198P/ODAS (2012)

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Updated on January 7, 2012

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Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65937: Epoch 2012 Feb. 3.0 TT = JDT 2455960.5 T 2012 Feb. 15.7881 TT MPC q 1.996594 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1444789 Peri. 69.0559 +0.3815582 -0.9243446 a 3.596939 Node 358.5135 +0.8391361 +0.3466605 e 0.444919 Incl. 1.3414 +0.3876390 +0.1594162 P 6.82 From 186 observations 1998-2006, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -2.41, A2 = +1.0205.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 10 log r(t - 200)

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.