MPEC 2015-D73 : COMET C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
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M.P.E.C. 2015-D73 Issued 2015 Feb. 24, 17:20 UT
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COMET C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
Observations:
Observer details:
249 SOHO. SOHO-LASCO coronagraphs C3 and C2. Comet detection by
W. Boonplod, measurements by K. Battams, M.-T. Hui, M. Knight.
Orbital elements:
C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
T 2015 Feb. 19.75145 TT MPCW
q 0.0283055 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 235.94762 +0.34212851 +0.10252497
Node 96.12111 -0.17343105 +0.98384170
e 1.0 Incl. 69.95087 -0.92350948 -0.14677921
From 210 observations 2015 Feb. 18-19. Fit only to pre-perihelion
observations.
C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
T 2015 Feb. 19.74715 TT MPCW
q 0.0281146 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 234.73914 +0.33475549 +0.10759763
Node 96.05006 -0.19431686 +0.97998924
e 1.0 Incl. 70.28549 -0.92205191 -0.16746295
From 211 observations 2015 Feb. 19-21. Fit only to post-prehelion
obserations.
Ephemeris:
C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2015 01 25 18 55 39.6 +29 40 13 1.0760 0.9321 53.6 58.2
...
2015 02 09 20 31 36.0 +12 00 22 0.9544 0.5093 30.4 78.3
...
2015 02 17 21 30 15.0 -03 46 36 0.9789 0.1920 11.2 87.1
...
2015 02 23 23 00 20.0 -03 15 07 0.8809 0.2167 11.5 114.1
2015 02 24 23 10 11.1 -00 14 17 0.8641 0.2634 14.4 111.0
2015 02 25 23 19 33.4 +02 42 00 0.8525 0.3066 17.2 107.7
...
2015 03 03 00 11 19.9 +18 26 42 0.8552 0.5257 32.0 88.4
...
2015 03 11 01 14 09.9 +33 15 47 0.9739 0.7630 45.6 68.5
...
2015 03 26 02 52 56.3 +46 22 24 1.3357 1.1328 55.9 46.8
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