C/2001 B2 ( NEAT )

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Updated on December 18, 2003

Profile Discovery Date January 24, 2001 Magnitude 15.5 mag Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5 T 2000 Sept. 1.8789 TT MPCN q 5.306457 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000566 Peri. 304.7517 -0.8771571 -0.3894755 +/-0.000005 Node 145.0851 -0.0788480 +0.6938337 e 1.003002 Incl. 150.6086 -0.4736860 +0.6057257 From 234 observations 2001 Jan. 24-Dec. 20, mean residual 0".7.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.5 + 5 log d + 6.3 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.