221P/LINEAR (2002)

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Updated on May 5, 2012

Profile Designation 221P/2002 JN16 Discovery Date May 9, 2002 Magnitude 18.0 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5 T 2002 July 27.59814 TT MPC q 1.7905514 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15153529 Peri. 39.62960 -0.01478845 +0.98830854 a 3.4843907 Node 230.07721 -0.96024655 -0.05634839 e 0.4861221 Incl. 11.41241 -0.27876130 +0.14167246 P 6.50 From 173 observations 2002 Apr. 14-2009 Sept. 27, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 14.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-J16. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.