P/2015 PD229 ( Cameron-ISON )

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Updated on January 5, 2019

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* Profile

Discovery Date August 15 and May 27, 2015
Magnitude 18.6 mag, 22.3 mag
Discoverer David A. Cameron (Cerro Tololo), International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) (Siding Spring)

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2015 Aug. 6.0 TT = JDT 2457240.5
T 2015 Aug. 14.22982 TT                                 MPCW
q   4.8318103            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05126336     Peri.  352.37253     +0.90740255     +0.42013198
a   7.1768084      Node   342.77296     -0.38369185     +0.81801476
e   0.3267467      Incl.    2.02696     -0.17146769     +0.39286253
P  19.23
From 100 observations 2015 May 27-2016 Nov. 24, mean residual 0".4.

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2017-A77.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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