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IAUC 7251: C/1999 R1; C/1999 H1
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Circular No. 7251
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET C/1999 R1 (SOHO)
D. A. Biesecker, SM&A Corporation and Goddard Space Flight Center,
reports observations of what is presumably a comet, not a Kreutz
sungrazer, discovered by T. Lovejoy in SOHO/LASCO C3 data and later
also recognized in earlier C2 data. Astrometry and orbital computations
are given on MPEC 1999-R19. Biesecker also provides the following
LASCO magnitudes, reduced using the Hipparcos Input Catalogue:
Sept. 5.47 UT, 6.6; 5.53, 6.5; 5.57, 6.4; 5.61, 6.3; 5.65, 6.2;
5.70, 6.2; 5.78, 6.4; 5.82, 6.4; 5.86, 6.7; 5.90, 6.9; 5.99, 6.9;
6.07, 7.4; 6.15, 7.4. No tail was detected.
1999 UT R.A. (2000) Decl.
Sept. 4.896 10 48.8 + 7 17
COMET C/1999 H1 (LEE)
Continuation to the ephemeris on IAUC 7233 from the orbital elements
on MPC 35553:
1999 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1
Sept. 9 5 33.32 +54 58.3 1.033 1.337 81.8 48.2 8.3
10 5 25.80 +55 32.2 1.017 1.351 83.7 47.8 8.3
11 5 17.75 +56 05.2 1.002 1.366 85.7 47.3 8.4
12 5 09.13 +56 37.2 0.986 1.380 87.6 46.8 8.4
13 4 59.91 +57 07.7 0.971 1.394 89.7 46.2 8.4
14 4 50.08 +57 36.3 0.957 1.409 91.7 45.5 8.4
15 4 39.61 +58 02.5 0.943 1.423 93.8 44.8 8.4
16 4 28.49 +58 25.9 0.930 1.438 95.9 44.1 8.4
17 4 16.72 +58 45.9 0.917 1.452 98.0 43.3 8.4
18 4 04.34 +59 01.8 0.905 1.467 100.2 42.4 8.4
19 3 51.36 +59 13.3 0.893 1.481 102.4 41.5 8.5
20 3 37.85 +59 19.5 0.883 1.496 104.7 40.5 8.5
21 3 23.89 +59 20.1 0.873 1.510 106.9 39.5 8.5
22 3 09.57 +59 14.4 0.864 1.524 109.2 38.5 8.5
23 2 55.01 +59 02.0 0.856 1.539 111.5 37.4 8.5
24 2 40.34 +58 42.7 0.848 1.553 113.8 36.2 8.6
25 2 25.69 +58 16.2 0.842 1.568 116.1 35.1 8.6
26 2 11.19 +57 42.4 0.837 1.582 118.3 33.9 8.6
27 1 56.97 +57 01.5 0.833 1.596 120.6 32.7 8.6
28 1 43.13 +56 13.7 0.830 1.611 122.8 31.5 8.7
29 1 29.79 +55 19.3 0.828 1.625 125.0 30.3 8.7
(C) Copyright 1999 CBAT
1999 September 9 (7251) Brian G. Marsden
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