C/2008 X3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on April 11, 2009

Profile Discovery Date December 4, 2008 Magnitude 18.4 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65057: Epoch 2008 Oct. 21.0 TT = JDT 2454760.5 T 2008 Oct. 10.5831 TT MPC q 1.902022 (2000.0) P Q z +0.022908 Peri. 140.7979 -0.6216891 -0.7021249 +/-0.000000 Node 337.7505 +0.2529404 +0.2395154 e 0.956428 Incl. 66.4727 +0.7412987 -0.6705617 From 104 observations 2008 Dec. 4-2009 Jan. 31, mean residual 0".7.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 13.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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