127P/Holt-Olmstead (1997)

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Updated on April 14, 1997

Profile Designation 127P/1996 S1 Recovery Date September 19, 1996 Magnitude 20.2 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements, by Kenji Muraoka, are from 44 observations 1990 Sept. 16 to 1996 Sept. 20, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.70 arc seconds. Epoch = 1997 Feb. 1.0 TT JDT = 2450480.5 T = 1997 Feb. 6.66053 +/- 0.00375 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 6.25686 +/- 0.00145 Node = 14.06115 +/- 0.00009 (2000.0) Incl. = 14.40683 +/- 0.00011 q = 2.1534991 +/- 0.0000078 AU e = 0.3704719 +/- 0.0000024 a = 3.4208151 +/- 0.0000052 AU n = 0.15577927 +/- 0.00000036 P = 6.327 +/- 0.0000146 years

Finding Charts 1996 July 6 - 1997 Dec. 28

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 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.