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MPEC 2000-E29 : COMET C/1999 O3 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2000-E29                                Issued 2000 Mar. 7, 17:38 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

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/1999 O3 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.44590 08 22 25.2  +16 25 01                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.44590 2 -0.00350719 +0.00721204 +0.00380255        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.47090 08 22 46.7  +16 27 21                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.47090 2 -0.00351315 +0.00720849 +0.00380144        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.48757 08 23 00.2  +16 29 24                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.48757 2 -0.00351712 +0.00720613 +0.00380070        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.51257 08 23 25.6  +16 31 14                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.51257 2 -0.00352308 +0.00720257 +0.00379958        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.52923 08 23 38.3  +16 32 32                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.52923 2 -0.00352705 +0.00720020 +0.00379883        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.57090 08 24 19.8  +16 36 56                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.57090 2 -0.00353698 +0.00719427 +0.00379697        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.59590 08 24 43.5  +16 39 00                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.59590 2 -0.00354294 +0.00719070 +0.00379584        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.61256 08 24 58.4  +16 40 52                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.61256 2 -0.00354692 +0.00718832 +0.00379509        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.63756 08 25 22.7  +16 42 58                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.63756 2 -0.00355288 +0.00718475 +0.00379397        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.65423 08 25 39.0  +16 44 45                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.65423 2 -0.00355685 +0.00718237 +0.00379321        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.67923 08 26 04.5  +16 47 12                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.67923 2 -0.00356281 +0.00717879 +0.00379208        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.69590 08 26 20.5  +16 49 07                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.69590 2 -0.00356678 +0.00717641 +0.00379133        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.72090 08 26 45.9  +16 51 32                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.72090 2 -0.00357275 +0.00717282 +0.00379020        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.73758 08 27 04.2  +16 53 26                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.73758 2 -0.00357672 +0.00717043 +0.00378944        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.76256 08 27 29.7  +16 55 54                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.76256 2 -0.00358268 +0.00716685 +0.00378830        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.77923 08 27 48.5  +16 57 47                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.77923 2 -0.00358666 +0.00716445 +0.00378754        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.82090 08 28 33.0  +17 02 04                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.82090 2 -0.00359659 +0.00715846 +0.00378564        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.84590 08 29 01.5  +17 05 01                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.84590 2 -0.00360256 +0.00715486 +0.00378449        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.86256 08 29 21.5  +17 07 03                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.86256 2 -0.00360653 +0.00715246 +0.00378373        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.88756 08 29 50.9  +17 09 35                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.88756 2 -0.00361249 +0.00714885 +0.00378258        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.90423 08 30 11.4  +17 11 34                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.90423 2 -0.00361647 +0.00714644 +0.00378182        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.92924 08 30 40.6  +17 14 33                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.92924 2 -0.00362244 +0.00714283 +0.00378066        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.97099 08 31 33.9  +17 20 03                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.97099 2 -0.00363240 +0.00713679 +0.00377873        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 07 31.98757 08 31 56.2  +17 21 45                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 07 31.98757 2 -0.00363635 +0.00713439 +0.00377797        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 08 01.01258 08 32 30.9  +17 24 51                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 08 01.01258 2 -0.00364232 +0.00713076 +0.00377681        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 08 01.02923 08 32 51.6  +17 26 52                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 08 01.02923 2 -0.00364629 +0.00712835 +0.00377603        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 08 01.07090 08 33 52.0  +17 32 06                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 08 01.07090 2 -0.00365624 +0.00712229 +0.00377410        249
    CJ99O030  S1999 08 01.09590 08 34 29.9  +17 35 22                        249
    CJ99O030  s1999 08 01.09590 2 -0.00366220 +0.00711866 +0.00377293        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection by T. Lovejoy,
    measurements by D. Hammer and D. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 O3 (SOHO)
T 1999 Aug. 1.36 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0052               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   89.76        +0.14445        -0.98403
                   Node    10.06        -0.96188        -0.16430
e   1.0            Incl.  143.44        +0.23219        -0.06846
From 28 observations 1999 July 31-Aug. 1.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2000 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2000-E29

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