MPEC 1997-O05 : COMET C/1996 H1 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 1997-O05 Issued 1997 July 17, 22:07 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/cfa/ps/mpc.html COMET C/1996 H1 (SOHO) Observations: CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.15465 02 43 35.9 +11 52 07 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.15465 2 +0.00459562 +0.00877602 +0.00358216 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.23617 02 42 55.4 +11 59 32 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.23617 2 +0.00458625 +0.00878435 +0.00358329 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.29128 02 42 31.8 +12 06 01 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.29128 2 +0.00458002 +0.00878988 +0.00358403 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.34632 02 42 02.6 +12 10 38 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.34632 2 +0.00457379 +0.00879540 +0.00358478 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.39733 02 41 37.6 +12 14 58 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.39733 2 +0.00456835 +0.00880021 +0.00358542 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.47951 02 40 57.7 +12 22 44 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.47951 2 +0.00455905 +0.00880844 +0.00358652 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.53524 02 40 25.0 +12 29 07 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.53524 2 +0.00455286 +0.00881391 +0.00358724 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.59038 02 40 03.3 +12 34 50 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.59038 2 +0.00454668 +0.00881937 +0.00358796 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.64130 02 39 30.6 +12 40 17 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.64130 2 +0.00454128 +0.00882413 +0.00358858 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.72288 02 38 45.8 +12 48 30 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.72288 2 +0.00453204 +0.00883226 +0.00358964 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.77797 02 38 13.3 +12 55 06 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.77797 2 +0.00452589 +0.00883767 +0.00359035 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.83316 02 37 42.4 +13 00 38 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.83316 2 +0.00451976 +0.00884306 +0.00359104 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.84248 02 37 37.1 +13 02 02 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.84248 2 +0.00451899 +0.00884373 +0.00359113 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.86020 02 37 25.0 +13 04 49 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.86020 2 +0.00451669 +0.00884575 +0.00359139 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.90429 02 36 56.2 +13 09 43 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.90429 2 +0.00451210 +0.00884978 +0.00359190 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 29.96547 02 36 18.3 +13 17 52 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 29.96547 2 +0.00450522 +0.00885581 +0.00359267 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 30.01640 02 35 39.6 +13 24 47 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 30.01640 2 +0.00449988 +0.00886048 +0.00359327 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 30.06655 02 35 05.6 +13 32 18 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 30.06655 2 +0.00449379 +0.00886582 +0.00359394 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 30.11670 02 34 29.9 +13 39 33 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 30.11670 2 +0.00448847 +0.00887047 +0.00359453 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 30.16718 02 33 54.5 +13 46 46 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 30.16718 2 +0.00448315 +0.00887511 +0.00359511 249 CJ96H010 S1996 04 30.20230 02 33 37.4 +13 49 44 249 CJ96H010 s1996 04 30.20230 2 +0.00447936 +0.00887843 +0.00359552 249 Observer details: 249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2. Comet detection by B. McCarty and D. Biesecker. Solar separations and position angles measured by D. Biesecker, reduced to sohocentric J2000.0 R.A. and Decl. by G. V. Williams. Orbital elements: C/1996 H1 (SOHO) T 1996 Apr. 30.50 TT Marsden q 0.0069 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 81.20 +0.23818 -0.96911 Node 6.20 -0.94410 -0.24648 e 1.0 Incl. 143.73 +0.22792 -0.00821 From 20 observations 1996 Apr. 29-30. Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 1997 MPC M.P.E.C. 1997-O05


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