SOHO-345, C/2001 Q7
Discovered on realtime C2 images by R.Kracht 2001 August 21.
Animation from four 1024*1024 images 20:27 - 22:27 UTC
Animation from six processed 512*512 images 20:27 - 22:27 UTC
The comet is visible on 12 images 20:27 - 23:50 UTC.
Photometry by Doug Biesecker:
| DATE | TIME | Vmag | (error) |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 20:50:18 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 21:26:23 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 22:06:18 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 22:27:24 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 23:26:19 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| 2001 Aug 21 | 23:50:17 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
Orbital elements:
C/2001 Q7 (SOHO)
T 2001 Aug. 22.34 TT Marsden
q 0.0144 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 137.23 -0.42191 +0.73963
Node 101.10 -0.90663 -0.34574
e 1.0 Incl. 32.30 +0.00242 -0.57741
From 12 observations 2001 Aug. 21.
Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2001 MPC M.P.E.C. 2001-R36