134P/Kowal-Vavrova (1998)

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Updated on September 29, 2004

Profile Designation 134P/1997 X2 Recovery Date December 5, 1997 Magnitude 21.8 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 52 observations 1983 May 8 to 1998 June 18, perturbations by 9 Plantes, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.63 arc seconds. Epoch = 1998 Nov. 3.0 TT JDT = 2451120.5 T = 1998 Nov. 18.85374 +/- 0.00132 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 18.71177 +/- 0.00055 Node = 202.28607 +/- 0.00045 (2000.0) Incl. = 4.34521 +/- 0.00003 q = 2.5753243 +/- 0.0000091 AU e = 0.5871919 +/- 0.0000013 a = 6.2385515 +/- 0.0000048 AU n = 0.06325261 +/- 0.00000007 P = 15.582 +/- 0.0000179 years

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 0 + 5 log d + 30 log r(t - 80)

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.