205P/Giacobini (2008)

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Profile Designation 205P/2008 R6 Rediscovery Date September 10, 2008 Magnitude 13.5 mag Rediscoverers Koichi Itagaki (Teppo-cho, Yamagata), Hiroshi Kaneda (Minami-ku, Sapporo) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454720.5 T 2008 Sept. 10.06550 TT MPC q 1.5263869 (2000.0) P Q n 0.14800643 Peri. 154.23384 +0.89785767 +0.44028253 a 3.5395576 Node 179.63113 -0.43563565 +0.88892757 e 0.5687634 Incl. 15.30348 -0.06382148 +0.12632917 P 6.66 From 363 observations 1896-2008, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +1.19 +/- 0.01, A2 = +0.0277 +/- 0.0002.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph Component A: m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 30 log r Component B: m1 = 14.0 + 5 log d + 30 log r Component C: m1 = 15.0 + 5 log d + 30 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2008-S47. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.