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MPEC 2001-R36 : COMET C/2001 Q7 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 2001-R36                                Issued 2001 Sept. 13, 15:18 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

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          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                            COMET C/2001 Q7 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.85227 09 57 20.3  +12 59 25                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.85227 2 -0.00951493 +0.00111798 +0.00084235        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.86813 09 57 40.5  +12 58 10                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.86813 2 -0.00951634 +0.00111485 +0.00084055        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.87441 09 57 47.8  +12 57 15                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.87441 2 -0.00951690 +0.00111362 +0.00083983        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.87617 09 57 51.1  +12 57 03                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.87617 2 -0.00951710 +0.00111319 +0.00083958        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.87879 09 57 54.3  +12 56 59                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.87879 2 -0.00951733 +0.00111267 +0.00083928        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.88142 09 57 58.3  +12 56 37                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.88142 2 -0.00951756 +0.00111215 +0.00083898        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.89317 09 58 14.3  +12 56 13                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.89317 2 -0.00951857 +0.00110992 +0.00083770        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.90979 09 58 36.4  +12 54 45                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.90979 2 -0.00952005 +0.00110666 +0.00083581        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.92090 09 58 52.2  +12 53 52                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.92090 2 -0.00952103 +0.00110447 +0.00083455        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.93556 09 59 12.5  +12 52 26                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.93556 2 -0.00952233 +0.00110159 +0.00083288        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.97647 10 00 10.3  +12 48 28                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.97647 2 -0.00952595 +0.00109354 +0.00082823        249
    CK01Q070  S2001 08 21.99312 10 00 33.3  +12 47 35                        249
    CK01Q070  s2001 08 21.99312 2 -0.00952742 +0.00109027 +0.00082634        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by R. Kracht,
    measurements by D. Hammer, reduction by B. G. Marsden.

Orbital elements:
    C/2001 Q7 (SOHO)
T 2001 Aug. 22.34 TT                                    Marsden
q   0.0144               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  137.23        -0.42191        +0.73963
                   Node   101.10        -0.90663        -0.34574
e   1.0            Incl.   32.30        +0.00242        -0.57741
From 12 observations 2001 Aug. 21.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2001 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2001-R36

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