C/2017 T1 ( Heinze )

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Updated on March 5, 2020

Profile Discovery Date October 2, 2017 Magnitude 18.2 mag Discoverer Aren Heinze (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) search program) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2018 Feb. 11.0 TT = JDT 2458160.5 T 2018 Feb. 21.71157 TT MPCW q 0.5806491 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0002339 Peri. 96.91928 +0.14107970 +0.19774320 Node 102.31575 -0.47694973 -0.84506420 e 1.0001358 Incl. 96.83253 +0.86753414 -0.49675358 From 1036 observations 2017 Sept. 28-2018 Mar. 25, mean residual 0".9. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +3.48, A2 = -0.2230.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 9.0 log r [ ,-22] ( - 2018 Jan. 30) m1 = 14.0 + 5 log d + 13.0 log r(t + 20) [-22, ] (2018 Jan. 30 - ) * Gray curve is: m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 9.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2019-J142. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.