C/2000 A1 ( Montani )

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Updated on July 29, 2002

Profile Discovery Date January 12, 2000 Magnitude 18.9 mag Discoverer J. Montani (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2000 June 25.0 TT = JDT 2451720.5 T 2000 July 13.1567 TT MPCN q 9.743093 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000395 Peri. 14.2668 -0.5685630 -0.7266853 +/-0.000003 Node 111.8356 +0.7081736 -0.6708574 e 1.003847 Incl. 24.5427 +0.4186004 +0.1479149 From 126 observations 2000 Jan. 4-2002 Feb. 15, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.