118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 (2010)

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Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59598: Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Jan. 2.3251 TT MPC q 1.983925 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1528442 Peri. 302.1450 -0.0733265 -0.9948548 a 3.464469 Node 151.8071 +0.9576001 -0.0898164 e 0.427351 Incl. 8.5094 +0.2786133 +0.0468714 P 6.45 From 769 observations 1991-2004, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -0.04, A2 = -0.1396.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ ,-100] ( - 2009 Sept.24) m1 = -6.0 + 5 log d + 60.0 log r [-100, 100] (2009 Sept.24 - 2010 Apr. 12) m1 = 8.2 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ 100, ] (2010 Apr. 12 - )

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.