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MPEC 1999-C21 : COMET C/1998 K8 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1999-C21                                Issued 1999 Feb. 11, 17:43 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/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/1998 K8 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.27864 03 49 21.2  +17 13 40                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.27864 2 +0.00534102 +0.00945545 +0.0031168         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.40284 03 48 46.0  +17 29 29                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.40284 2 +0.00533720 +0.00945898 +0.0031176         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.44534 03 48 35.3  +17 35 06                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.44534 2 +0.00533590 +0.00946018 +0.0031179         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.61465 03 47 41.7  +17 58 53                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.61465 2 +0.00533066 +0.00946498 +0.0031191         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.66069 03 47 25.4  +18 05 25                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.66069 2 +0.00532923 +0.00946628 +0.0031194         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.70959 03 47 10.7  +18 13 31                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.70959 2 +0.00532771 +0.00946767 +0.0031197         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.72297 03 47 06.4  +18 15 22                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.72297 2 +0.00532729 +0.00946804 +0.0031198         249
    CJ98K080  S1998 05 19.77162 03 46 48.0  +18 23 20                        249
    CJ98K080  s1998 05 19.77162 2 +0.00532577 +0.00946942 +0.0031202         249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detection by D. A.
    Biesecker.  Astrometric measurements by S. Gregory and D. A. Biesecker,
    reduction by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/1998 K8 (SOHO)
T 1998 May 20.22 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0064               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   87.90        +0.19851        -0.97252
                   Node    11.73        -0.95022        -0.22139
e   1.0            Incl.  143.22        +0.24016        -0.07210
From 8 observations 1998 May 19.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-C21

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