72P/Denning-Fujikawa (1978)

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Updated on January 24, 2015

Profile Designation 72P/1978 T2 Re-discovery Date October 9, 1978 Magnitude 11 mag Re-discoverer Shigehisa Fujikawa (Kagawa, Japan)

Orbital Elements Epoch 1978 Oct. 19.0 TT = JDT 2443800.5 T 1978 Oct. 2.13926 TT MPC q 0.7796931 (2000.0) P Q n 0.10944612 Peri. 334.30821 +0.95873078 -0.26627543 a 4.3284837 Node 41.53840 +0.27982991 +0.82171187 e 0.8198692 Incl. 8.64393 +0.05030423 +0.50387201 P 9.01 From 26 observations 1881 Oct. 19-2014 June 18, mean residual 1".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -0.06, A2 = +0.0240.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 18.5 + 5 log d + 50.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2014-M11. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.