C/2000 K2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on July 29, 2002

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* Profile

Discovery Date May 26, 2000
Magnitude 18.1 mag
Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2000 Oct. 23.0 TT = JDT 2451840.5
T 2000 Oct. 11.3711 TT                                  Nakano
q   2.437065             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.001848       Peri.  106.8257      +0.5064205      +0.8547339
 +/-0.000003       Node   195.2622      -0.8586548      +0.5119788
e   0.995495       Incl.   25.6332      +0.0790590      +0.0854845
From 247 observations 2000 May 4-2001 Oct. 22, mean residual 0".7.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  1.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r  [  , 0]  (             - 2000 Oct. 12)
        m1 = 20   + 5 log d - 20   log r  [ 0,90]  (2000 Oct. 12 - 2001 Jan. 10)
        m1 =  7.6 + 5 log d +  9.5 log r  [90,  ]  (2001 Jan. 10 -             )

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The orbital elements are calculated by Syuichi Nakano and published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements.
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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