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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2450000.5 (1995-Oct-10.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | 0.963225755046038 | 6.8344e-09 | |
a | 26.0920694978266 | 8.2048e-07 | au |
q | 0.959516155068868 | 1.7657e-07 | au |
i | 113.453816997171 | 2.1907e-05 | deg |
node | 139.3811920815948 | 2.7841e-05 | deg |
peri | 152.9821676305871 | 3.2865e-05 | deg |
M | 7.631696167124212 | 3.1321e-07 | deg |
tp | 2448968.499784556297 (1992-Dec-11.99978456) | 2.9166e-05 | TDB |
period | 48681.19346262312 133.28 | 0.0022962 6.287e-06 | d yr |
n | .007395052881692476 | 3.4881e-10 | deg/d |
Q | 51.22462284058444 | 1.6108e-06 | au |
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109P/Swift-Tuttle Discovered 1862-Jul-16 by Swift, Lewis at Marathon, New York |
Reference: comet.dis | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
Perihelion Year (est.) | New-Style Desig | Roman Numeral | Year/ Letter | 1992.9 | 109P/1992 S2 | 1992 XXVIII | 1992t |
1859.7 | 109P/1862 O1 | 1862 III | |
1726.4 | 109P/1737 N1 | 1737 II | |
127.0 | 109P/ 188 O1 | 188 | |
-6.3 | 109P/ -68 Q1 | -68 | |
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