C/2003 S4 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on October 21, 2004

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* Profile

Discovery Date September 27, 2003
Magnitude 19.3 mag
Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

    C/2003 S4-A (LINEAR)
Epoch 2004 June 4.0 TT = JDT 2453160.5
T 2004 May 26.61697 TT                                  MPC
q   3.8589574            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0254238      Peri.  154.44995     +0.87265388     -0.17318158
 +/-0.0000045      Node   224.55127     +0.25496247     +0.95902662
e   0.9018906      Incl.   40.60548     +0.41649652     -0.22422328
>From 144 observations 2003 Sept. 26-2004 Oct. 17, mean residual 0".57.

    C/2003 S4-B (LINEAR)
Epoch 2004 June 4.0 TT = JDT 2453160.5
T 2004 May 26.62402 TT                                  MPC
q   3.8588887            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0254213      Peri.  154.45154     +0.87264572     -0.17321549
 +/-0.0000044      Node   224.55186     +0.25499713     +0.95901832
e   0.9019019      Incl.   40.60526     +0.41649239     -0.22423259
>From 149 observations 2003 Sept. 26-2004 Oct. 17, mean residual 0".56.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  9.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [ ,0]  (             - 2004 May  26)
        m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [0, ]  (2004 May  26 -             )

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2004-U10.
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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