C/2015 F5 ( SWAN-Xingming )

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Updated on May 29, 2016

Profile Discovery Date March 29 and April 4, 2015 Magnitude 12.7 mag Discoverer Szymon Liwo (Swidnica, Poland), Worachate Boonplod (Samut Songkhram, Thailand), Guoyou Sun and Xing Gao (Xingming sky survey) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 Apr. 8.0 TT = JDT 2457120.5 T 2015 Mar. 28.09968 TT MPCW q 0.3460061 (2000.0) P Q n 0.01606669 Peri. 13.39318 +0.10678110 -0.86691337 a 15.5543446 Node 287.73903 -0.95284471 -0.22911781 e 0.9777550 Incl. 149.25673 -0.28405061 +0.44268074 P 61.3 From 187 observations 2015 Apr. 5-May 18, mean residual 0".8.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 13.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2015-N31. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.