96P/Machholz 1 (1996)

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Updated on May 29, 2007

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Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements, by Kenji Muraoka, are from 105 observations 1986 to 1997, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.94 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Oct. 4.0 TT JDT = 2450360.5 T = 1996 Oct. 15.06955 +/- 0.00003 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 14.58607 +/- 0.00004 Node = 94.53202 +/- 0.00003 (2000.0) Incl. = 60.07419 +/- 0.00008 q = 0.1247178 +/- 0.0000003 AU e = 0.9586366 +/- 0.0000001 a = 3.0151757 +/- 0.0000037 AU n = 0.18825007 +/- 0.00000034 P = 5.236 +/- 0.0000095 years

Finding Charts 1996 June 6 - 1997 Feb. 11

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.7 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r

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.