123P/West-Hartley (1996)

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Updated on May 5, 2012

Profile Designation 123P/1995 S2 Recovery Date September 21, 1995 Magnitude 18.8 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak), T. Gehrels (Kitt Peak)

Orbital Elements Epoch 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT = JDT 2450200.5 T 1996 May 12.90458 TT MPC q 2.1329583 (2000.0) P Q n 0.12983585 Peri. 102.97500 -0.83760344 -0.51123897 a 3.8625397 Node 46.66603 +0.33925001 -0.76299640 e 0.4477835 Incl. 15.34614 +0.42817042 -0.39556441 P 7.59 From 2235 observations 1989 Mar. 14-2012 Apr. 29, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.17, A2 = +0.0037.

Finding Charts 1995 Aug. 31 - 1997 Feb. 21

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 28 log r(t - 44)

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-J16. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.