C/1999 K3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on September 27, 1999

Profile Discovery Date May 20, 1999 Magnitude 18.7 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 52 observations 1999 May 20 to July 18, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.74 arc seconds. Epoch = 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT JDT = 2451240.5 T = 1999 Feb. 27.53047 +/- 0.00862 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 341.14802 +/- 0.00441 Node = 266.91301 +/- 0.00093 (2000.0) Incl. = 92.27261 +/- 0.00205 q = 1.9287637 +/- 0.0000679 AU e = 0.9917448 +/- 0.0001938 1/a = +0.0042800 +/- 0.0001005 1/AU ( P = 3571 years ) orig. 1/a = +0.004165 fut. 1/a = +0.004955

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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.