46P/Wirtanen (2008)

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Updated on December 31, 2016

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Orbital Elements Epoch 2008 Jan. 15.0 TT = JDT 2454480.5 T 2008 Feb. 2.49577 TT MPC q 1.0574872 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18116891 Peri. 356.34763 +0.19766327 -0.95932337 a 3.0932399 Node 82.17486 +0.90445704 +0.09918948 e 0.6581296 Incl. 11.73926 +0.37800357 +0.26431064 P 5.44 From 505 observations 1995 June 26-2007 Aug. 6, mean residual 0".82. Non- gravitational parameters A1 = +0.34 +/- 0.01, A2 = -0.1373 +/- 0.0002.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 8.0 log r [ ,-150] ( - 2007 Sept. 5) m1 = 8.0 + 5 log d + 27.0 log r(t - 12) [-150, 180] (2007 Sept. 5 - 2008 July 31) m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 8.0 log r [ 180, ] (2008 July 31 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2007-P17. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.