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    M.P.E.C. 1999-K24                                Issued 1999 May 22, 15:37 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.
    
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              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                               COMET C/1999 K4 (LINEAR)
    
    Observations:
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 17.32636 16 05 48.69 +05 45 19.7          18.7 N      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 17.33856 16 05 40.31 +05 47 18.8          19.3 N      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 17.35079 16 05 31.88 +05 49 18.7          18.6 N      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 17.36301 16 05 23.26 +05 51 18.0          18.8 N      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 17.37521 16 05 14.87 +05 53 16.7          18.9 N      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 18.23071 15 55 31.26 +08 10 21.8                      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 18.24489 15 55 21.64 +08 12 33.2                      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 18.25889 15 55 11.97 +08 14 45.9                      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 18.27291 15 55 02.16 +08 16 59.5                      704
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 19.41301 15 42 14.03 +11 12 10.6          19.5 N      673
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 21.38152 15 20 53.43 +15 49 48.8                      673
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 21.38583 15 20 50.67 +15 50 22.6                      673
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.34579 15 10 52.65 +17 52 42.3                      658
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.34969 15 10 50.04 +17 53 14.0                      693
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.35039 15 10 49.60 +17 53 19.3                      693
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.35108 15 10 49.18 +17 53 24.1          19.0 T      693
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.35231 15 10 48.62 +17 53 30.1                      658
        CJ99K040  C1999 05 22.35973 15 10 44.02 +17 54 24.7                      658
    
    Observer details:
    658 Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.  Observer D. D. Balam.  1.82-m
        reflector + CCD.
    673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer A. Doressoundiram.
        Measurer M. Hicks.  0.6-m reflector + CCD.
    693 Catalina Station, Tucson.  Observers C. W. Hergenrother, A. E. Gleason.
        Measurer C. W. Hergenrother.  1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, M. Elowitz.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/1999 K4 (LINEAR)
    T 1999 May 16.338 TT                                    Marsden
    q   1.44831              (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.    8.833       -0.539641       -0.378920
                       Node   241.637       -0.815171       +0.011965
    e   1.0            Incl.  121.310       -0.210435       +0.925352
    From 17 observations 1999 May 17-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/1999 K4 (LINEAR)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
    1999 05 22    15 14.44   +17 09.7    0.515    1.451   141.4    25.8  18.7
    1999 05 24    14 54.50   +21 02.6    0.547    1.452   135.2    29.4  18.8
    1999 05 26    14 36.15   +24 17.5    0.584    1.455   129.3    32.6  19.0
    1999 05 28    14 19.50   +26 57.7    0.626    1.458   123.9    35.2  19.1
    1999 05 30    14 04.53   +29 08.2    0.672    1.461   118.9    37.4  19.3
    1999 06 01    13 51.17   +30 53.8    0.720    1.465   114.3    39.1  19.4
    1999 06 03    13 39.31   +32 19.2    0.771    1.470   110.1    40.4  19.6
    1999 06 05    13 28.80   +33 28.3    0.823    1.475   106.3    41.3  19.8
    1999 06 07    13 19.51   +34 24.4    0.877    1.481   102.8    41.9  19.9
    1999 06 09    13 11.32   +35 09.9    0.932    1.487    99.5    42.3  20.1
    1999 06 11    13 04.08   +35 47.0    0.987    1.494    96.5    42.5  20.2
    1999 06 13    12 57.71   +36 17.3    1.043    1.501    93.6    42.5  20.4
    1999 06 15    12 52.08   +36 42.2    1.098    1.509    91.0    42.3  20.5
    1999 06 17    12 47.13   +37 02.6    1.154    1.517    88.4    42.0  20.6
    1999 06 19    12 42.76   +37 19.3    1.210    1.525    86.0    41.6  20.7
    1999 06 21    12 38.92   +37 33.1    1.266    1.535    83.7    41.2  20.9
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-K24
    

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