51P/Harrington (2008)

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Updated on June 13, 2015

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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 - )

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.