C/1996 B1 ( Szczepanski )

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Updated on August 22, 1996

Profile Discovery Date January 27, 1996 Magnitude 10.5 mag Discoverer Edward W. Szczepanski (Houston, TX)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements, by Kenji Muraoka are from 458 observations 1996 Jan. 28 to 1996 June 8, perturbations by 9 planets and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.70 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Feb. 7.0 TT JDT = 2450120.5 T = 1996 Feb. 6.91369 +/- 0.00020 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 151.28265 +/- 0.00020 Node = 345.44199 +/- 0.00007 (2000.0) Incl. = 51.91826 +/- 0.00019 q = 1.4487789 +/- 0.0000033 AU e = 0.9907294 +/- 0.0000149 1/a = +0.0063989 +/- 0.0000103 1/AU orig. 1/a = +0.0062184 fut. 1/a = +0.0069000

Finding Charts 1995 Sept.10 - 1996 Mar. 18 1996 Feb. 27 - 1996 Aug. 25

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 4.2 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r

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.