C/2008 T2 ( Cardinal )

Japanese version Home page

Updated on March 27, 2010

Profile Discovery Date October 1, 2008 Magnitude 16.0 mag Discoverer Rob D. Cardinal (University of Calgary, Priddis) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66921: Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2009 June 13.2385 TT MPC q 1.202239 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000134 Peri. 215.8695 -0.7675781 +0.0280983 Node 309.6781 +0.5757120 -0.4089218 e 1.000161 Incl. 56.3041 -0.2817438 -0.9121367 From 1292 observations 2008 Oct. 6-2009 Aug. 14, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational parameters A1 = -1.35, A2 = +0.6263.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.0 + 5 log d + 13.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.