67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1996)

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Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements, by Kenji Muraoka, are from 367 observations 1975 Sept. 9 to 1996 Apr. 21, including 9 planets & 5 minor planets perturbations and non-gravitational effect of style II. The mean residual is +/- 0.78 arc seconds. Epoch = 1995 Dec. 29.0 TT JDT = 2450080.5 T = 1996 Jan. 17.65642 +/- 0.00058 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 11.38689 +/- 0.00012 Node = 51.00620 +/- 0.00006 (2000.0) Incl. = 7.11334 +/- 0.00001 q = 1.3000340 +/- 0.0000003 AU e = 0.6301923 +/- 0.0000001 a = 3.5154323 +/- 0.0000004 AU n = 0.14953263 +/- 0.00000002 P = 6.591 +/- 0.0000010 years A1 = +0.073 +/- 0.008 A2 = +0.00960 +/- 0.00023

Finding Charts 1995 Apr. 3 - 1996 Apr. 17 1996 Mar. 28 - 1997 May 22

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r(t - 40)

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.