C/2006 W3 ( Christensen )

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Profile Discovery Date November 18, 2006 Magnitude 18.1 mag Discoverer E. J. Christensen (Catalina Sky Survey) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 61436: Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2009 July 6.6618 TT MPC q 3.126204 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000011 Peri. 133.5190 +0.6760445 -0.0904784 +/-0.000003 Node 113.5726 -0.6488019 -0.5435597 e 1.000035 Incl. 127.0735 +0.3493136 -0.8344798 From 284 observations 2006 Oct. 29-2007 Dec. 16, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 4.2 + 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.