C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on October 7, 2008

Profile Discovery Date January 29, 2004 Magnitude 19.1 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 57131: Epoch 2006 Jan. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453760.5 T 2006 Feb. 7.8875 TT MPC q 1.601940 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000806 Peri. 327.9000 +0.2581066 -0.3194697 +/-0.000000 Node 272.8018 -0.5736009 -0.8100795 e 1.001292 Incl. 114.0965 -0.7774078 +0.4916405 From 974 observations 2004 Jan. 28-2006 July 6, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 7.0 log r(t + 70) [ ,-70] ( - 2005 Nov. 29) m1 = 8.1 + 5 log d + 9.0 log r(t + 70) [-70,120] (2005 Nov. 29 - 2006 June 7) m1 = 10.5 + 5 log d + 5.0 log r [120, ] (2006 June 7 - )

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.