C/1996 R3 ( Lagerkvist )

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* Profile

Discovery Date September 13, 1996
Magnitude 19.5 mag
Discoverer C.-I. Lagerkvist (Uppsala Observatory)

* Orbital Elements

Perihelion 1995 Jul 20.147207 TT  2449918.647207
Epoch 1996 Oct 24.0 TT = JDT 2450380.5
q   5.2083544            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  130.14294      0.56441447      0.82156444
                   Node   172.70774     -0.80596288      0.52737418
e   1.0            Incl.   39.31725      0.17849408     -0.21658334
From 11 observations 1996 Sep. 12-Oct. 30;   RMS error 0.870 arcseconds        

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 8.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published at http://www.astro.uu.se/~classe/comet/com2.html.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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