P/2011 R3 ( Novichonok-Gerke )

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Updated on February 1, 2012

Profile Discovery Date September 7, 2011 Magnitude 18.9 mag Discoverer Artyom O. Novichonok and Vladimir V. Gerke (TAU station of the Ka-Dar Observatory, near Nizhniy Arkhyz, Russia) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 T 2012 Apr. 2.96525 TT MPC q 3.5579180 (2000.0) P Q n 0.09215587 Peri. 225.16767 +0.56954898 -0.81970943 a 4.8542341 Node 190.62112 +0.81597293 +0.57275816 e 0.2670485 Incl. 19.24416 +0.09900570 -0.00495410 P 10.7 From 318 observations 2011 Sept. 7-2012 Jan. 25, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-B78. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.