51P/Harrington (2008)

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Updated on June 13, 2015

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* Profile

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

51P/Harrington
Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5
T 2008 June 18.40250 TT                                 MPC
q   1.6877773            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13830457     Peri.  269.17071     +0.98797346     +0.12273738
a   3.7032102      Node    83.77545     -0.07459664     +0.91108891
e   0.5442394      Incl.    5.42830     -0.13543921     +0.39351306
P   7.13
From 788 observations 1994 May 1-2009 Feb. 21, mean residual 1".1.
     Nongravitational parameters A1 = +3.72, A2 = +0.0724.

51P-D/Harrington
Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5
T 2008 June 17.98721 TT                                 MPCW
q   1.6876306            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13833708     Peri.  269.17649     +0.98795833     +0.12283912
a   3.7026300      Node    83.76382     -0.07467718     +0.91107374
e   0.5442076      Incl.    5.42994     -0.13550517     +0.39351645
P   7.12
From 161 observations 1994 June 13-2015 May 30, mean residual 0".9.
     Nongravitational parameters A1 = +5.67, A2 = +0.0667.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  6.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r  [ ,0]  (             - 2008 June 18)
        m1 = 10.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r  [0, ]  (2008 June 18 -             )

	Component D:
        m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r  [ ,0]  (             - 2008 June 18)
        m1 = 15.5 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r  [0, ]  (2008 June 18 -             )

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-J16.
The orbital elements of component D are published on M.P.E.C. 2015-L08.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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