C/2000 K1 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on May 27, 2001

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* Profile

Discovery Date May 26, 2000
Magnitude 18.0 mag
Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

* Orbital Elements

   The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are 
  from 217 observations 1999 May 18 to 2001 Apr. 3, perturbations
  by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account.
   The mean residual is +/- 0.74 arc seconds.

      Epoch  =  1999 Dec.  8.0  TT       JDT = 2451520.5
          T  =  1999 Dec. 14.81095       +/- 0.00497 (m.e.) TT
       Peri. =   15.81559                +/- 0.00042
       Node  =  260.19440                +/- 0.00024   (2000.0)
       Incl. =  116.78229                +/- 0.00016
          q  =    6.2761124              +/- 0.0000209 AU
          e  =    1.0023936              +/- 0.0000224
        1/a  =   -0.0003814              +/- 0.0000036 1/AU
  orig. 1/a  =   +0.0000419 
  fut.  1/a  =   +0.0001395 

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 4.4 + 5 log d + 10.0 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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