C/2016 Q4 ( Kowalski )

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* Profile

Discovery Date August 30, 2016
Magnitude 18.7 mag
Discoverer R. A. Kowalski (Mount Lemmon)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2018 Feb. 11.0 TT = JDT 2458160.5
T 2018 Jan. 26.61482 TT                                 MPCW
q   7.0860323            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01429662     Peri.   99.39288     +0.97472666     -0.18428512
a  16.8130724      Node   271.30277     +0.12054137     +0.90976993
e   0.5785403      Incl.    7.25664     +0.18808967     +0.37196460
P  68.94
From 72 observations 2016 July 11-Nov. 19, mean residual 0".6.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 6.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2017-A77.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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