C/2004 Q1 ( Tucker )

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Profile Discovery Date August 23, 2004 Magnitude 14.6 mag Discoverer Roy A. Tucker (Tucson, AZ) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54698: Epoch 2004 Dec. 21.0 TT = JDT 2453360.5 T 2004 Dec. 6.8651 TT MPC q 2.046725 (2000.0) P Q z +0.005360 Peri. 32.9684 +0.6627902 -0.6804196 +/-0.000000 Node 22.1302 +0.3683658 -0.0672194 e 0.989029 Incl. 56.0877 +0.6519324 +0.7297333 From 1892 observations 2004 Aug. 22-2005 Aug. 16, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 0.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r [ ,0] ( - 2004 Dec. 6) m1 = 6.1 + 5 log d + 12 log r [0, ] (2004 Dec. 6 - )

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.