257P/Catalina (2006)

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Updated on June 5, 2012

Profile Designation 257P/2005 JY126 Discovery Date May 12, 2005 Magnitude 17.4 mag Discoverer Catalina Sky Survey

Orbital Elements Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5 T 2006 Feb. 21.32535 TT MPC q 2.1259869 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13559389 Peri. 117.58760 +0.79918201 +0.57876029 a 3.7524015 Node 207.98603 -0.59631602 +0.79734587 e 0.4334330 Incl. 20.23604 +0.07559968 +0.17110259 P 7.27 From 321 observations 2005 Apr. 17-2012 May 28, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 11.8 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r(t + 70)

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-L04. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.