285P/LINEAR (2013)

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Updated on April 29, 2014

Profile Designation 285P/2013 K2 Recovery Date May 18, 2013 Magnitude 18.3 mag Recoverer Hidetaka Sato (Tokyo, Japan) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2013 July 7.0 TT = JDT 2456480.5 T 2013 June 28.85093 TT MPC q 1.6907732 (2000.0) P Q n 0.10354392 Peri. 177.46517 +0.99729300 -0.05710737 a 4.4914475 Node 186.38787 +0.05798929 +0.99815628 e 0.6235572 Incl. 24.60223 +0.04520970 -0.02056176 P 9.52 From 123 observations 2003 Sept. 19-2013 Oct. 14, mean residual 0".6.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2013-T115. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.