C/2008 T2 ( Cardinal )

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Updated on March 27, 2010

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* Profile

Discovery Date October 1, 2008
Magnitude 16.0 mag
Discoverer Rob D. Cardinal (University of Calgary, Priddis)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66921:

Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5
T 2009 June 13.2385 TT                                  MPC
q   1.202239             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.000134       Peri.  215.8695      -0.7675781      +0.0280983
                   Node   309.6781      +0.5757120      -0.4089218
e   1.000161       Incl.   56.3041      -0.2817438      -0.9121367
From 1292 observations 2008 Oct. 6-2009 Aug. 14, mean residual 0".6.
     Nongravitational parameters A1 = -1.35, A2 = +0.6263.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 6.0 + 5 log d + 13.0 log r

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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.

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