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MPEC 1998-H05 : COMET C/1998 G2 (SOHO)

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M.P.E.C. 1998-H05                                Issued 1998 Apr. 18, 23:00 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/1998 G2 (SOHO)

Observations:
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.08005 00 52 09.9  +04 02 22                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.08005 2 +0.00799256 +0.00564831 +0.00248964        249
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.10252 00 51 43.4  +04 04 55                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.10252 2 +0.00799091 +0.00565230 +0.00249067        249
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.12634 00 51 14.5  +04 07 34                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.12634 2 +0.00798915 +0.00565653 +0.00249176        249
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.14262 00 50 54.4  +04 09 40                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.14262 2 +0.00798795 +0.00565941 +0.00249251        249
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.16574 00 50 23.9  +04 12 12                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.16574 2 +0.00798625 +0.00566350 +0.00249357        249
    CJ98G020  S1998 04 02.18515 00 49 58.7  +04 14 38                        249
    CJ98G020  s1998 04 02.18515 2 +0.00798482 +0.00566693 +0.00249446        249

Observer details:
249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C2.  Comet detection by D. A. Biesecker.
    Solar separations and position 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/1998 G2 (SOHO)
T 1998 Apr. 2.40 TT                                     Marsden
q   0.0049               (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   76.29        +0.19310        -0.98066
                   Node   356.84        -0.96141        -0.18262
e   1.0            Incl.  144.64        +0.19598        +0.07037
From 6 observations 1998 Apr. 2.

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-H05

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