C/2006 OF2 ( Broughton )

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Updated on March 6, 2011

Profile Discovery Date July 17, 2006 Magnitude 18.2 mag Discoverer J. Broughton (Reedy Creek) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 72849: Epoch 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454720.5 T 2008 Sept. 15.6845 TT MPC q 2.431440 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000347 Peri. 95.6122 +0.4967690 -0.8014710 Node 318.5079 +0.4517829 +0.5663795 e 1.000844 Incl. 30.1704 +0.7410215 +0.1919855 From 4773 observations 2006 June 23-2010 May 11, mean residual 0".5. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.74, A2 = -3.6043.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 5.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r(t - 50) [ ,50] ( - 2008 Nov. 4) m1 = 4.0 + 5 log d + 12.5 log r(t - 50) [50, ] (2008 Nov. 4 - )

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.