C/2012 S1 ( ISON )

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* Profile

Discovery Date September 21, 2012
Magnitude 18.8 mag
Discoverer Vitali Nevski (Vitebsk, Belarus) and Artyom Novichonok (Kondopoga, Russia), International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) near Kislovodsk, Russia

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2013 Dec. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456640.5
T 2013 Nov. 28.77905 TT                                 MPC
q   0.0124560            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0200414      Peri.  345.53761     +0.31489415     +0.51249503
                   Node   295.65228     -0.75876058     -0.36972295
e   1.0002496      Incl.   62.40148     -0.57019651     +0.77501857
From 6259 observations 2011 Sept. 30-2013 Nov. 22, mean residual 0".6.
     Nongravitational parameters A1 = +7.87, A2 = +0.6396.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  5.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [    ,-250]  (             - 2013 Mar. 23)
        m1 =  8.0 + 5 log d +  7.5 log r  [-250,   0]  (2013 Mar. 23 - 2013 Nov. 28)
        m1 = 12.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r  [   0,  12]  (2013 Nov. 28 - 2013 Dec. 10)
        m1 = 15   + 5 log d + 20   log r  [  12,    ]  (2013 Dec. 10 -             )

        * Green curve is:  m1 = 5.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2014-Q43.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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