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l'astronomia amatoriale in Campania

Cometa 174P/Echeclus

DiLuca D'Avino

Mar 2, 2011 #Comete

174P/Echeclus
Elementi Orbitali
The following orbital elements are taken from Catalogue of Cometary Orbits 17th edition:

 
 
 
 

174P/Echeclus
Epoch 1980 Mar. 22.0 TT = JDT 2444320.5
T 1980 Mar. 6.4676 TT                                   MPC
q   5.808382             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0282446      Peri.  162.5614      +0.9135409      +0.4066544
a  10.678558       Node   173.4241      -0.3816260      +0.8643000
e   0.456071       Incl.    4.3415      -0.1407286      +0.2960030
P  34.9
From 188 observations 1979-2008, mean residual 0".5.

Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:

174P/Echeclus
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2015 Apr. 18.7378 TT                                  MPC
q   5.826575             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0279615      Peri.  162.6014      +0.9135848      +0.4065549
a  10.750504       Node   173.3902      -0.3815172      +0.8643434
e   0.458018       Incl.    4.3410      -0.1407388      +0.2960128
P  35.2

Foto Cometa 174P