C/2004 Q1 ( Tucker )

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Updated on April 23, 2006

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.