C/2006 F2 ( Christensen )

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Updated on January 6, 2007

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* Profile

Discovery Date March 23, 2006
Magnitude 19.7 mag
Discoverer Eric J. Christensen (Mt. Lemmon Survey)

* Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 56954:

Epoch 2006 Apr. 15.0 TT = JDT 2453840.5
T 2006 Mar. 30.3956 TT                                  MPC
q   4.296456             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0227704      Peri.  181.0068      -0.9871070      +0.1519387
a  12.327892       Node     8.2608      -0.1442961      -0.7086012
e   0.651485       Incl.   20.5109      -0.0692706      -0.6890566
P  43.3
From 58 observations 2006 Feb. 27-May 24, mean residual 0".5.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 10.0 + 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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