78P/Gehrels 2 (2004)

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Updated on March 18, 2012

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Orbital Elements Epoch 2004 Nov. 11.0 TT = JDT 2453320.5 T 2004 Oct. 27.05392 TT MPC q 2.0081524 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13646969 Peri. 192.95721 +0.72598967 -0.68547397 a 3.7363301 Node 210.54800 +0.64027386 +0.70310056 e 0.4625335 Incl. 6.25279 +0.25097488 +0.18914291 P 7.22 From 4943 observations 1996 June 18-2012 Mar. 15, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.76, A2 = -0.1245.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = -1 + 5 log d + 40 log r [ , 0] ( - 2004 Oct. 27) m1 = 5.7 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ 0,240] (2004 Oct. 27 - 2005 June 24) m1 = -0.8 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r [240, ] (2005 June 24 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-F11. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.