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MPEC 2007-U15 : COMETS C/2007 M4, 2007 M5, 2007 M6 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2007-U15                                Issued 2007 Oct. 17, 01:21 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://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                   COMETS C/2007 M4, 2007 M5, 2007 M6 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.69588 06 01 01.8  +19 16 21                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.69588 2 -0.00424191 +0.00783524 +0.00374228   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.72089 06 01 08.3  +19 19 36                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.72089 2 -0.00424756 +0.00783433 +0.00374120   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.73755 06 01 11.4  +19 21 41                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.73755 2 -0.00425133 +0.00783373 +0.00374048   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.76256 06 01 21.7  +19 23 29                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.76256 2 -0.00425698 +0.00783282 +0.00373939   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.77922 06 01 23.6  +19 24 52                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.77922 2 -0.00426074 +0.00783221 +0.00373867   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.82088 06 01 35.9  +19 29 18                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.82088 2 -0.00427015 +0.00783069 +0.00373686   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.84589 06 01 41.7  +19 32 03                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.84589 2 -0.00427578 +0.00782977 +0.00373578   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.86255 06 01 46.5  +19 33 42                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.86255 2 -0.00427954 +0.00782916 +0.00373505   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.88777 06 01 53.3  +19 36 39                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.88777 2 -0.00428522 +0.00782823 +0.00373396   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.90422 06 01 57.5  +19 38 23                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.90422 2 -0.00428892 +0.00782763 +0.00373324   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.92922 06 02 04.2  +19 41 01                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.92922 2 -0.00429454 +0.00782671 +0.00373215   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.97097 06 02 16.9  +19 45 17                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.97097 2 -0.00430392 +0.00782517 +0.00373033   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 24.98755 06 02 21.4  +19 47 23                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 24.98755 2 -0.00430764 +0.00782455 +0.00372961   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.01255 06 02 27.2  +19 49 56                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.01255 2 -0.00431325 +0.00782363 +0.00372852   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.02922 06 02 33.1  +19 51 50                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.02922 2 -0.00431699 +0.00782301 +0.00372779   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.07088 06 02 44.2  +19 56 31                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.07088 2 -0.00432633 +0.00782146 +0.00372597   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.09589 06 02 51.4  +19 59 24                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.09589 2 -0.00433192 +0.00782053 +0.00372487   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.11256 06 02 56.4  +20 01 21                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.11256 2 -0.00433565 +0.00781991 +0.00372414   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.13755 06 03 04.3  +20 03 55                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.13755 2 -0.00434124 +0.00781898 +0.00372305   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.15422 06 03 08.0  +20 05 40                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.15422 2 -0.00434497 +0.00781835 +0.00372231   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.17922 06 03 17.8  +20 08 46                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.17922 2 -0.00435055 +0.00781742 +0.00372122   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.19589 06 03 20.9  +20 10 37                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.19589 2 -0.00435427 +0.00781679 +0.00372049   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.22089 06 03 29.0  +20 13 43                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.22089 2 -0.00435984 +0.00781586 +0.00371939   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.23755 06 03 34.2  +20 15 29                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.23755 2 -0.00436356 +0.00781523 +0.00371865   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.26255 06 03 43.3  +20 18 43                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.26255 2 -0.00436913 +0.00781429 +0.00371755   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.27922 06 03 47.6  +20 20 37                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.27922 2 -0.00437284 +0.00781366 +0.00371682   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.32089 06 04 01.6  +20 25 59                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.32089 2 -0.00438211 +0.00781209 +0.00371498   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.34589 06 04 09.3  +20 28 44                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.34589 2 -0.00438767 +0.00781114 +0.00371388   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.36255 06 04 13.2  +20 30 43                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.36255 2 -0.00439137 +0.00781051 +0.00371315   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.38755 06 04 22.4  +20 33 50                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.38755 2 -0.00439692 +0.00780956 +0.00371204   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.40422 06 04 29.1  +20 36 14                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.40422 2 -0.00440062 +0.00780893 +0.00371131   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.44588 06 04 43.4  +20 41 14                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.44588 2 -0.00440985 +0.00780735 +0.00370946   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.47088 06 04 51.4  +20 44 51                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.47088 2 -0.00441539 +0.00780640 +0.00370836   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.48755 06 04 56.9  +20 46 58                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.48755 2 -0.00441908 +0.00780576 +0.00370762   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.51255 06 05 05.3  +20 50 34                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.51255 2 -0.00442461 +0.00780481 +0.00370651   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.52922 06 05 12.2  +20 52 56                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.52922 2 -0.00442829 +0.00780417 +0.00370577   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.57089 06 05 25.1  +20 58 37                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.57089 2 -0.00443749 +0.00780257 +0.00370392   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.59589 06 05 37.0  +21 01 52                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.59589 2 -0.00444301 +0.00780161 +0.00370281   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.61255 06 05 43.2  +21 04 37                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.61255 2 -0.00444669 +0.00780097 +0.00370207   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.63757 06 05 54.8  +21 08 06                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.63757 2 -0.00445220 +0.00780001 +0.00370096   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.65422 06 06 00.6  +21 09 58                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.65422 2 -0.00445587 +0.00779937 +0.00370022   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.67922 06 06 10.0  +21 14 05                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.67922 2 -0.00446137 +0.00779841 +0.00369910   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.69589 06 06 17.3  +21 16 12                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.69589 2 -0.00446504 +0.00779777 +0.00369836   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.83114 06 07 17.5  +21 37 39                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.83114 2 -0.00449473 +0.00779253 +0.00369233   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.86330 06 07 33.1  +21 43 19                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.86330 2 -0.00450177 +0.00779127 +0.00369089   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.88835 06 07 45.1  +21 47 27                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.88835 2 -0.00450725 +0.00779030 +0.00368977   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.90422 06 07 53.7  +21 50 08                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.90422 2 -0.00451072 +0.00778968 +0.00368906   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.92922 06 08 08.0  +21 54 24                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.92922 2 -0.00451619 +0.00778870 +0.00368793   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.97098 06 08 30.0  +22 01 55                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.97098 2 -0.00452531 +0.00778707 +0.00368606   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 25.98755 06 08 41.8  +22 05 07                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 25.98755 2 -0.00452892 +0.00778642 +0.00368532   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 26.01255 06 08 55.3  +22 09 49                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 26.01255 2 -0.00453437 +0.00778544 +0.00368420   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 26.02922 06 09 07.0  +22 13 09                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 26.02922 2 -0.00453800 +0.00778479 +0.00368345   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.06369 06 09 32.6  +22 20 01                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.06369 2 -0.00454552 +0.00778343 +0.00368190   EU015249
    CK07M040 3S2007 06 26.07088 06 09 32.0  +22 21 31                   EU015249
    CK07M040 3s2007 06 26.07088 2 -0.00454708 +0.00778315 +0.00368157   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.07922 06 09 43.1  +22 23 14                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.07922 2 -0.00454890 +0.00778282 +0.00368120   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.08757 06 09 49.1  +22 25 04                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.08757 2 -0.00455071 +0.00778249 +0.00368082   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.10422 06 10 01.5  +22 28 35                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.10422 2 -0.00455433 +0.00778183 +0.00368007   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.12922 06 10 20.8  +22 34 06                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.12922 2 -0.00455977 +0.00778085 +0.00367895   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.14589 06 10 35.1  +22 37 47                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.14589 2 -0.00456338 +0.00778019 +0.00367819   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.16256 06 10 49.8  +22 41 37                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.16256 2 -0.00456700 +0.00777953 +0.00367744   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.17089 06 10 57.4  +22 43 38                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.17089 2 -0.00456881 +0.00777920 +0.00367707   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.18757 06 11 13.7  +22 47 35                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.18757 2 -0.00457243 +0.00777854 +0.00367632   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.20422 06 11 30.1  +22 51 44                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.20422 2 -0.00457604 +0.00777788 +0.00367556   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.22922 06 11 54.4  +22 57 14                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.22922 2 -0.00458146 +0.00777689 +0.00367444   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.24589 06 12 19.5  +23 02 27                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.24589 2 -0.00458507 +0.00777623 +0.00367368   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.25424 06 12 28.5  +23 04 50                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.25424 2 -0.00458687 +0.00777590 +0.00367331   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.27089 06 12 54.0  +23 09 21                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.27089 2 -0.00459047 +0.00777524 +0.00367255   EU015249
