257P/Catalina (2006)

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Updated on June 5, 2012

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* Profile

Designation 257P/2005 JY126
Discovery Date May 12, 2005
Magnitude 17.4 mag
Discoverer Catalina Sky Survey

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5
T 2006 Feb. 21.32535 TT                                 MPC
q   2.1259869            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13559389     Peri.  117.58760     +0.79918201     +0.57876029
a   3.7524015      Node   207.98603     -0.59631602     +0.79734587
e   0.4334330      Incl.   20.23604     +0.07559968     +0.17110259
P   7.27
From 321 observations 2005 Apr. 17-2012 May 28, mean residual 0".7.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 11.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r(t + 70)

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-L04.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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