263P/Gibbs (2012)

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Updated on April 6, 2013

Profile Designation 263P/2012 K9 Recovery Date May 16, 2012 Magnitude 20.1 mag Recoverer Hidetaka Sato (Tokyo, Japan) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2012 June 2.0 TT = JDT 2456080.5 T 2012 May 20.86041 TT MPC q 1.2633711 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18405267 Peri. 34.48854 -0.75912840 -0.62187819 a 3.0608447 Node 105.87684 +0.54308390 -0.76796005 e 0.5872476 Incl. 11.53462 +0.35886482 -0.15331304 P 5.36 From 134 observations 2006 Nov. 10-2012 June 14, mean residual 0".6.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 17.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r(t - 50)

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2013-B90. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.