118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 (2010)

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Updated on July 22, 2012

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Orbital Elements Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Jan. 2.30390 TT MPC q 1.9839178 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15284632 Peri. 302.14300 -0.07328636 -0.99485776 a 3.4644375 Node 151.80682 +0.95760318 -0.08977788 e 0.4273478 Incl. 8.50934 +0.27861308 +0.04688251 P 6.45 From 1904 observations 1995 June 22-2011 May 6, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.37, A2 = -0.1768.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ ,-100] ( - 2009 Sept.24) m1 = -6.0 + 5 log d + 60.0 log r [-100, 100] (2009 Sept.24 - 2010 Apr. 12) m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ 100, 435] (2010 Apr. 12 - 2011 Mar. 13) H = 14.5 G = 0.15 [ 435, ] (2011 Mar. 13 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2011-J28. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.