135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 (1999)

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Updated on July 11, 1999

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* Profile

Designation 135P/1998 B1
Recovery Date January 22, 1998
Magnitude 21.8 mag
Recoverer C. W. Hergenrother (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

* Orbital Elements

   The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are 
  from 86 observations 1992 to 1999, perturbations by 9 Plantes, 
  Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. 
   The mean residual is +/- 0.82 arc seconds.

      Epoch  =  1999 Dec.  8.0  TT       JDT = 2451520.5
          T  =  1999 Dec. 10.51715       +/- 0.00068 (m.e.) TT
       Peri. =   22.58759                +/- 0.00025
       Node  =  213.31746                +/- 0.00019   (2000.0)
       Incl. =    6.05042                +/- 0.00003
          q  =    2.7211912              +/- 0.0000020 AU
          e  =    0.2894580              +/- 0.0000004
          a  =    3.8297403              +/- 0.0000010 AU
          n  =    0.13150737             +/- 0.00000005
          P  =    7.495                  +/- 0.0000028  years

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 17.5 log r

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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.

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