C/2008 R3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on March 17, 2010

Profile Discovery Date September 7, 2008 Magnitude 18.5 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 64115: Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 T 2008 Nov. 22.4877 TT MPC q 1.908918 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0125436 Peri. 84.1555 +0.7256891 +0.0644886 a 18.345144 Node 270.5582 -0.3580148 +0.8855857 e 0.895944 Incl. 43.2377 +0.5875378 +0.4599774 P 78.6 From 308 observations 2008 Sept. 7-Nov. 9, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.2 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r(t - 40)

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.