15P/Finlay (2008)

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Updated on March 17, 2010

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* Profile

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54169:

Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5
T 2008 June 22.5561 TT                                  MPC
q   0.970035             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1517418      Peri.  347.4771      +0.9993760      -0.0210673
a   3.481228       Node    13.8245      +0.0324391      +0.8650272
e   0.721353       Incl.    6.8143      -0.0139772      +0.5012825
P   6.50
From 60 observations 1967-2002, mean residual 1".2.  Nongravitational
     parameters A1 = +0.10, A2 = +0.0185.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 =  9.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r(t - 20)  [   , 20]  (             - 2008 July 12)
        m1 =  9.4 + 5 log d + 25.0 log r(t - 20)  [ 20,145]  (2008 July 12 - 2008 Nov. 14)
        m1 = 13.2 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r          [145,   ]  (2008 Nov. 14 -             )

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The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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