C/2006 OF2 ( Broughton )

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Updated on March 27, 2010

Profile Discovery Date July 17, 2006 Magnitude 18.2 mag Discoverer J. Broughton (Reedy Creek) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62270: Epoch 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454720.5 T 2008 Sept. 15.6827 TT MPC q 2.431404 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000352 Peri. 95.6130 +0.4967634 -0.8014766 +/-0.000001 Node 318.5078 +0.4517968 +0.5663745 e 1.000857 Incl. 30.1698 +0.7410167 +0.1919769 From 1410 observations 2006 June 23-2008 Jan. 28, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 5.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r(t - 50) [ ,50] ( - 2008 Nov. 4) m1 = 4.0 + 5 log d + 12.5 log r(t - 50) [50, ] (2008 Nov. 4 - )

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.