124P/Mrkos (1996)

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Updated on December 22, 1998

Profile Designation 124P/1995 S3 Recovery Date September 20, 28, 1995 Magnitude 20.2 mag Recoverer C. W. Hergenrother, W. Offutt (Kitt Peak)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 65 observations 1991 to 1998, perturbations by 9 Plantes, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.75 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 Nov. 13.0 TT JDT = 2450400.5 T = 1996 Nov. 9.07059 +/- 0.00039 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 180.52130 +/- 0.00030 Node = 1.65283 +/- 0.00002 (2000.0) Incl. = 31.47082 +/- 0.00005 q = 1.4128940 +/- 0.0000018 AU e = 0.5542498 +/- 0.0000003 a = 3.1696989 +/- 0.0000015 AU n = 0.17465340 +/- 0.00000012 P = 5.643 +/- 0.0000039 years

Finding Charts 1995 Sept.10 - 1996 Sept.24 1996 Aug. 15 - 1997 Jan. 2 1996 Nov. 23 - 1997 Sept.19

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are calculated by Kenji Muraoka. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.