P/2005 K3 ( McNaught )

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Profile Discovery Date May 20, 2005 Magnitude 17.3 mag Discoverer R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 55521: Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5 T 2005 Aug. 11.4096 TT MPC q 1.509134 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1388273 Peri. 15.5910 +0.9898369 -0.1371232 a 3.693909 Node 352.0009 +0.0831372 +0.7729845 e 0.591454 Incl. 15.7121 +0.1153738 +0.6194290 P 7.10 From 377 observations 2005 May 20-Nov. 13, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 14.0 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.