88P/Howell (2009)

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Updated on January 1, 2010

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Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 56805: Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5 T 2009 Oct. 12.4730 TT MPC q 1.363483 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1794480 Peri. 235.9620 +0.3841793 +0.9210448 a 3.112985 Node 56.7565 -0.8198963 +0.3721693 e 0.562001 Incl. 4.3816 -0.4244718 +0.1147453 P 5.49 From 695 observations 1987-2005, mean residual 0".7. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.39, A2 = -0.0551.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 30 log r(t - 15)

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.