C/2008 Q1 ( Maticic )

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Updated on October 3, 2010

Profile Discovery Date August 18, 2008 Magnitude 17.8 mag Discoverer Stanislav Maticic (Crni Vrh Observatory) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65935: Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5 T 2008 Dec. 30.1323 TT MPC q 2.959145 (2000.0) P Q z +0.001683 Peri. 104.4805 -0.1717319 -0.9748609 +/-0.000001 Node 9.3077 -0.7951642 +0.0520955 e 0.995019 Incl. 118.6266 +0.5815687 -0.2166386 From 741 observations 2008 Aug. 18-2009 May 4, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.5 + 5 log d + 7.5 log r(t - 100)

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.