C/2018 V1 ( Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto )

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Updated on December 26, 2019

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* Profile

Discovery Date November 7, 2018
Magnitude 10.5 mag, 12.0 mag, 10 mag
Discoverer Donald E. Machholz, Jr. (Colfax, CA, U.S.A.), Shigehisa Fujikawa (Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan), Masayuki Iwamoto (Awa, Tokushima, Japan)

* Pictures

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2018 Nov. 18.0 TT = JDT 2458440.5
T 2018 Dec. 3.50740 TT                                  MPCW
q   0.3869462            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0013397      Peri.   88.77451     +0.61752117     +0.63893372
 +/-0.0000360      Node   128.72481     +0.24562203     -0.71069182
e   1.0005184      Incl.  143.98533     +0.74721979     -0.29441610
From 696 observations 2018 Nov. 8-Dec. 15, mean residual 0".6.

* Finding Charts

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 13.5 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r(t + 10)

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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.

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