318P/McNaught-Hartley (2015)

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Updated on November 20, 2016

Profile Designation 318P/2014 M6 Recovery Date June 29, 2014 and March 31, 2015 Magnitude 21.0 mag, 18.2 mag Recoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala), MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of the Telescope-Robots) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 Oct. 25.0 TT = JDT 2457320.5 T 2015 Oct. 22.47386 TT MPCW q 2.4482473 (2000.0) P Q n 0.04783734 Peri. 313.22398 +0.96093354 +0.21097225 a 7.5155030 Node 35.72497 -0.06074977 +0.79227683 e 0.6742404 Incl. 17.86840 -0.27002998 +0.57252784 P 20.60 From 389 observations 1994 July 5-2016 Feb. 5, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2016-K18. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.