C/2006 V1 ( Catalina )

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Updated on October 15, 2008

Profile Discovery Date November 11, 2006 Magnitude 18.5 mag Discoverer Catalina Sky Survey Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62580: Epoch 2007 Dec. 6.0 TT = JDT 2454440.5 T 2007 Nov. 26.5460 TT MPC q 2.674769 (2000.0) P Q z +0.003833 Peri. 253.4140 -0.5975599 +0.7731534 +/-0.000002 Node 335.7219 -0.3814838 -0.5072390 e 0.989749 Incl. 31.1193 -0.7052604 -0.3807132 From 612 observations 2006 Nov. 11-2008 Apr. 5, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.2 + 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.