43P/Wolf-Harrington (1997)

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Updated on July 8, 1998

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Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 185 observations 1984 to 1998, including 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets perturbations and non-gravitational effect of style II. The mean residual is +/- 0.72 arc seconds. Epoch = 1997 Sept. 29.0 TT JDT = 2450720.5 T = 1997 Sept. 29.21665 +/- 0.00080 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 187.13292 +/- 0.00025 Node = 254.75600 +/- 0.00007 (2000.0) Incl. = 18.51038 +/- 0.00002 q = 1.5818264 +/- 0.0000007 AU e = 0.5439775 +/- 0.0000002 a = 3.4687466 +/- 0.0000006 AU n = 0.15256159 +/- 0.00000004 P = 6.460 +/- 0.0000017 years A1 = +0.369 +/- 0.017 A2 = -0.03777 +/- 0.00054

Finding Charts 1996 July 6 - 1997 Aug. 10 1997 Aug. 10 - 1998 Dec. 3

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.5 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ ,0] ( - 1997 Sept.29) m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [0, ] (1997 Sept.29 - )

The orbital elements are calculated by Kenji Muraoka. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.