P/1999 V1 ( Catalina )

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Updated on June 11, 2000

Profile Discovery Date November 5, 1999 Magnitude 17.6 mag Discoverer C. W. Hergenrother (Catalina Sky Survey)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 97 observations 1999 Nov. 5 to 2000 Apr. 24, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.74 arc seconds. Epoch = 1999 Oct. 29.0 TT JDT = 2451480.5 T = 1999 Oct. 25.06339 +/- 0.01375 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 186.69553 +/- 0.00439 Node = 294.31128 +/- 0.00569 (2000.0) Incl. = 15.58696 +/- 0.00176 q = 2.9442938 +/- 0.0002282 AU e = 0.5504887 +/- 0.0000253 a = 6.5499886 +/- 0.0003492 AU n = 0.05879539 +/- 0.00000470 P = 16.763 +/- 0.0013405 years (+/- 0.49 day)

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 11.0 + 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.