C/1996 Q1 ( Tabur )

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Updated on November 10, 2002

Profile Discovery Date August 19, 1996 Magnitude 10 mag Discoverer Vello Tabur (Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 170 observations 1996 Aug. 21 to Oct. 16, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.84 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Nov. 13.0 TT JDT = 2450400.5 T = 1996 Nov. 3.52909 +/- 0.00271 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 57.40985 +/- 0.00239 Node = 31.40097 +/- 0.00147 (2000.0) Incl. = 73.35731 +/- 0.00147 q = 0.8398150 +/- 0.0000137 AU e = 0.9987931 +/- 0.0001381 1/a = +0.0014371 +/- 0.0001644 1/AU ( P = 18356 years ) orig. 1/a = +0.0019533 fut. 1/a = +0.0013944

Finding Charts 1996 May 7 - 1996 Sept.29 1996 Sept.19 - 1996 Nov. 3 1996 Oct. 4 - 1997 Aug. 10

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.6 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ ,-35] ( - 1996 Sept.29) m1 = 7.2 + 5 log d - 3.5 log r [-35,-15] (1996 Sept.29 - 1996 Oct. 19) m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d - 80 log r [-15, 0] (1996 Oct. 19 - 1996 Nov. 3) m1 = 11.2 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ 0, ] (1996 Nov. 3 - ) * Gray curve is: m1 = 6.6 + 5 log d + 15.0 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.