118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 (2016)

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Updated on August 14, 2022

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Orbital Elements Epoch 2016 June 21.0 TT = JDT 2457560.5 T 2016 June 16.96036 TT MPCW q 1.9800567 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15299392 Peri. 302.33507 -0.07524154 -0.99469611 a 3.4622089 Node 151.72663 +0.95741433 -0.09172292 e 0.4280944 Incl. 8.51429 +0.27874093 +0.04654634 P 6.44 From 1878 observations 1995 June 22-2015 Sept. 25, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.61, A2 = -0.1677.

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Magnitudes Graph H = 14.5 G = 0.15 [ ,-425] ( - 2015 Apr. 18) m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [-425,-100] (2015 Apr. 18 - 2016 Mar. 8) m1 = -6.0 + 5 log d + 60.0 log r [-100, 100] (2016 Mar. 8 - 2016 Sept.24) m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ 100, 435] (2016 Sept.24 - 2017 Aug. 25) H = 14.5 G = 0.15 [ 435, ] (2017 Aug. 25 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2015-S97. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.