178P/Hug-Bell (2006)

Japanese version Home page

Updated on April 21, 2007

Profile Designation 178P/2006 O1 Recovery Date July 16, 2006 Magnitude 18.6-18.7 mag Recoverer D. Tibbets and G. Hug (Eskridge, KS)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2006 July 4.0 TT = JDT 2453920.5 T 2006 July 6.55956 TT MPC q 1.9470234 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13959877 Peri. 296.87484 +0.74432463 -0.64173785 a 3.6802868 Node 103.64828 +0.66009163 +0.66500836 e 0.4709588 Incl. 10.96308 +0.10129107 +0.38201624 P 7.06

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 13.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2006-O3. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.