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    M.P.E.C. 1998-K11                                Issued 1998 May 22, 14:12 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 J1 (SOHO)
    
    Observations:
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.35333 05 18 56.61 +04 36 49.9           8.5 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.35406 05 18 56.89 +04 36 44.7           8.1 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.35481 05 18 57.21 +04 36 38.8           8.4 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.35557 05 18 57.44 +04 36 34.9           8.2 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.36016 05 18 59.55 +04 35 58.8           8.3 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.36083 05 18 59.90 +04 35 54.0           8.4 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.36151 05 19 00.24 +04 35 49.0           8.5 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.36219 05 19 00.63 +04 35 42.0           8.4 N      422
        CJ98J010 bC1998 05 20.36491 05 19 01.96 +04 35 19.9           8.3 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.37536 05 19 06.20 +04 34 05.1           6.4 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.37672 05 19 06.75 +04 33 56.2           6.3 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.37887 05 19 07.65 +04 33 38.8           6.7 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.38359 05 19 09.73 +04 33 04.3           7.1 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.38547 05 19 10.55 +04 32 50.2           7.2 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.38827 05 19 11.75 +04 32 29.1           7.1 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.39113 05 19 13.04 +04 32 07.1           7.0 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.39359 05 19 14.20 +04 31 48.2           7.0 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.39612 05 19 15.26 +04 31 29.7           6.9 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 20.39791 05 19 16.03 +04 31 16.7           6.6 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.35881 05 26 04.79 +02 33 06.0           9.3 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.35946 05 26 05.06 +02 33 00.9           9.4 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36012 05 26 05.31 +02 32 56.2           9.2 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36155 05 26 05.96 +02 32 45.6                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36227 05 26 06.26 +02 32 40.5                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36300 05 26 06.52 +02 32 35.1                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36372 05 26 06.81 +02 32 30.2                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36445 05 26 07.15 +02 32 24.4                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.36517 05 26 07.44 +02 32 19.2                      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.37578 05 26 11.85 +02 31 02.0           7.0 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.37648 05 26 12.03 +02 30 58.4           9.0 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.37943 05 26 13.37 +02 30 35.4           7.4 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.38423 05 26 15.40 +02 30 00.1           7.3 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.38914 05 26 17.43 +02 29 23.9           7.5 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 21.39554 05 26 20.02 +02 28 38.0           7.4 N      426
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.34381 05 32 47.71 +00 34 59.9          10.2 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.34455 05 32 47.98 +00 34 54.8          10.2 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.34529 05 32 48.30 +00 34 49.4          10.2 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.34603 05 32 48.60 +00 34 44.1          10.1 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.34677 05 32 48.90 +00 34 39.1          10.0 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.35947 05 32 53.95 +00 33 09.1          10.0 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.36023 05 32 54.28 +00 33 03.5          10.0 N      422
        CJ98J010  C1998 05 22.36099 05 32 54.60 +00 32 57.8          10.1 N      422
    
    Observer details:
    422 Loomberah.  Observer G. J. Garradd.  0.25-m f/4.1 reflector + CCD.
    426 Woomera.  Observer F. B. Zoltowski.  0.30-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/1998 J1 (SOHO)
    T 1998 May 8.616 TT                                     Marsden
    q   0.15324              (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.  110.563       -0.285453       -0.949605
                       Node   351.636       +0.102584       +0.104057
    e   1.0            Incl.   62.894       +0.952887       -0.295672
    From 39 observations 1998 May 20-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/1998 J1 (SOHO)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    1998 05 22    05 30.48   +01 15.8    0.845    0.510    30.2    93.3   4.7
    1998 05 23    05 37.14   -00 41.8    0.849    0.539    32.1    90.9   5.0
    1998 05 24    05 43.55   -02 35.9    0.854    0.566    34.0    88.5   5.2
    1998 05 25    05 49.76   -04 26.1    0.861    0.594    35.8    86.2   5.4
    1998 05 26    05 55.76   -06 12.5    0.868    0.621    37.6    84.0   5.6
    1998 05 27    06 01.59   -07 55.0    0.877    0.647    39.2    81.8   5.8
    1998 05 28    06 07.26   -09 33.5    0.887    0.674    40.9    79.7   6.0
    1998 05 29    06 12.78   -11 08.2    0.897    0.700    42.4    77.7   6.2
    1998 05 30    06 18.15   -12 39.1    0.908    0.725    43.9    75.8   6.4
    1998 05 31    06 23.39   -14 06.3    0.920    0.750    45.3    73.9   6.6
    1998 06 01    06 28.51   -15 29.9    0.933    0.775    46.7    72.1   6.7
    1998 06 02    06 33.52   -16 50.0    0.947    0.800    48.0    70.4   6.9
    1998 06 03    06 38.41   -18 06.8    0.960    0.824    49.2    68.8   7.1
    1998 06 04    06 43.21   -19 20.3    0.975    0.848    50.4    67.2   7.2
    1998 06 05    06 47.91   -20 30.8    0.990    0.872    51.6    65.7   7.4
    1998 06 06    06 52.52   -21 38.4    1.005    0.895    52.6    64.2   7.5
    1998 06 07    06 57.04   -22 43.2    1.020    0.919    53.7    62.9   7.7
    1998 06 08    07 01.49   -23 45.3    1.036    0.942    54.6    61.5   7.8
    1998 06 09    07 05.85   -24 44.9    1.053    0.965    55.6    60.2   8.0
    1998 06 10    07 10.15   -25 42.0    1.069    0.987    56.5    59.0   8.1
    1998 06 11    07 14.37   -26 37.0    1.086    1.010    57.3    57.8   8.2
    1998 06 12    07 18.53   -27 29.7    1.103    1.032    58.1    56.7   8.3
    1998 06 13    07 22.62   -28 20.4    1.121    1.054    58.9    55.6   8.5
    1998 06 14    07 26.66   -29 09.2    1.138    1.076    59.6    54.5   8.6
    1998 06 15    07 30.64   -29 56.1    1.156    1.097    60.3    53.5   8.7
    1998 06 16    07 34.56   -30 41.3    1.174    1.119    60.9    52.5   8.8
    1998 06 17    07 38.43   -31 24.9    1.192    1.140    61.6    51.6   9.0
    1998 06 18    07 42.25   -32 06.9    1.210    1.161    62.2    50.7   9.1
    1998 06 19    07 46.03   -32 47.4    1.229    1.182    62.7    49.8   9.2
    1998 06 20    07 49.75   -33 26.5    1.247    1.203    63.2    49.0   9.3
    1998 06 21    07 53.44   -34 04.4    1.266    1.224    63.8    48.2   9.4
    1998 06 22    07 57.08   -34 40.9    1.284    1.244    64.2    47.4   9.5
    1998 06 23    08 00.68   -35 16.3    1.303    1.264    64.7    46.6   9.6
    1998 06 24    08 04.24   -35 50.6    1.322    1.285    65.1    45.9   9.7
    1998 06 25    08 07.76   -36 23.9    1.341    1.305    65.5    45.2   9.8
    1998 06 26    08 11.25   -36 56.1    1.360    1.325    65.9    44.5   9.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1998 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1998-K11
    

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