14 02 45.6  -14 01 43                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.18479 2 -0.01012896 -0.00371041 -0.00249521        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.20147 14 03 11.2  -14 00 21                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.20147 2 -0.01012857 -0.00371124 -0.00249534        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.21256 14 03 28.7  -13 59 20                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.21256 2 -0.01012830 -0.00371179 -0.00249543        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.22645 14 03 48.1  -13 57 20                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.22645 2 -0.01012798 -0.00371249 -0.00249554        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.24312 14 04 14.6  -13 55 23                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.24312 2 -0.01012758 -0.00371332 -0.00249567        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.25423 14 04 32.5  -13 54 05                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.25423 2 -0.01012732 -0.00371387 -0.00249576        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.26812 14 04 54.5  -13 52 31                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.26812 2 -0.01012699 -0.00371457 -0.00249587        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.28480 14 05 20.7  -13 50 23                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.28480 2 -0.01012659 -0.00371540 -0.00249600        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.31058 14 06 02.3  -13 47 07                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.31058 2 -0.01012598 -0.00371669 -0.00249621        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.32646 14 06 28.2  -13 45 06                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.32646 2 -0.01012560 -0.00371749 -0.00249633        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.33757 14 06 46.3  -13 43 34                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.33757 2 -0.01012533 -0.00371804 -0.00249642        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.35146 14 07 08.4  -13 41 43                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.35146 2 -0.01012500 -0.00371874 -0.00249653        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.36812 14 07 37.2  -13 39 21                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.36812 2 -0.01012460 -0.00371958 -0.00249667        249
    CK02U050  S2002 10 28.37923 14 07 55.8  -13 37 40                        249
    CK02U050  s2002 10 28.37923 2 -0.01012434 -0.00372014 -0.00249676        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detection by R. Kracht
    and S. Hoenig, measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CJ99O040   1999 July  18.81   0.0586   1.0     104.04   107.87   133.32     X
CK02U040   2002 Oct.  23.24   0.0051   1.0      87.34     9.72   144.67     X
CK02U050   2002 Oct.  28.54   0.0050   1.0      88.17    11.48   144.31     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-W34

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