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MPEC 1997-Q06 : COMET C/1996 O4 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1997-Q06                                Issued 1997 Aug. 29, 19:25 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.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                 URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html

                            COMET C/1996 O4 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.03131 08 05 59.4  +16 28 23                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.03131 2 -0.00175677 -0.00966062 -0.00397165        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.07355 08 06 30.0  +16 32 28                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.07355 2 -0.00176218 -0.00965756 -0.00397159        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.11968 08 07 08.5  +16 36 46                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.11968 2 -0.00176760 -0.00965451 -0.00397153        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.15632 08 07 39.2  +16 40 04                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.15632 2 -0.00177301 -0.00965145 -0.00397148        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.62216 08 14 29.0  +17 25 31                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.62216 2 -0.00183383 -0.00961703 -0.00397072        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.63339 08 14 40.0  +17 26 50                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.63339 2 -0.00183474 -0.00961651 -0.00397071        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.66325 08 15 15.1  +17 30 25                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.66325 2 -0.00183930 -0.00961392 -0.00397065        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.81318 08 17 57.2  +17 48 36                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.81318 2 -0.00185849 -0.00960303 -0.00397037        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.83899 08 18 28.2  +17 52 11                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.83899 2 -0.00186215 -0.00960095 -0.00397031        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.93958 08 20 33.2  +18 05 27                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.93958 2 -0.00187499 -0.00959365 -0.00397011        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 27.97343 08 21 21.5  +18 10 19                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 27.97343 2 -0.00187958 -0.00959104 -0.00397004        249
    CJ96O040  S1996 07 28.00837 08 22 11.1  +18 15 57                        249
    CJ96O040  s1996 07 28.00837 2 -0.00188417 -0.00958843 -0.00396996        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection by D. A. Biesecker and
    B. McCarty.  Solar separations and positions angles measured by D. A.
    Biesecker and C. St. Cyr, reduction to sohocentric J2000.0 R.A. and Decl.
    by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/1996 O4 (SOHO)
T 1996 July 28.18 TT                                    Williams
q   0.0050               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   46.39        +0.15483        -0.89441
                   Node   318.97        -0.98490        -0.10643
e   1.0            Incl.  140.27        +0.07746        +0.43441
From 12 observations 1996 July 27-28.

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-Q06

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