C/2002 O6 ( SWAN )

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Updated on September 28, 2002

Profile Discovery Date July 25, 2002 Magnitude 9 mag Discoverer Masayuki Suzuki (Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan)

Orbital Elements T 2002 Sept. 9.4491 TT MPC q 0.494649 (2000.0) P Q z +0.002814 Peri. 78.7480 +0.4185151 -0.8080834 Node 330.9520 -0.0104404 +0.4521293 e 0.998608 Incl. 58.6247 +0.9081498 +0.3775980 >From 181 observations 2002 Aug. 1-31.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.8 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ ,-36] ( - 2002 Aug. 4) m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [-36,-17] (2002 Aug. 4 - 2002 Aug. 23) m1 = 6.4 + 5 log d - 7 log r [-17, 0] (2002 Aug. 23 - 2002 Sept. 9) m1 = 20.7 + 5 log d + 40 log r [ 0, ] (2002 Sept. 9 - ) * Gray curve is: m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2002-R17. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.