104P/Kowal 2 (1998)

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Updated on June 7, 1998

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Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 422 observations 1991 to 1998, including 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets perturbations and non-gravitational effect of style II. The mean residual is +/- 0.89 arc seconds. Epoch = 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT JDT = 2450880.5 T = 1998 Mar. 2.15401 +/- 0.00141 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 191.89338 +/- 0.00107 Node = 246.14703 +/- 0.00008 (2000.0) Incl. = 15.48916 +/- 0.00001 q = 1.3966251 +/- 0.0000040 AU e = 0.5852289 +/- 0.0000082 a = 3.3672193 +/- 0.0000200 AU n = 0.15951333 +/- 0.00000142 P = 6.179 +/- 0.0000551 years A1 = +4.220 +/- 0.256 A2 = -0.10338 +/- 0.09889

Finding Charts 1997 Mar. 3 - 1998 Apr. 27 1998 Apr. 27 - 1999 June 21

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.3 + 5 log d + 12.5 log r

The orbital elements are calculated by Kenji Muraoka. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.