300P/Catalina (2005)

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Updated on April 13, 2014

Profile Designation 300P/2005 JQ5 Discovery Date May 6, 2005 Magnitude 16.7 mag Discoverer Catalina Sky Survey Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2005 July 9.0 TT = JDT 2453560.5 T 2005 July 28.03406 TT MPC q 0.8255909 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22284713 Peri. 222.68363 +0.74614668 +0.65842075 a 2.6944162 Node 95.86141 -0.58095107 +0.71631180 e 0.6935919 Incl. 5.69581 -0.32520915 +0.23104010 P 4.42 From 558 observations 2005 May 6-2014 Apr. 10, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph H = 17.5 G = 0.15 [ ,-73] ( - 2005 May 16) m1 = 16.0 + 5 log d + 23.0 log r [-73, 85] (2005 May 16 - 2005 Oct. 21 ) H = 17.5 G = 0.15 [ 85, ] (2005 Oct. 21 - ) * Green curve is: H = 17.5 G = 0.15

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2014-G70. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.