C/2005 W2 ( Christensen )

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Updated on February 4, 2007

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* Profile

Discovery Date November 20, 2005
Magnitude 17.1 mag
Discoverer Eric J. Christensen (Catalina Sky Survey)

* Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 55979:

Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5
T 2006 Mar. 27.4480 TT                                  MPC
q   3.331533             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0119285      Peri.  111.6883      +0.0226144      -0.9967320
a  18.970512       Node   336.6086      +0.8298044      +0.0619775
e   0.824384       Incl.   11.2643      +0.5575959      -0.0518093
P  82.6
From 201 observations 2005 Nov. 3-2006 Feb. 2, mean residual 0".6.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 10.3 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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