C/1996 R3 ( Lagerkvist )

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Updated on November 7, 2004

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

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