"Pseudo-MPEC" for C/1997 O3

Created Mon Jul 8 13:31:58 2013 using Find_Orb

• Astrometry
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• Orbital elements
• Residuals
• Ephemeris
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Astrometry:
    CJ97O030 3S1997 07 31.90575 08 29 57.3  +16 55 29                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 07 31.90575 2 -0.00246410 +0.00872535 +0.00400026   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 07 31.91812 08 30 14.0  +16 56 23                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 07 31.91812 2 -0.00246650 +0.00872396 +0.00400003   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 07 31.94453 08 30 42.9  +16 59 53                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 07 31.94453 2 -0.00247163 +0.00872099 +0.00399954   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 07 31.98904 08 31 36.7  +17 04 26                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 07 31.98904 2 -0.00248027 +0.00871598 +0.00399870   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 08 01.03132 08 32 26.2  +17 08 54                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 08 01.03132 2 -0.00248849 +0.00871120 +0.00399791   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 08 01.10423 08 34 02.1  +17 16 18                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 08 01.10423 2 -0.00250266 +0.00870294 +0.00399652   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 08 01.15150 08 35 10.3  +17 22 28                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 08 01.15150 2 -0.00251185 +0.00869756 +0.00399562   56737249
    CJ97O030 3S1997 08 01.16812 08 35 30.9  +17 24 41                   56737249
    CJ97O030 3s1997 08 01.16812 2 -0.00251508 +0.00869567 +0.00399530   56737249

Station data:
(249) SOHO.

Orbital elements:  C/1997 O3
   Perihelion 1997 Aug 1.514200 TT;  Constraint: e=1
Epoch 1997 Aug  2.0 TT = JDT 2450662.5   Earth MOID: 0.5306   Find_Orb
q   0.00819435  
                   Peri.   80.87199
                   Node     2.28465
e   1.0            Incl.  145.17092
From 8 observations 1997 July 31-Aug. 1 (6.3 hr); mean residual 18".903.

Residuals in arcseconds:
970731 249 18.9- 2.41-    970731 249 15.5+ 14.9+    970801 249 29.6+ 1.59+    
970731 249 19.8+ 24.0-    970801 249 19.9- 9.03+    970801 249 20.0- 15.4+    
970731 249 .871- 22.7+    970801 249 5.26- 37.2-