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    C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) 

Epoch 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451240.5  

T 1999 Feb. 27.53057 TT                                 Nakano

q   1.9287641            (2000.0)            P               Q

z  +0.0042779      Peri.  341.14806     -0.03816815     -0.05487396

 +/-0.0001008      Node   266.91303     -0.73920832     -0.67031892

e   0.9917489      Incl.   92.27265     -0.67239442     +0.74004148

From 52 observations 1999 May 20-July 18, mean residual 0".74.

Residuals in seconds of arc 

1999/                     990522 046  0.6+  0.2+    990604 352  0.7-  1.6-  

990520 704  0.3-  0.3+    990522 046  0.4-  0.8+    990608 360  0.0   0.8+  

990520 704  0.7+  1.4-    990522 118  0.2-  0.2-    990608 360  0.5+  0.6+  

990520 704  0.4+  1.0-    990522 046  1.2-  0.3-    990608 360  0.2+  1.0+  

990520 704 (4.2+  3.1-)   990522 046  0.3-  1.1-    990611 704  0.7-  1.5-  

990520 704 (0.6-  3.0-)   990522 118  0.3+  1.0-    990611 704  0.6-  0.7-  

990521 704  0.9-  1.2-    990522 658  0.5+  0.4+    990611 704  0.7+  1.0-  

990521 704 (4.7-  0.1-)   990522 658  0.2-  0.5+    990611 704  0.1+  0.9-  

990521 704  0.4-  1.5+    990522 658  0.2-  0.3+    990614 402  0.6-  0.7+  

990521 704  0.2-  0.1-    990528 046  0.8+  1.2+    990614 402  0.3+  0.6+  

990521 704 (1.6+  2.7+)   990528 046  0.3-  1.9+    990614 402  0.2+  0.7-  

990521 704  0.2+  0.5-    990528 046  1.1+  0.5-    990708 360  0.7-  0.5+  

990521 704  0.7+  0.3-    990528 046  1.0-  0.8+    990708 360  0.3+  0.0   

990521 704  0.7+  0.9+    990529 402  1.1+  0.4-    990708 360  0.0   0.2-  

990521 704 (3.7-  2.2-)   990529 402  0.2-  0.6+    990714 360  0.5+  0.4+  

990521 557  0.4+  0.1-    990529 402  1.6-  0.6+    990714 360  0.3+  0.1+  

990521 557  0.2-  0.6-    990531 402 (1.0+  3.1-)   990714 360  0.2+  0.5-  

990521 118  0.5-  1.2-    990531 402  0.8+  0.1+    990718 118  0.2-  0.1+  

990522 046  1.0+  1.1+    990531 402  0.8-  0.6-    990718 118  0.8-  0.3-  

990522 046  0.9-  0.9+    990604 352  1.4+  1.0+    





    C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) 

T 1999 Feb. 27.94224 TT                                 Nakano

q   1.9319691            (2000.0)            P               Q

                   Peri.  341.35752     -0.03698477     -0.05589082

                   Node   266.96704     -0.74171850     -0.66756504

e   1.0            Incl.   92.36088     -0.66969082     +0.74245076

From 38 observations 1999 May 20-June 14.



RunOff -70", +74" for the last observation from my orbit determined 5/20-5/22.



    C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) 

T 1999 Feb. 27.96813 TT                                 Nakano

q   1.9322604            (2000.0)            P               Q

                   Peri.  341.37621     -0.03696882     -0.05590033

                   Node   266.96850     -0.74193781     -0.66732236

e   1.0            Incl.   92.36267     -0.66944872     +0.74266817

From 36 observations 1999 May 20-June 8.

 

