Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 50354:
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2004 Apr. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453120.5
T 2004 Apr. 23.0604 TT MPCM
q 0.614593 (2000.0)   Q
z -0.000845 Peri. 157.7366 +0.4344201 -0.8375908
+/-0.000001 Node 94.8589 -0.8683658 -0.2918032
e 1.000519 Incl. 160.5833 -0.2392068 -0.4618361
From 2431 observations 2002 Oct. 12-2003 Dec. 8, mean residual 0".5.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5
T 2004 Apr. 23.0615 TT MPCM
q 0.614570 (2000.0)   Q
z -0.000817 Peri. 157.7381 +0.4343767 -0.8376118
+/-0.000001 Node 94.8574 -0.8683836 -0.2917612
e 1.000502 Incl. 160.5831 -0.2392214 -0.4618245 |