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    M.P.E.C. 1999-S04                                Issued 1999 Sept. 17, 15:26 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 S1 (SOHO)
    
    Observations:
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.67923 11 07 47.8  +01 17 49                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.67923 2 -0.00938941 -0.00292124 -0.00108916        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.69590 11 08 07.4  +01 18 18                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.69590 2 -0.00938912 -0.00292431 -0.00109101        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.72090 11 08 36.7  +01 19 09                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.72090 2 -0.00938867 -0.00292892 -0.00109377        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.73756 11 08 56.3  +01 19 56                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.73756 2 -0.00938838 -0.00293198 -0.00109561        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.76257 11 09 25.8  +01 20 33                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.76257 2 -0.00938793 -0.00293658 -0.00109838        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.77923 11 09 44.6  +01 21 07                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.77923 2 -0.00938763 -0.00293964 -0.00110022        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.84590 11 11 05.6  +01 23 18                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.84590 2 -0.00938643 -0.00295187 -0.00110757        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.86256 11 11 25.1  +01 23 53                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.86256 2 -0.00938612 -0.00295492 -0.00110941        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.88756 11 11 55.9  +01 24 39                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.88756 2 -0.00938566 -0.00295950 -0.00111217        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.92923 11 12 47.3  +01 26 10                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.92923 2 -0.00938489 -0.00296712 -0.00111676        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 16.97100 11 13 40.1  +01 27 42                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 16.97100 2 -0.00938412 -0.00297475 -0.00112136        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.01257 11 14 32.0  +01 29 15                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.01257 2 -0.00938333 -0.00298233 -0.00112593        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.07090 11 15 48.5  +01 31 25                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.07090 2 -0.00938222 -0.00299296 -0.00113234        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.09590 11 16 21.1  +01 32 20                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.09590 2 -0.00938174 -0.00299751 -0.00113508        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.13757 11 17 16.6  +01 34 04                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.13757 2 -0.00938094 -0.00300508 -0.00113965        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.17925 11 18 13.6  +01 35 39                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.17925 2 -0.00938013 -0.00301264 -0.00114422        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.22090 11 19 11.0  +01 37 26                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.22090 2 -0.00937931 -0.00302019 -0.00114878        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.26256 11 20 10.7  +01 39 16                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.26256 2 -0.00937849 -0.00302773 -0.00115334        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.34590 11 22 12.2  +01 43 10                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.34590 2 -0.00937682 -0.00304278 -0.00116245        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.38757 11 23 15.0  +01 45 06                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.38757 2 -0.00937597 -0.00305029 -0.00116700        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.43066 11 24 22.6  +01 47 18                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.43066 2 -0.00937509 -0.00305805 -0.00117170        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.47091 11 25 27.5  +01 49 30                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.47091 2 -0.00937426 -0.00306528 -0.00117608        249
        CJ99S010  S1999 09 17.51258 11 26 35.3  +01 51 46                        249
        CJ99S010  s1999 09 17.51258 2 -0.00937340 -0.00307276 -0.00118062        249
    
    Observer details:
    249 SOHO.  SOHO-LASCO coronagraph C3.  Comet detection by J. D. Shanklin.
        Measurements by D. A. Biesecker, reduction by B. G. Marsden.
    
    Orbital elements:
        C/1999 S1 (SOHO)
    T 1999 Sept. 17.89 TT                                   Marsden
    q   0.0058               (2000.0)            P               Q
                       Peri.   78.47        +0.20397        -0.97897
                       Node     0.30        -0.95585        -0.19983
    e   1.0            Incl.  144.12        +0.21153        +0.04102
    From 23 observations 1999 Sept. 16-17.
    
    Ephemeris:
        C/1999 S1 (SOHO)
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase
    1999 09 17.0  11 15.37   +01 24.0    0.990    0.096     5.5    96.1
    1999 09 17.1  11 17.52   +01 27.7    0.989    0.089     5.0    97.9
    1999 09 17.2  11 19.76   +01 31.7    0.988    0.081     4.5   100.0
    1999 09 17.3  11 22.12   +01 36.0    0.987    0.072     4.0   102.4
    1999 09 17.4  11 24.60   +01 40.7    0.987    0.063     3.5   105.3
    1999 09 17.5  11 27.25   +01 45.9    0.986    0.054     2.9   109.1
    1999 09 17.6  11 30.13   +01 51.7    0.986    0.043     2.2   114.4
    1999 09 17.7  11 33.34   +01 58.5    0.988    0.032     1.5   123.0
    1999 09 17.8  11 37.14   +02 06.7    0.991    0.018     0.6   142.0
    1999 09 17.9  11 41.39   +02 13.9    1.006    0.006     0.3    79.2
    1999 09 18.0  11 39.67   +02 00.9    1.025    0.021     0.2    10.2
    
    Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-S04
    

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