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    • MPEC 1999-K44 : COMET C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)

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    M.P.E.C. 1999-K44                                Issued 1999 May 27, 22:36 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  ISSN 1523-6714

                           COMET C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)

Observations:
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 26.38431 21 35 58.89 +34 29 03.0          18.6 N      704
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 26.39389 21 35 59.28 +34 29 06.4          18.6 N      704
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 26.40380 21 35 59.58 +34 29 09.1          18.6 N      704
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 26.41441 21 35 59.94 +34 29 15.8          17.9 N      704
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 26.42500 21 36 00.05 +34 29 22.1          17.9 N      704
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.00479 21 36 12.91 +34 33 01.3                      557
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.01074 21 36 13.02 +34 33 03.7                      557
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.01272 21 36 13.06 +34 33 04.7          17   N      557
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.02066 21 36 13.24 +34 33 07.7          15.5 T      557
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.05677 21 36 13.95 +34 33 21.2          16.4 T      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.05946 21 36 14.09 +34 33 22.6                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.06174 21 36 14.13 +34 33 23.7                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.06366 21 36 14.19 +34 33 24.4                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.35789 21 36 20.72 +34 35 16.9          15.6 T      713
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.41106 21 36 21.89 +34 35 38.6          15.7 T      713
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.90488 21 36 32.48 +34 38 45.6                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.90917 21 36 32.56 +34 38 46.4                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.91476 21 36 32.70 +34 38 49.4                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.91838 21 36 32.79 +34 38 50.8                      046
    CJ99K080  C1999 05 27.92027 21 36 32.88 +34 38 51.3                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers M. Tichy, Z. Moravec.  Measurer M. Tichy.  0.57-m f/5.2
    reflector + CCD.
557 Ondrejov.  Observer L. Sarounova.  0.65-m f/3.6 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.
713 Thornton.  Observer R. A. Koff.  0.20-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)
T 2000 Jan. 17.585 TT                                   Marsden
q   4.84481              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  144.350       +0.886508       +0.385102
                   Node   199.122       -0.251539       +0.866391
e   1.0            Incl.   51.540       +0.388371       -0.317904
From 17 observations 1999 May 26-27.

Ephemeris:
    C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
1999 05 22    21 34.23   +34 00.4    5.225    5.193    82.6    11.1  15.7
1999 06 01    21 37.91   +35 04.4    5.097    5.166    88.2    11.3  15.7
1999 06 11    21 40.41   +36 02.8    4.969    5.140    93.9    11.4  15.6
1999 06 21    21 41.68   +36 53.4    4.844    5.114    99.7    11.3  15.5
1999 07 01    21 41.73   +37 33.7    4.723    5.090   105.5    11.1  15.4
1999 07 11    21 40.60   +38 01.2    4.609    5.067   111.3    10.8  15.4
1999 07 21    21 38.41   +38 13.4    4.505    5.045   116.8    10.4  15.3
1999 07 31    21 35.40   +38 08.2    4.413    5.024   121.9     9.9  15.2
1999 08 10    21 31.85   +37 44.1    4.335    5.004   126.4     9.4  15.2
1999 08 20    21 28.12   +37 00.4    4.275    4.985   129.9     9.0  15.1
1999 08 30    21 24.62   +35 57.6    4.233    4.967   132.1     8.7  15.1
1999 09 09    21 21.71   +34 37.5    4.213    4.951   132.6     8.6  15.1
1999 09 19    21 19.72   +33 03.0    4.214    4.935   131.4     8.8  15.1
1999 09 29    21 18.90   +31 18.1    4.236    4.921   128.4     9.2  15.1
1999 10 09    21 19.39   +29 27.0    4.280    4.908   123.9     9.7  15.1
1999 10 19    21 21.26   +27 34.0    4.344    4.896   118.3    10.3  15.1
1999 10 29    21 24.50   +25 43.3    4.426    4.886   112.0    10.9  15.1
1999 11 08    21 29.03   +23 58.2    4.523    4.876   105.1    11.3  15.2
1999 11 18    21 34.76   +22 21.5    4.633    4.868    97.9    11.6  15.2
1999 11 28    21 41.56   +20 55.0    4.752    4.861    90.5    11.7  15.3
1999 12 08    21 49.29   +19 39.7    4.877    4.855    82.9    11.6  15.3
1999 12 18    21 57.81   +18 36.4    5.004    4.851    75.4    11.3  15.4
1999 12 28    22 06.99   +17 44.8    5.130    4.847    67.9    10.8  15.4
2000 01 07    22 16.70   +17 04.6    5.253    4.846    60.5    10.2  15.5
2000 01 17    22 26.84   +16 35.1    5.369    4.845    53.2     9.4  15.5
2000 01 27    22 37.28   +16 15.5    5.476    4.845    46.1     8.4  15.5
2000 02 06    22 47.95   +16 04.5    5.571    4.847    39.2     7.4  15.6
2000 02 16    22 58.75   +16 01.3    5.652    4.850    32.7     6.3  15.6

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-K44

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