C/2003 WT42 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on October 12, 2008

Profile Discovery Date November 19, 2003 Magnitude 17.5 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 56169: Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5 T 2006 Apr. 10.7697 TT MPC q 5.190906 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000489 Peri. 92.4674 -0.6667053 -0.6351071 +/-0.000001 Node 48.4540 +0.2821604 -0.6994612 e 1.002540 Incl. 31.4107 +0.6898475 -0.3277087 From 1086 observations 2003 Oct. 30-2006 Mar. 10, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = -2.0 + 5 log d + 17.5 log r(t + 150)

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.