C/2006 M4 ( SWAN )

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Profile Discovery Date June 20, 2006 Magnitude 12 mag Discoverer R. D. Matson (Irvine, CA), M. Mattiazzo (Adelaide, S. Australia) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59875: Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5 T 2006 Sept. 28.7284 TT MPC q 0.783007 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000237 Peri. 62.5940 -0.2220897 +0.8476024 +/-0.000002 Node 148.7266 +0.1502009 -0.4586219 e 1.000186 Incl. 111.8234 +0.9633877 +0.2669010 From 1194 observations 2006 July 12-2007 May 19, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.8 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r(t - 10) [ ,26] ( - 2006 Oct. 24) m1 = 5.2 + 5 log d + 27.5 log r [26,40] (2006 Oct. 24 - 2006 Nov. 7) m1 = 6.4 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r(t - 10) [40,95] (2006 Nov. 7 - 2007 Jan. 1) m1 = 5.2 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [95, ] (2007 Jan. 1 - )

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.