C/1999 K7 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on September 27, 1999

Profile Discovery Date May 24, 1999 Magnitude 18.6 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 37 observations 1999 May 24 to July 7, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.86 arc seconds. Epoch = 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT JDT = 2451240.5 T = 1999 Feb. 24.77251 +/- 0.05661 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 104.65845 +/- 0.01277 Node = 50.33106 +/- 0.01347 (2000.0) Incl. = 135.15845 +/- 0.00832 q = 2.3227208 +/- 0.0003174 AU e = 0.9965111 +/- 0.0007391 1/a = +0.0015021 +/- 0.0003182 1/AU ( P = 17178 years ) orig. 1/a = +0.001516 fut. 1/a = +0.001859

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 13.0 + 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.