C/2004 X3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on January 7, 2006

Profile Discovery Date December 15, 2004 Magnitude 20.1 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54698: Epoch 2005 May 30.0 TT = JDT 2453520.5 T 2005 June 17.2459 TT MPC q 4.402200 (2000.0) P Q z -0.001405 Peri. 202.1347 -0.9031086 +0.3184420 +/-0.000007 Node 343.0450 +0.3445222 +0.1368813 e 1.006185 Incl. 81.0624 -0.2563189 -0.9380076 From 222 observations 2004 Dec. 15-2005 July 3, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 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.