120P/Mueller 1 (1996)

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Updated on December 17, 2004

Profile Designation 120P/1995 O2 Recovery Date July 30, 1995 Magnitude 22.2 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 57 observations 1987 to 1996, perturbations by 9 Plantes, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.79 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT JDT = 2450200.5 T = 1996 Apr. 24.64954 +/- 0.00388 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 29.91671 +/- 0.00098 Node = 4.56183 +/- 0.00018 (2000.0) Incl. = 8.79596 +/- 0.00004 q = 2.7394934 +/- 0.0000012 AU e = 0.3373750 +/- 0.0000003 a = 4.1343044 +/- 0.0000007 AU n = 0.11724664 +/- 0.00000003 P = 8.406 +/- 0.0000021 years

Finding Charts 1995 June 2 - 1997 Feb. 21

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.0 + 5 log d + 33 log r(t - 45)

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.