133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro (1996)

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Updated on January 17, 2006

Profile Designation 133P/(7968) 1996 N2 Discovery Date July 14, 1996 Magnitude 18.3 mag Discoverer Eric W. Elst, Guido Pizarro (European Southern Observatory)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 152 observations 1985 to 1996, perturbations by 9 Plantes, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.61 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Apr. 27.0 TT JDT = 2450200.5 T = 1996 Apr. 18.38774 +/- 0.02777 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 133.30399 +/- 0.00721 Node = 160.26603 +/- 0.00086 (2000.0) Incl. = 1.38424 +/- 0.00009 q = 2.6275500 +/- 0.0000313 AU e = 0.1674936 +/- 0.0000100 a = 3.1561918 +/- 0.0000170 AU n = 0.17577576 +/- 0.00000142 P = 5.607 +/- 0.0000452 years

Finding Charts 1995 Jan. 3 - 1996 Dec. 23 1996 Feb. 7 - 1997 Dec. 18

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.1 + 5 log d + 16.5 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.