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MPEC 1997-S06 : COMET C/1997 R2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1997-S06                                Issued 1997 Sept. 22, 20:52 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

                            COMET C/1997 R2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 14.84054 11 09 04.5  +02 04 07                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 14.84054 2 -0.00869020 -0.00106740 -0.00022726        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 14.88681 11 10 04.1  +02 06 09                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 14.88681 2 -0.00869057 -0.00107971 -0.00022106        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 14.94293 11 11 18.2  +02 08 07                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 14.94293 2 -0.00869097 -0.00109377 -0.00021397        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 14.96765 11 11 54.1  +02 09 16                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 14.96765 2 -0.00869112 -0.00109904 -0.00021131        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 14.98211 11 12 11.8  +02 10 13                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 14.98211 2 -0.00869122 -0.00110256 -0.00020954        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.01615 11 12 59.3  +02 10 59                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.01615 2 -0.00869146 -0.00111133 -0.00020511        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.03759 11 13 26.6  +02 12 10                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.03759 2 -0.00869160 -0.00111660 -0.00020245        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.06546 11 14 06.9  +02 12 49                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.06546 2 -0.00869178 -0.00112362 -0.00019891        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.10295 11 15 02.7  +02 14 43                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.10295 2 -0.00869205 -0.00113414 -0.00019360        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.21574 11 17 50.3  +02 19 53                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.21574 2 -0.00869273 -0.00116216 -0.00017943        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.23053 11 18 12.1  +02 20 31                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.23053 2 -0.00869281 -0.00116566 -0.00017766        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.25101 11 18 44.4  +02 22 09                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.25101 2 -0.00869293 -0.00117091 -0.00017501        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.28697 11 19 45.2  +02 23 20                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.28697 2 -0.00869312 -0.00117965 -0.00017058        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.32378 11 20 44.3  +02 25 12                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.32378 2 -0.00869334 -0.00119014 -0.00016527        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.36477 11 21 54.5  +02 28 42                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.36477 2 -0.00869356 -0.00120061 -0.00015996        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.40642 11 23 07.0  +02 31 00                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.40642 2 -0.00869376 -0.00121109 -0.00015466        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.45367 11 24 26.4  +02 31 22                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.45367 2 -0.00869396 -0.00122156 -0.00014935        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.46549 11 24 49.6  +02 31 40                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.46549 2 -0.00869402 -0.00122504 -0.00014758        249
    CJ97R020  S1997 09 15.48215 11 25 21.6  +02 33 15                        249
    CJ97R020  s1997 09 15.48215 2 -0.00869409 -0.00122853 -0.00014581        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2.  Comet detection by D. A.
    Biesecker.  Solar separations and positions angles measured by C. St. Cyr
    and D. A. Biesecker, reduction to sohocentric J2000.0 R.A. and Decl.
    by G. V. Williams.

Orbital elements:
    C/1997 R2 (SOHO)
T 1997 Sept. 15.72 TT                                   Marsden
q   0.0058               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   79.79        +0.10793        -0.99292
                   Node   355.08        -0.97413        -0.09566
e   1.0            Incl.  144.63        +0.19856        +0.07041
From 19 observations 1997 Sept. 14-15.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-S06

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