C/2016 A8 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on December 17, 2017

Profile Discovery Date January 14, 2016 Magnitude 20.1 mag Discoverer LINEAR survey (Space Surveillance Telescope, Atom Peak, White Sands Missile Range, NM, USA) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2016 Sept. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457640.5 T 2016 Aug. 30.66920 TT MPCW q 1.8811304 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0285258 Peri. 130.26544 +0.83864266 -0.23574131 +/-0.0000000 Node 111.23261 -0.49712427 -0.69967813 e 0.9463392 Incl. 148.21164 +0.22258921 -0.67444536 From 1291 observations 2016 Jan. 14-2017 Mar. 5, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.5 + 5 log d + 21.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2017-J52. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.