"Pseudo-MPEC" for C/1996 M2

Created Tue Jun 4 12:18:09 2013 using Find_Orb

Astrometry:
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 25.93474 06 12 22.1  +20 08 38                   35159249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 25.93474 2 +0.00104718 +0.01062829 +0.00368420   35159249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.05288 06 12 57.2  +20 21 19                   35159249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.05288 2 +0.00104159 +0.01062704 +0.00368516   35159249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.12210 06 13 19.7  +20 29 37                   35159249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.12210 2 +0.00103832 +0.01062631 +0.00368572   35159249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.15294 06 13 31.3  +20 34 27                   35159249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.15294 2 +0.00103686 +0.01062598 +0.00368598   35159249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.18373 06 13 39.6  +20 38 46                   35159249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.18373 2 +0.00103540 +0.01062565 +0.00368623   35159249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.21456 06 13 50.4  +20 42 17                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.21456 2 +0.00103394 +0.01062533 +0.00368649   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.25051 06 14 04.0  +20 47 14                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.25051 2 +0.00103224 +0.01062495 +0.00368678   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.27612 06 14 17.5  +20 50 57                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.27612 2 +0.00103103 +0.01062467 +0.00368700   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.37620 06 14 52.1  +21 04 47                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.37620 2 +0.00102628 +0.01062361 +0.00368783   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.43773 06 15 15.0  +21 13 39                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.43773 2 +0.00102337 +0.01062295 +0.00368835   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.47639 06 15 32.3  +21 20 27                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.47639 2 +0.00102153 +0.01062254 +0.00368868   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.50727 06 15 45.4  +21 24 10                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.50727 2 +0.00102007 +0.01062221 +0.00368894   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.53812 06 15 57.7  +21 29 04                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.53812 2 +0.00101860 +0.01062188 +0.00368920   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.57408 06 16 13.7  +21 35 50                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.57408 2 +0.00101690 +0.01062150 +0.00368951   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.59969 06 16 29.0  +21 39 17                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.59969 2 +0.00101568 +0.01062123 +0.00368973   35160249
    CJ96M020  S1996 06 26.69191 06 17 15.2  +21 54 12                   35160249
    CJ96M020  s1996 06 26.69191 2 +0.00101130 +0.01062024 +0.00369052   35160249

Station data:
(249) SOHO.

Orbital elements:  C/1996 M2
   Perihelion 1996 Jun 27.101072 +/- 0.0186 TT;  Constraint: e=1
Epoch 1996 Jun 26.0 TT = JDT 2450260.5   Earth MOID: 0.5783   Find_Orb
q749675.945 +/- 39851
                                    Peri.   90.62461 +/- 7
                                    Node    12.94371 +/- 8
e   1.0 +/- 0                       Incl.  143.41216 +/- 1.5
From 16 observations 1996 June 25-26 (18.2 hr); mean residual 27".127.

Residuals in arcseconds:
960625 249 27.1+ 50.0+    960626 249 12.0- 3.70-    960626 249 18.4- 6.73-    
960626 249 4.43- 38.0-    960626 249 47.3+ 11.6+    960626 249 22.3- 51.6+    
960626 249 8.90- 57.2-    960626 249 4.02+ 2.59+    960626 249 24.2+ 5.33+    
960626 249 7.71+ 2.79-    960626 249 18.5- 5.20-    960626 249 24.9+ 56.3-    
960626 249 24.1- 17.7+    960626 249 .429- 53.2+    
960626 249 23.5- 13.6-    960626 249 1.36- 9.43-