C/1997 A1 ( NEAT )

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Updated on January 30, 2011

Profile Discovery Date January 10, 1997 Magnitude 18.6 mag Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Orbital Elements Epoch 1997 June 1.0 TT = JDT 2450600.5 T 1997 June 19.59289 TT MPC q 3.1571977 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0006495 Peri. 40.01325 -0.18104103 +0.89872342 +/-0.000001 Node 135.76676 +0.69029043 -0.17314704 e 1.0020505 Incl. 145.07176 +0.70051643 +0.40288500 From 194 observations 1997 Jan. 9-Dec. 28, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts 1996 Nov. 3 - 1998 Apr. 7

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

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2011-A08. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.