119P/Parker-Hartley (1996)

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Updated on July 11, 1999

Profile Designation 119P/1995 M2 Recovery Date June 23, 1995 Magnitude 20.5 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 223 observations 1986 Sept. 29 to 1998 Mar. 2, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.71 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Jun = 2450240.5 T = 1996 June 24.79603 +/- 0.00062 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 181.09749 +/- 0.00020 Node = 244.22589 +/- 0.00018 (2000.0) Incl. = 5.18584 +/- 0.00001 q = 3.0452191 +/- 0.0000004 AU e = 0.2905961 +/- 0.0000001 a = 4.2926450 +/- 0.0000002 AU n = 0.11081961 +/- 0.00000001 P = 8.894 +/- 0.0000007 years

Finding Charts 1995 June 12 - 1996 July 6 1996 May 7 - 1997 June 1

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 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.