P/1997 T3 ( Lagerkvist-Carsenty )

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Updated on March 26, 1999

Profile Discovery Date October 5, 1997 Magnitude 18.9 mag (R) Discoverer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Uppsala University Observatory)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 159 observations 1997 Oct. 5 to 1999 Feb. 13, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.57 arc seconds. Epoch = 1998 Mar. 8.0 TT JDT = 2450880.5 T = 1998 Mar. 11.28682 +/- 0.01771 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 334.20884 +/- 0.00653 Node = 63.19888 +/- 0.00762 (2000.0) Incl. = 4.83536 +/- 0.00104 q = 4.2402556 +/- 0.0000907 AU e = 0.3654377 +/- 0.0000089 a = 6.6821738 +/- 0.0001078 AU n = 0.05705943 +/- 0.00000138 P = 17.273 +/- 0.0004181 years (+/- 0.15 day)

Finding Charts 1997 Sept. 9 - 2000 Apr. 26

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 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.