38P/Stephan-Oterma (2018)

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Updated on May 24, 2020

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Orbital Elements Epoch 2018 Nov. 18.0 TT = JDT 2458440.5 T 2018 Nov. 10.97757 TT MPCW q 1.5885900 (2000.0) P Q n 0.02596721 Peri. 359.58219 +0.21468225 -0.92685119 a 11.2941221 Node 77.99964 +0.89700086 +0.06235146 e 0.8593436 Incl. 18.35309 +0.38639486 +0.37021503 P 37.96 From 559 observations 1942 Nov. 6-2018 Sept. 19, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -0.01, A2 = -0.0025.

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Magnitudes Graph H = 14.0 G = 0.15 [ ,-238] ( - 2018 Mar. 17) m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r [-238, 250] (2018 Mar. 17 - 2019 July 18) H = 14.0 G = 0.15 [ 250, ] (2019 July 18 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2018-S50. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.