The Tracks of the Meyer Comets in C2 (and here in C3)
A new family of comets (Maik Meyer)
The Tracks of the Marsden Comets in C2
The Tracks of the Kracht Comets in C2
The Tracks of the Kracht2 Comets in C2

The tracks are drawn for the 15th day of each month.
The tracks are running from red to blue to gray (from the bottom upwards).
The first gray number is at the perihelion of the orbit.
Numbers are drawn every 30 minutes.
The numbers give the velocities in pixel/hour for the C2 1024*1024 images.

The elements used are the weighted means of the elements of the 29 confirmed Meyer comets (2002 Aug):

q = 0.0362, peri = 57.3, node = 72.6, incl = 72.4 deg (L = 97.8, B = 53.3).

The weights are the lengths of the observation times (last obs - first obs).

C/1997 G7 0.14 days (from T-0.09 to +0.05 days in C2)
C/1997 H4 0.44 days (from T-0.29 to -0.09 days in C2 and T-0.02 to +0.15 in C3)
C/1997 H5 0.13 days (from T-0.24 to -0.11 days in C2)
C/1997 L2 0.95 days (from T-0.39 to -0.13 days in C2 and T-0.20 to +0.56 in C3)
C/1997 O2 0.14 days (from T-0.17 to -0.02 days in C2)
C/1997 U8 0.31 days (from T-0.21 to +0.10 days in C2)
C/1997 U9 0.08 days (from T-0.16 to -0.07 days in C2)
C/1998 V8 0.29 days (from T-0.31 to -0.02 days in C2)
C/1998 W7 0.41 days (from T-0.19 to +0.02 days in C2 and T+0.01 to +0.22 in C3)
C/1999 F3 0.29 days (from T-0.07 to +0.01 days in C2 and T-0.14 to +0.15 in C3)
C/1999 K16 0.15 days (from T-0.07 to +0.08 days in C2)
C/1999 L9 0.11 days (from T-0.08 to +0.03 days in C2)
C/1999 P7 0.17 days (from T-0.16 to +0.00 days in C2)
C/2000 B8 0.19 days (from T-0.16 to +0.04 days in C2)
C/2000 C2 0.13 days (from T-0.06 to +0.08 days in C2)
C/2000 C5 0.08 days (from T-0.09 to -0.02 days in C2)
C/2000 J8 0.24 days (from T-0.19 to +0.04 days in C2)
C/2000 N4 0.08 days (from T-0.14 to -0.06 days in C2)
C/2000 X9 0.11 days (from T-0.15 to -0.04 days in C2)
C/2001 C7 0.09 days (from T-0.09 to +0.00 days in C2)
C/2001 E1 0.08 days (from T-0.10 to -0.02 days in C2)
C/2001 K11 0.25 days (from T-0.18 to +0.07 days in C2)
C/2001 L10 0.17 days (from T-0.12 to +0.05 days in C2)
C/2001 R7 0.08 days (from T-0.10 to -0.01 days in C2)
C/2001 T1 0.10 days (from T-0.07 to +0.03 days in C2)
C/2001 V6 0.09 days (from T-0.15 to -0.06 days in C2)
C/2001 X8 0.18 days (from T-0.19 to -0.01 days in C2)
C/2001 X10 0.12 days (from T-0.11 to +0.01 days in C2)
C/2002 A4 0.13 days (from T-0.18 to -0.05 days in C2)

All observations are close to the time of perihelion (T).
In C2 the times are from T-0.39 to T+0.10 and in C3 the times are from T-0.20 to T+0.56 days.
The following C2 tracks run from T-0.50 to T+0.75 days.

Tracks of the known Meyer comets (2002 Mar 01):

Comet C/1997 G7 (1997 April 08 21:07 - 09 00:32) MPEC 2002-D16

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 22:50 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 73 (21:07 - 22:47) and 71 pixel/h (22:47 - 00:32).

Comet C/1997 H4 (1997 April 21 01:34 - 06:30 UTC) MPEC 2002-D41

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 04:00 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 67/68/67/67/66 pixel/h

Comet C/1997 H5 (1997 April 29 00:40 - 03:54 UTC) MPEC 2002-D41

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 02:17 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 67/67/65/63 pixel/h

Comet C/1997 L2 (1997 June 10 16:17 - 20:31) IAUC 7832

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 17:24 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 65/61/58 pixel/h

Comet C/1999 K16 (1999 May 26 13:50 - 17:26 UTC) MPEC 2002-E05

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 15:38 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 57 (13:50 - 14:50) and 42 pixel/h (16:26 - 17:26).

Comet C/1999 L9 (1999 June 09 08:50 - 11:26 UTC) MPEC 2002-E05

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 10:08 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 57 (08:50 - 09:50) and 52 pixel/h (10:26 - 11:26).

C/2000 B8 (2000 Jan 16 16:54 - 20:30 UTC) MPEC 2002-E25
Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 18:42 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 92 (16:54 - 17:54) and 85 pixel/h (19:31 - 20:30).

Comet C/2000 C2 (2000 Feb 03 16:54 - 20:06) IAUC 7832
Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 18:30 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 91 (16:54 - 17:54) and 91 pixel/h (18:54 - 19:54).

Comet C/2000 C5 (2000 Feb 07 18:54 - 20:44) IAUC 7832

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 19:49 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocity derived from the positions is 94 pixel/h (18:54 - 20:44).

Comet C/2001 E1 (2001 Mar 15 13:27 - 15:26) IAUC 7832

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 14:27 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocity derived from the positions is 87 pixel/h (13:27 - 15:26).

Comet C/2001 T1 (2001 Oct 09 02:30 - 04:54) IAUC 7832

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 03:42 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocity derived from the positions is 76 pixel/h (02:30 - 04:30).

Comet C/2001 X8 (2001 Dec 12 16:54 - 20:30) IAUC 7832

Drawn are the mean Meyer orbit for 18:42 UTC and the measured positions (black circles).

The velocities derived from the positions are 70 (16:54 - 17:54) and 57 pixel/h (19:32 - 20:30).