C/1995 Q1 ( Bradfiled )

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Updated on August 2, 1996

Profile Discovery Date August 17, 1995 Magnitude 6 mag Discoverer William A. Bradfield (Australia)

Orbital Elements by Kenji Muraoka, from 142 observations 1995 Aug. 18 to 1996 Feb. 7, mean residual is +/- 0.87 arc seconds. Epoch = 1995 Aug. 31.0 TT JDT = 2449960.5 T = 1995 Aug. 31.41846 +/- 0.00004 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 331.16166 +/- 0.00032 Node = 178.05437 +/- 0.00034 (2000.0) Incl. = 147.39420 +/- 0.00003 q = 0.4363883 +/- 0.0000020 AU e = 0.9980223 +/- 0.0000023 1/a = +0.0045321 +/- 0.0000052 1/AU

Finding Charts 1995 Mar. 4 - 1995 Aug. 11 1995 Aug. 1 - 1995 Nov. 19 1995 Oct. 10 - 1996 Apr. 27

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.35 + 5 log d + 11.67 log r [ ,110] ( - 1995 Dec. 19) m1 = 12.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [110, ] (1995 Dec. 19 - )

The orbital elements are calculated by Kenji Muraoka. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.