C/1996 B2 ( Hyakutake )

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Updated on February 10, 2013

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* Profile

Discovery Date January 30, 1996
Magnitude 11.0 mag
Discoverer Yuji Hyakutake (Japan)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

   The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, 
  are from 799 observations 1996 Jan. 1 to Nov. 2, including 
  9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets perturbations and non-
  gravitational effect of style II.
   The mean residual is +/- 0.83 arc seconds.

      Epoch  =  1996 Apr. 27.0  TT       JDT = 2450200.5
          T  =  1996 May   1.39481       +/- 0.00002 (m.e.) TT
       Peri. =  130.17654                +/- 0.00010
       Node  =  188.04546                +/- 0.00001   (2000.0)
       Incl. =  124.92379                +/- 0.00004
          q  =    0.2302239              +/- 0.0000006 AU
          e  =    0.9997730              +/- 0.0000006
        1/a  =   +0.0009862              +/- 0.0000026 1/AU
         A1  =   +2.56                   +/- 0.03
         A2  =   +0.0485                 +/- 0.0056

* Finding Charts

* 1995 July 12 - 1996 Mar. 26
* 1996 Mar. 25 - 1996 Apr. 17
* 1996 Apr. 1 - 1996 June 28
* 1996 May 27 - 1997 Mar. 3

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 6.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [   ,-85]  (             - 1996 Feb.  6)
        m1 = 5.2 + 5 log d +  8.7 log r  [-85,-20]  (1996 Feb.  6 - 1996 Apr. 11)
        m1 = 4.6 + 5 log d +  5.0 log r  [-20, 35]  (1996 Apr. 11 - 1996 June  5)
        m1 = 4.6 + 5 log d +  8.2 log r  [ 35, 90]  (1996 June  5 - 1996 July 30)
        m1 = 2.0 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r  [ 90,150]  (1996 July 30 - 1996 Sept.28)
        m1 = 6.3 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r  [150,   ]  (1996 Sept.28 -             )

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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.

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