153P/Ikeya-Zhang (2002)

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Updated on November 12, 2002

Profile Designation 153P/2002 C1 Discovery Date February 1, 2002 Magnitude 9.0 mag, 8.5 mag, 7.5 mag Discoverer Kaoru Ikeya (Shizuoka, Japan), Daqing Zhang (Henan province, China), P. M. Raymundo (Salvador, Brazil)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2002 Mar. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452360.5 T 2002 Mar. 18.9799 TT MPCN q 0.507069 (2000.0) P Q z +0.019600 Peri. 34.6670 -0.5491478 -0.6906892 Node 93.3703 +0.6195960 -0.7142941 e 0.990062 Incl. 28.1207 +0.5608363 +0.1128374 From 1513 observations 1661-2002, mean residual 0".9. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.32, A2 = -0.0228.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.8 + 5 log d + 9.0 log r [ , 0] ( - 2002 Mar. 18) m1 = 6.4 + 5 log d + 8.4 log r [ 0, 50] (2002 Mar. 18 - 2002 May 7) m1 = 6.6 + 5 log d + 5.0 log r [ 50,100] (2002 May 7 - 2002 June 26) m1 = -1.0 + 5 log d + 30 log r [100,170] (2002 June 26 - 2002 Sept. 4) m1 = 6.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [170, ] (2002 Sept. 4 - ) * Green curve is: m1 = 6.8 + 5 log d + 9.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.