C/2006 M4 ( SWAN )

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Updated on February 10, 2013

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* Profile

Discovery Date June 20, 2006
Magnitude 12 mag
Discoverer R. D. Matson (Irvine, CA), M. Mattiazzo (Adelaide, S. Australia)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5
T 2006 Sept. 28.72838 TT                                MPC
q   0.7830077            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0002383      Peri.   62.59398     -0.22208969     +0.84760246
 +/-0.0000013      Node   148.72659     +0.15020016     -0.45862196
e   1.0001866      Incl.  111.82332     +0.96338781     +0.26690068
From 1138 observations 2006 July 12-2007 Sept. 18, mean residual 0".6.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 6.8 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r(t - 10)  [  ,26]  (             - 2006 Oct. 24)
        m1 = 5.2 + 5 log d + 27.5 log r          [26,40]  (2006 Oct. 24 - 2006 Nov.  7)
        m1 = 6.4 + 5 log d + 12.0 log r(t - 10)  [40,95]  (2006 Nov.  7 - 2007 Jan.  1)
        m1 = 5.2 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r          [95,  ]  (2007 Jan.  1 -             )

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2013-A29.
The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII).
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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