240P/NEAT (2003)

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Updated on April 23, 2012

Profile Designation 240P/2002 X2 Discovery Date December 7, 2002 Magnitude 18.4 mag Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2003 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452720.5 T 2003 Mar. 29.59957 TT MPC q 2.5287153 (2000.0) P Q n 0.12162712 Peri. 356.03489 +0.26593844 -0.86812312 a 4.0344322 Node 78.15457 +0.89580455 +0.06195220 e 0.3732166 Incl. 25.35413 +0.35610525 +0.49246744 P 8.10 From 1656 observations 2002 Oct. 5-2012 Apr. 16, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -1.18, A2 = +1.0823.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.2 + 5 log d + 17.5 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-H42. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.