C/1997 G2 ( Montani )

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Updated on December 22, 1998

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* Profile

Discovery Date April 12, 1997
Magnitude 18.4 mag
Discoverer Joe Montani

* Orbital Elements

   The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are 
  from 171 observations 1997 Apr. 12 to 1998 Oct. 18, perturbations
  by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account.
   The mean residual is +/- 0.75 arc seconds.

      Epoch  =  1998 Apr. 17.0  TT       JDT = 2450920.5
          T  =  1998 Apr. 16.34313       +/- 0.00106 (m.e.) TT
       Peri. =  239.85527                +/- 0.00018
       Node  =   55.80386                +/- 0.00007   (2000.0)
       Incl. =   69.83881                +/- 0.00015
          q  =    3.0847713              +/- 0.0000061 AU
          e  =    0.9942334              +/- 0.0000099
        1/a  =   +0.0018694              +/- 0.0000032 1/AU
        ( P  =  12372 years )
  orig. 1/a  =   +0.002513   1/AU 
  fut.  1/a  =   +0.002671   1/AU 

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 0.5 + 5 log d + 22.5 log r

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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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