P/1997 B1 ( Kobayashi )

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Updated on September 29, 2004

Profile Discovery Date January 30, 1997 Magnitude 18 mag Discoverer Takao Kobayashi (Oizumi, Gunma, Japan)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements, by Kenji Muraoka, are from 231 observations 1997 Jan. 30 to May 28, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.48 arc seconds. Epoch = 1997 Mar. 13.0 TT JDT = 2450520.5 T = 1997 Mar. 2.34714 +/- 0.00163 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 183.34012 +/- 0.00171 Node = 329.06411 +/- 0.00193 (2000.0) Incl. = 12.34952 +/- 0.00024 q = 2.0545494 +/- 0.0000897 AU e = 0.7607513 +/- 0.0000070 a = 8.5875047 +/- 0.0002774 AU n = 0.03916549 +/- 0.00000190 P = 25.165 +/- 0.0012192 years (+/- 0.45 day)

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 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.