The Kracht 2 group

The following SOHO comets are related and be part of own groups, first proposed by Rainer Kracht. Sebastian F. Hönig was the first to successfully link P/1999 R1 and P/2003 R5 and predict the return in 2007. If the second link is correct, then the group has three members.

Name             T                 q (AU)    e         w        node      i        Reference
Linked orbits
P/1999 R1 (SOHO) 1999 Sep 05.5191  0.056379  0.977645  43.3432    5.3859  13.6785  CCO 2008
P/2003 R5 (SOHO) 2003 Sep 08.8165  0.056890  0.977459  43.6242    5.0936  13.6042  CCO 2008
P/2007 R5 (SOHO) 2007 Sep 11.3197  0.053720  0.978649  48.5655    0.0489  12.6400  MPC 60664

Linked orbits:
C/2002 R5 (SOHO) 2002 Sep 05.79262 0.0471997 0.9853312 45.76339  13.34199 14.17434 MPEC 2008-O23
C/2008 L6 (SOHO) 2008 Jun 10.18275 0.0459562 0.9857043 58.89903 359.83361 12.15136 MPEC 2008-O23

Single object:
C/2008 L7 (SOHO) 2008 Jun 10.15    0.0455    1.0       57.99    358.06    12.14    MPEC 2008-O23   

(w, node, i, in degrees)

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