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  • 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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