C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz )

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Updated on September 3, 2006

Profile Discovery Date August 27, 2004 Magnitude 11.2 mag Discoverer Donald Edward Machholz (Colfax, CA) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54558: Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 T 2005 Jan. 24.9113 TT MPC q 1.205045 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000447 Peri. 19.5043 -0.3200320 -0.7142059 Node 93.6241 +0.7651321 -0.5823130 e 0.999461 Incl. 38.5893 +0.5587061 +0.3883574 From 2809 observations 2004 Aug. 27-2005 July 16, mean residual 0".5. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +1.20, A2 = +0.0795.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 5.0 + 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.