P/2008 Y3 ( McNaught )

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Updated on September 2, 2011

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* Profile

Discovery Date December 31, 2008
Magnitude 16.3 mag
Discoverer R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 75710:

Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5
T 2009 Jan. 11.9899 TT                                  MPC
q   4.434238             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0433272      Peri.  238.2816      -0.5931176      -0.5111651
a   8.028398       Node   262.9353      +0.7655760      -0.5972176
e   0.447681       Incl.   38.8136      -0.2492085      -0.6180950
P  22.7
From 142 observations 2007 Dec. 18-2010 July 2, mean residual 0".5.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 8.0 + 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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