270P/Gehrels (2013)

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Updated on May 7, 2015

Profile Designation 270P/2012 S5 Recovery Date September 25 and October 8, 2012 Magnitude 19.2 mag, 19.7 mag Recoverer A. D. Grauer (Mount Lemmon), R. S. McMillan (Spacewatch) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2013 July 7.0 TT = JDT 2456480.5 T 2013 July 7.95727 TT MPC q 3.6015221 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05485957 Peri. 210.93742 +0.23862540 -0.97046650 a 6.8596370 Node 225.28391 +0.90085333 +0.23482492 e 0.4749690 Incl. 2.85495 +0.36265851 +0.05524521 P 18.0 From 324 observations 1997 Feb. 1-2014 Feb. 16, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 4.5 + 5 log d + 20 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2014-J58. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.