    CK07M040 2S2007 06 26.28755 06 13 21.3  +23 14 12                   EU015249
    CK07M040 2s2007 06 26.28755 2 -0.00459408 +0.00777457 +0.00367180   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.22922 06 06 02.0  +22 36 36                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.22922 2 -0.00436171 +0.00781554 +0.00371902   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.24589 06 06 18.6  +22 38 39                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.24589 2 -0.00436542 +0.00781491 +0.00371829   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.25422 06 06 26.5  +22 39 40                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.25422 2 -0.00436728 +0.00781460 +0.00371792   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.27089 06 06 42.6  +22 41 38                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.27089 2 -0.00437099 +0.00781397 +0.00371719   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.28755 06 06 59.5  +22 43 46                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.28755 2 -0.00437470 +0.00781335 +0.00371645   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.31365 06 07 26.5  +22 47 00                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.31365 2 -0.00438051 +0.00781236 +0.00371530   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.32922 06 07 43.4  +22 49 03                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.32922 2 -0.00438397 +0.00781177 +0.00371462   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.33757 06 07 52.7  +22 50 10                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.33757 2 -0.00438583 +0.00781146 +0.00371425   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.35423 06 08 11.4  +22 52 27                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.35423 2 -0.00438953 +0.00781083 +0.00371351   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.37090 06 08 31.1  +22 54 52                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.37090 2 -0.00439323 +0.00781020 +0.00371278   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.37922 06 08 41.0  +22 55 57                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.37922 2 -0.00439508 +0.00780988 +0.00371241   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.39589 06 09 02.1  +22 58 26                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.39589 2 -0.00439878 +0.00780925 +0.00371167   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.41255 06 09 24.0  +23 01 02                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.41255 2 -0.00440247 +0.00780861 +0.00371094   EU015249
    CK07M050 2S2007 06 25.42090 06 09 35.4  +23 02 13                   EU015249
    CK07M050 2s2007 06 25.42090 2 -0.00440432 +0.00780830 +0.00371057   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.34589 06 05 21.0  +21 37 54                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.34589 2 -0.00438767 +0.00781114 +0.00371388   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.36255 06 05 30.5  +21 39 30                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.36255 2 -0.00439137 +0.00781051 +0.00371315   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.38755 06 05 44.2  +21 43 26                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.38755 2 -0.00439692 +0.00780956 +0.00371204   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.40422 06 05 55.5  +21 46 55                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.40422 2 -0.00440062 +0.00780893 +0.00371131   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.43054 06 06 04.3  +21 51 24                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.43054 2 -0.00440645 +0.00780793 +0.00371014   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.44588 06 06 18.7  +21 54 57                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.44588 2 -0.00440985 +0.00780735 +0.00370946   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.47088 06 06 25.8  +21 58 24                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.47088 2 -0.00441539 +0.00780640 +0.00370836   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.48755 06 06 34.6  +22 01 32                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.48755 2 -0.00441908 +0.00780576 +0.00370762   EU015249
    CK07M060 3S2007 06 25.52922 06 07 09.5  +22 08 11                   EU015249
    CK07M060 3s2007 06 25.52922 2 -0.00442829 +0.00780417 +0.00370577   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.60422 06 07 50.0  +22 24 22                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.60422 2 -0.00444486 +0.00780129 +0.00370244   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.62088 06 08 01.6  +22 27 42                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.62088 2 -0.00444853 +0.00780065 +0.00370170   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.62922 06 08 07.8  +22 29 43                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.62922 2 -0.00445037 +0.00780033 +0.00370133   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.64589 06 08 20.5  +22 33 10                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.64589 2 -0.00445404 +0.00779969 +0.00370059   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.66255 06 08 29.8  +22 35 56                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.66255 2 -0.00445771 +0.00779905 +0.00369985   EU015249
    CK07M060 2S2007 06 25.67088 06 08 35.1  +22 37 15                   EU015249
    CK07M060 2s2007 06 25.67088 2 -0.00445954 +0.00779873 +0.00369947   EU015249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detections by T. Hoffman
    and B. Zhou, measurements by K. Battams, reductions by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
Comet            T              q       e       Peri.    Node     Incl.     C
CK07M040   2007 June  26.37   0.0072   1.0      83.44     4.52   144.60     X
CK07M050   2007 June  25.53   0.0011   1.0     120.01    14.62   154.15     X
CK07M060   2007 June  25.97   0.0058   1.0     115.18    42.43   124.45     X

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2007 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2007-U15

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