C/2002 L9 ( NEAT )

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Updated on February 4, 2007

Profile Discovery Date June 13, 2002 Magnitude 17.6 mag Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 52905: Epoch 2004 Apr. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453120.5 T 2004 Apr. 6.0527 TT MPC q 7.033035 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000214 Peri. 231.4315 +0.4870305 -0.0586674 +/-0.000003 Node 110.4573 -0.1545612 +0.9762041 e 0.998498 Incl. 68.4456 -0.8596000 -0.2087670 From 142 observations 2002 June 6-2004 Oct. 10, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = -0.6 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r

The orbital elements are 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.