Date/        TT  R.A.(2000) Decl.     Delta   r     Daily motion  Mag.  Moon Age

              h    h  m       ¡  ,                      ,  / PA ¡  m1      ¡

1999 June 10 14  18 06.14  +23 45.7   1.499  2.301    51.3 / 310  16.5  115  .15

          11 14  18 03.25  +24 18.4   1.507  2.307    50.5 / 309  16.5  124  .08

          12 14  18 00.37  +24 50.1   1.516  2.314    49.7 / 308  16.5  131  .02

          13 14  17 57.49  +25 20.8   1.525  2.320    48.9 / 307  16.6  135  .00

          14 14  17 54.62  +25 50.4   1.535  2.327    48.0 / 307  16.6  134  .01

          15 14  17 51.75  +26 19.0   1.545  2.334    47.2 / 306  16.6  129  .05

          16 14  17 48.90  +26 46.6   1.556  2.340    46.3 / 305  16.7  121  .11

          17 14  17 46.06  +27 13.1   1.567  2.347    45.4 / 304  16.7  113  .19

          18 14  17 43.24  +27 38.6   1.578  2.354    44.5 / 304  16.7  103  .28

          19 14  17 40.44  +28 03.1   1.590  2.360    43.5 / 303  16.7   94  .38

          20 14  17 37.66  +28 26.5   1.602  2.367    42.6 / 302  16.8   84  .48

          21 14  17 34.92  +28 49.0   1.615  2.374    41.6 / 301  16.8   76  .58

          22 14  17 32.19  +29 10.4   1.628  2.381    40.7 / 300  16.8   68  .68

          23 14  17 29.50  +29 30.9   1.641  2.388    39.7 / 300  16.9   61  .76

          24 14  17 26.85  +29 50.4   1.655  2.394    38.8 / 299  16.9   55  .84

          25 14  17 24.22  +30 08.9   1.669  2.401    37.8 / 298  16.9   51  .90

          26 14  17 21.64  +30 26.6   1.683  2.408    36.9 / 297  16.9   49  .95

          27 14  17 19.09  +30 43.3   1.698  2.415    35.9 / 296  17.0   50  .98

          28 14  17 16.59  +30 59.1   1.713  2.422    35.0 / 295  17.0   53 1.00

          29 14  17 14.12  +31 14.0   1.728  2.429    34.1 / 295  17.0   58 1.00

          30 14  17 11.70  +31 28.2   1.743  2.436    33.1 / 294  17.1   64  .97

     July  1 14  17 09.32  +31 41.4   1.759  2.444    32.2 / 293  17.1   72  .93

           2 14  17 06.99  +31 53.9   1.775  2.451    31.3 / 292  17.1   80  .87

           3 14  17 04.71  +32 05.7   1.791  2.458    30.4 / 291  17.2   89  .80

           4 14  17 02.48  +32 16.6   1.808  2.465    29.5 / 290  17.2   98  .70

           5 14  17 00.29  +32 26.9   1.825  2.472    28.7 / 290  17.2  107  .60

           6 14  16 58.15  +32 36.4   1.842  2.479    27.8 / 289  17.3  115  .49

           7 14  16 56.07  +32 45.3   1.859  2.487    26.9 / 288  17.3  122  .38

           8 14  16 54.03  +32 53.5   1.876  2.494    26.1 / 287  17.3  127  .27

           9 14  16 52.05  +33 01.0   1.894  2.501    25.3 / 286  17.4  130  .17

          10 14  16 50.11  +33 08.0   1.912  2.509    24.5 / 285  17.4  129  .09

          11 14  16 48.23  +33 14.4   1.929  2.516    23.7 / 284  17.4  125  .03

          12 14  16 46.40  +33 20.2   1.948  2.523    22.9 / 283  17.5  118  .00

          13 14  16 44.63  +33 25.5   1.966  2.531    22.1 / 283  17.5  110  .00

          14 14  16 42.91  +33 30.3   1.984  2.538    21.3 / 282  17.5  101  .03

          15 14  16 41.23  +33 34.6   2.003  2.546    20.6 / 281  17.6   92  .08

          16 14  16 39.61  +33 38.4   2.021  2.553    19.9 / 280  17.6   83  .15

          17 14  16 38.05  +33 41.8   2.040  2.561    19.1 / 279  17.6   74  .23

          18 14  16 36.53  +33 44.7   2.059  2.568    18.4 / 278  17.7   67  .33

          19 14  16 35.07  +33 47.2   2.078  2.576    17.8 / 277  17.7   60  .42

          20 14  16 33.65  +33 49.4   2.097  2.584    17.1 / 276  17.7   55  .52

          21 14  16 32.29  +33 51.2   2.117  2.591    16.4 / 275  17.8   51  .61

          22 14  16 30.97  +33 52.6   2.136  2.599    15.8 / 274  17.8   50  .70

          23 14  16 29.71  +33 53.7   2.155  2.606    15.2 / 273  17.8   50  .79

          24 14  16 28.49  +33 54.5   2.175  2.614    14.6 / 272  17.9   53  .86

          25 14  16 27.32  +33 55.0   2.194  2.622    14.0 / 271  17.9   58  .92

          26 14  16 26.20  +33 55.2   2.214  2.630    13.4 / 270  17.9   64  .96

          27 14  16 25.13  +33 55.2   2.234  2.637    12.8 / 269  18.0   71  .99

          28 14  16 24.10  +33 54.9   2.253  2.645    12.3 / 268  18.0   79 1.00

          29 14  16 23.12  +33 54.3   2.273  2.653    11.7 / 266  18.0   87  .99

          30 14  16 22.18  +33 53.6   2.293  2.661    11.2 / 265  18.1   96  .95

          31 14  16 21.28  +33 52.6   2.313  2.668    10.7 / 264  18.1  105  .90

     Aug.  1 14  16 20.43  +33 51.4   2.333  2.676    10.2 / 262  18.1  113  .82







    C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) 

T 1999 Feb. 26.75360 TT                                 Nakano

q   1.9175126            (2000.0)            P               Q

                   Peri.  340.45809     -0.04083170     -0.05197395

                   Node   266.79752     -0.73091704     -0.67933558

e   1.0            Incl.   92.02739     -0.68124376     +0.73198489

From 24 observations 1999 May 20-22.

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