C/1996 N1 ( Brewington )

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Updated on December 11, 2022

Profile Discovery Date July 4, 1996 Magnitude 10 mag Discoverer Howard J. Brewington (Cloudcroft, NM)

Orbital Elements The following improved orbital elements by Kenji Muraoka, are from 291 observations 1996 July 4 to Nov. 3, perturbations by 9 Planets, Moon and 5 minor planets were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.74 arc seconds. Epoch = 1996 July 16.0 TT JDT = 2450280.5 T = 1996 Aug. 3.42378 +/- 0.00005 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 43.96953 +/- 0.00009 Node = 234.90045 +/- 0.00012 (2000.0) Incl. = 52.14819 +/- 0.00008 q = 0.9258217 +/- 0.0000007 AU e = 1.0005676 +/- 0.0000057 1/a = -0.0006131 +/- 0.0000062 1/AU orig. 1/a = -0.0001532 fut. 1/a = +0.0005337

Finding Charts 1996 Jan. 8 - 1996 Aug. 15 1996 June 26 - 1997 Feb. 1

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r(t - 12)

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.