MPEC 2003-K46 : COMET C/2003 K3 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2003-K46 Issued 2003 May 29, 03:37 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
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URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714
COMET C/2003 K3 (SOHO)
Observations:
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.09590 04 29 20.6 +23 23 52 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.09590 2 +0.00821121 +0.00590937 +0.00247401 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.11256 04 29 26.5 +23 25 06 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.11256 2 +0.00820890 +0.00591084 +0.00247517 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.27924 04 30 12.2 +23 32 56 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.27924 2 +0.00818577 +0.00592556 +0.00248671 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.44595 04 31 04.3 +23 42 21 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.44595 2 +0.00816245 +0.00594028 +0.00249827 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.47091 04 31 15.0 +23 43 28 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.47091 2 +0.00815894 +0.00594249 +0.00250000 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.67923 04 32 09.0 +23 54 00 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.67923 2 +0.00812949 +0.00596089 +0.00251446 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.69591 04 32 12.4 +23 54 50 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.69591 2 +0.00812712 +0.00596236 +0.00251561 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 25.86256 04 33 00.8 +24 02 32 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 25.86256 2 +0.00810333 +0.00597708 +0.00252718 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.02925 04 33 55.0 +24 12 07 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.02925 2 +0.00807935 +0.00599180 +0.00253876 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.17923 04 34 37.2 +24 19 38 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.17923 2 +0.00805760 +0.00600504 +0.00254918 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.19590 04 34 42.9 +24 20 16 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.19590 2 +0.00805517 +0.00600651 +0.00255034 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.34590 04 35 23.3 +24 27 58 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.34590 2 +0.00803325 +0.00601975 +0.00256076 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.36256 04 35 24.8 +24 28 39 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.36256 2 +0.00803081 +0.00602122 +0.00256191 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.67923 04 36 58.9 +24 44 33 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.67923 2 +0.00798399 +0.00604915 +0.00258392 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.69590 04 37 03.9 +24 45 45 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.69590 2 +0.00798150 +0.00605062 +0.00258508 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 26.84590 04 37 48.9 +24 54 05 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 26.84590 2 +0.00795907 +0.00606383 +0.00259550 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.01256 04 38 37.2 +25 01 22 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.01256 2 +0.00793396 +0.00607849 +0.00260707 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.02923 04 38 40.6 +25 02 32 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.02923 2 +0.00793144 +0.00607996 +0.00260823 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.19590 04 39 30.4 +25 10 33 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.19590 2 +0.00790612 +0.00609461 +0.00261981 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.34590 04 40 15.1 +25 18 37 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.34590 2 +0.00788317 +0.00610778 +0.00263022 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.36256 04 40 19.8 +25 19 29 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.36256 2 +0.00788061 +0.00610924 +0.00263138 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.51256 04 41 05.5 +25 26 26 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.51256 2 +0.00785749 +0.00612240 +0.00264178 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.57090 04 41 20.7 +25 29 39 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.57090 2 +0.00784846 +0.00612751 +0.00264583 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.67923 04 41 56.5 +25 36 15 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.67923 2 +0.00783162 +0.00613699 +0.00265334 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.69590 04 42 01.1 +25 36 50 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.69590 2 +0.00782902 +0.00613845 +0.00265450 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.84590 04 42 45.8 +25 43 27 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.84590 2 +0.00780556 +0.00615156 +0.00266489 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 27.86256 04 42 50.6 +25 44 04 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 27.86256 2 +0.00780295 +0.00615302 +0.00266605 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 28.01256 04 43 35.8 +25 52 17 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 28.01256 2 +0.00777931 +0.00616611 +0.00267643 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 28.02925 04 43 39.9 +25 53 01 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 28.02925 2 +0.00777668 +0.00616757 +0.00267759 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 28.17923 04 44 29.0 +26 00 25 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 28.17923 2 +0.00775288 +0.00618063 +0.00268797 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 28.34590 04 45 18.3 +26 09 12 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 28.34590 2 +0.00772625 +0.00619513 +0.00269949 249
CK03K030 S2003 05 28.36256 04 45 20.5 +26 09 34 249
CK03K030 s2003 05 28.36256 2 +0.00772358 +0.00619658 +0.00270064 249
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3. Comet detection by H. Otterstedt,
measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.
Orbital elements:
C/2003 K3 (SOHO)
T 2003 June 1.25 TT MPC
q 0.1392 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 108.46 -0.77837 +0.05999
Node 79.08 -0.39813 -0.81683
e 1.0 Incl. 39.53 +0.48542 -0.57375
From 32 observations 2003 May 25-28.
Ephemeris:
C/2003 K3 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2003 05 21 04 10.88 +20 12.2 1.453 0.454 5.1 11.4
2003 05 23 04 19.07 +21 41.5 1.390 0.393 5.2 13.6
2003 05 25 04 27.95 +23 17.0 1.321 0.329 5.8 18.1
2003 05 27 04 37.48 +24 57.5 1.243 0.264 6.7 26.6
2003 05 29 04 47.23 +26 36.6 1.151 0.201 7.8 43.0
2003 05 31 04 55.08 +27 46.5 1.040 0.151 8.3 75.9
2003 06 02 04 55.56 +27 07.2 0.920 0.143 6.4 127.6
2003 06 04 04 47.86 +24 02.3 0.831 0.186 1.7 170.5
2003 06 06 04 38.24 +19 48.9 0.778 0.247 4.7 160.6
2003 06 08 04 29.61 +15 21.1 0.748 0.313 10.8 142.7
2003 06 10 04 22.44 +10 59.4 0.733 0.377 16.6 129.5
2003 06 12 04 16.57 +06 50.8 0.727 0.438 22.1 119.2
2003 06 14 04 11.79 +02 57.5 0.727 0.498 27.3 110.7
2003 06 16 04 07.87 -00 40.4 0.730 0.555 32.1 103.5
2003 06 18 04 04.64 -04 04.0 0.737 0.611 36.6 97.4
2003 06 20 04 01.94 -07 14.7 0.746 0.665 40.8 92.0
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2003 MPC M.P.E.C. 2003-K46
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