P/2002 Q1 ( Van Ness )

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Profile Discovery Date August 17, 2002 Magnitude 16.9 mag Discoverer M. E. Van Ness (Lowell Observatory-LONEOS)

Orbital Elements T 2002 July 15.9875 TT MPC q 1.521342 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1482999 Peri. 184.7494 +0.9981417 +0.0001055 a 3.534887 Node 174.1016 -0.0135859 +0.9752132 e 0.569621 Incl. 36.3675 -0.0594024 -0.2212671 P 6.65 >From 55 observations 2002 Aug. 17-Oct. 14.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2002-U11. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.