240P/NEAT (2010)

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Updated on February 10, 2013

Profile Designation 240P/2010 P1 Recovery Date August 9, 10, 11, 2010 Magnitude 17.3, 16.9, 17.5, 16.8 mag Recoverer H. Taylor (Rayle, GA, U.S.A.), Hidetaka Sato (Tokyo, Japan; remotely, RAS Observatory, Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.), Leonid Elenin (Lyubertsy, Russia; remotely, ISON-NM Observatory, Mayhill), Toru Yusa (remotely, RAS Observatory, Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2010 Oct. 11.0 TT = JDT 2455480.5 T 2010 Oct. 4.27295 TT MPC q 2.1237731 (2000.0) P Q n 0.12986920 Peri. 351.92637 +0.38104994 -0.84036747 a 3.8618786 Node 74.97460 +0.86899844 +0.18319538 e 0.4500674 Incl. 23.52258 +0.31566223 +0.51011955 P 7.59 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 = 7.8 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ ,174] ( - 2011 Mar. 27) m1 = -249 + 5 log d + 800 log r(t - 210) [174,210] (2011 Mar. 27 - 2011 May 2) m1 = 7.4 + 5 log d + 16.0 log r(t - 230) [210, ] (2011 May 2 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-H42. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.