205P/Giacobini (2008)

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Updated on January 6, 2021

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. 10.04267 TT MPC q 1.5264496 (2000.0) P Q n 0.14800538 Peri. 154.21884 +0.89773496 +0.44053268 a 3.5395744 Node 179.63013 -0.43588378 +0.88880857 e 0.5687477 Incl. 15.30444 -0.06385355 +0.12629444 P 6.66 From 1392 observations 1896 Sept. 5-2009 Feb. 28, mean residual 1".1. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +1.35, A2 = +0.0303.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph Component A: m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 30 log r [ ,60] ( - 2008 Nov. 9) m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 20 log r [60, ] (2008 Nov. 9 - ) 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. 2012-J16. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.