15P/Finlay (2008)

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Updated on March 17, 2010

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Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54169: Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5 T 2008 June 22.5561 TT MPC q 0.970035 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1517418 Peri. 347.4771 +0.9993760 -0.0210673 a 3.481228 Node 13.8245 +0.0324391 +0.8650272 e 0.721353 Incl. 6.8143 -0.0139772 +0.5012825 P 6.50 From 60 observations 1967-2002, mean residual 1".2. Nongravitational parameters A1 = +0.10, A2 = +0.0185.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r(t - 20) [ , 20] ( - 2008 July 12) m1 = 9.4 + 5 log d + 25.0 log r(t - 20) [ 20,145] (2008 July 12 - 2008 Nov. 14) m1 = 13.2 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [145, ] (2008 Nov. 14 - )

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.