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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455800.5 (2011-Aug-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL K183/17 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | .6004056650597324 | 5.121e-08 | |
a | 3.563192488283361 | 5.9073e-08 | au |
q | 1.423831532619747 | 1.7905e-07 | au |
i | 19.04992263042993 | 5.3774e-06 | deg |
node | 118.8779145108195 | 1.9268e-05 | deg |
peri | 332.7876924849961 | 2.3509e-05 | deg |
M | 352.2223723255485 | 5.1241e-06 | deg |
tp | 2455853.576466355146 (2011-Oct-19.07646636) | 3.5558e-05 | TDB |
period | 2456.729569431331 6.73 | 6.1094e-05 1.673e-07 | d yr |
n | .1465362750867734 | 3.6441e-09 | deg/d |
Q | 5.702553443946976 | 9.4541e-08 | au |
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Additional Model Parameters
Parameter | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) |
A1 [EST] | -1.66674572015203E-10 | 1.533E-11 |
A2 [EST] | 6.250096026760216E-11 | 6.206E-12 |
A3 [EST] | 3.44932024303957E-10 | 2.137E-11 |
DT [EST] | 155.4735044387043 | 9.089 |
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
comet total magnitude |
M1 |
14.2 |
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0.7 |
K183/17 |
2 parameter fit from 908 observations, autocmod 2.9b |
comet total magnitude slope |
K1 |
5.75 |
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n/a |
K183/17 |
autocmod 2.9b |
diameter |
diameter |
8.48 |
km |
n/a |
Lamy,P.L.;Toth,I.;Fernandez,Y.R.;Weaver,H.A.; (2004) Comets II, pp. 223-264 |
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rotation period |
rot_per |
13.450 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List: [Eisner, N.; Knight, M.M.; Schleigcher, D.G. (2017) Astron. J. 154, A196.] |
geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.028 |
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0.005 |
Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 89, Issue 1, p. 117-134 (2002) |
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49P/Arend-Rigaux Discovered 1951-Feb-05 by Arend, Silvio and Rigaux, F. at Uccle, Belgium |
discovered on plate/photo taken on discovery date as well as 2/6 |
Reference: comet.dis | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
Perihelion Year (est.) | New-Style Desig | Roman Numeral | Year/ Letter | 1991.6 | | 1991 XVII | |
1984.9 | | 1984 XXI | 1984k |
1978.2 | | 1978 III | 1977k |
1971.4 | | 1971 IV | 1970j |
1964.7 | | 1964 V | 1963g |
1958.0 | 49P/1958 B1 | 1957 VII | 1958b |
1951.3 | 49P/1951 C2 | 1950 VII | 1951b |
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