C/2000 S5

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Updated on May 1, 2002

Profile Discovery Date September 19, 2000 Magnitude 11.6 mag Discoverer T. Makinen (SWAN team)

Orbital Elements T 2000 Oct. 27.06 TT MPC q 0.5992 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 291.63 +0.17994 +0.94984 Node 341.67 -0.27634 -0.20075 e 1.0 Incl. 54.44 -0.94406 +0.23980 >From 11 observations 2000 Sept. 19-Nov. 4.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ ,-35] ( - 2000 Sept.22) m1 = 10.0 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [-35,-15] (2000 Sept.22 - 2000 Oct. 12) m1 = 3.3 + 5 log d - 19 log r [-15, 0] (2000 Oct. 12 - 2000 Oct. 27) m1 = 9.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ 0, ] (2000 Oct. 27 - ) * Gray curve is: m1 = 9.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are calculated by Dr. Brian G. Marsden and printed on M.P.E.C. 2002-H41. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.