228P/LINEAR (2011)

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Updated on July 7, 2017

Profile Designation 228P/2009 U2 Recovery Date October 18, 2009 Magnitude 20.9 mag Recoverer J. V. Scotti (Kitt Peak) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 75728: Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 T 2011 Aug. 23.8328 TT MPC q 3.430470 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1157766 Peri. 114.7925 -0.8231932 -0.5632966 a 4.169228 Node 31.0662 +0.4583961 -0.7332499 e 0.177193 Incl. 7.9154 +0.3350015 -0.3808432 P 8.51 From 176 observations 2001-2011, mean residual 0".7.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 11.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.