440P/Kobayashi (1997)

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Updated on January 26, 2022

Profile Designation 440P/1997 B1 Discovery Date January 30, 1997 Magnitude 18 mag Discoverer Takao Kobayashi (Oizumi, Gunma, Japan)

Orbital Elements Epoch 1997 Mar. 13.0 TT = JDT 2450520.5 T 1997 Mar. 2.35117 TT Rudenko q 2.0545718 (2000.0) P Q n 0.03915982 Peri. 183.34181 -0.88555809 -0.45132872 a 8.5883337 Node 329.06412 +0.43100250 -0.71000854 e 0.7607718 Incl. 12.34983 +0.17327351 -0.54054625 P 25.2 From 263 observations 1997 Jan. 30-2022 Jan. 11, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts 1996 Dec. 3 - 1997 July 31

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 15.2 + 5 log d + 5 log r(t - 30)

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2022-A164. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.