327P/Van Ness (2015)

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Updated on June 11, 2016

Profile Designation 327P/2015 P2 Recovery Date August 6 and 10, 2015 Magnitude 19.9 mag, 19.5 mag Recoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala), Krisztian Sarneczky and Adam Sodor (Konkoly Observatory) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 Dec. 4.0 TT = JDT 2457360.5 T 2015 Dec. 12.42867 TT MPCW q 1.5603406 (2000.0) P Q n 0.14631065 Peri. 185.09505 +0.99806026 -0.00379317 a 3.5668548 Node 173.96264 -0.00987145 +0.97587181 e 0.5625444 Incl. 36.21456 -0.06146768 -0.21831130 P 6.74 From 89 observations 2002 Aug. 17-2015 Dec. 8, mean residual 0".6.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.5 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2015-Y73. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.