270P/Gehrels (1996)

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Updated on October 13, 2012

Profile Designation 270P/1997 C1 Discovery Date February 1, 1997 Magnitude 17.9 mag Discoverer Tom Gehrels (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory)

Orbital Elements Epoch 1996 Feb. 7.0 TT = JDT 2450120.5 T 1996 Jan. 29.20478 TT MPC q 3.5652160 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05668270 Peri. 211.34977 +0.22090024 -0.97463398 a 6.7117489 Node 225.91581 +0.90485255 +0.21855649 e 0.4688097 Incl. 2.86791 +0.36392986 +0.04818370 P 17.4 From 162 observations 1997 Feb. 1-2012 Oct. 8, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts 1995 July 2 - 1996 Aug. 5 1996 June 26 - 1998 June 16

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 3.0 + 5 log d + 20 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-T24. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.