C/2006 XA1 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on July 27, 2008

Profile Discovery Date December 9, 2006 Magnitude 17.6 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62270: Epoch 2007 Aug. 8.0 TT = JDT 2454320.5 T 2007 July 21.9010 TT MPC q 1.804376 (2000.0) P Q z +0.004049 Peri. 187.4199 -0.8179378 -0.4666144 +/-0.000003 Node 318.6623 +0.5505428 -0.4650771 e 0.992694 Incl. 30.6307 +0.1669741 -0.7523126 From 465 observations 2006 Dec. 9-2008 Mar. 9, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 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.