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C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)
Classification: Comet          SPK-ID: 1000132
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2450348.5 (1996-Sep-22.0) TDB
Reference: JPL J971A/1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .9952553755606356 1.2802e-06  
q .9143548960566601 1.8109e-06 au
tp 2450539.624184239235
(1997-Apr-01.12418424)		 7.2694e-05 TDB
node 282.4725761982209 8.8981e-06 deg
peri 130.572277642058 0.00011142 deg
i 89.43353213218714 1.8791e-05 deg

Additional Model Parameters
 Parameter Value Uncertainty (1-sigma) 
A1 [EST] 1.543227999206216E-8 5.525E-10
A2 [EST] 8.351583774686266E-10 7.919E-11
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3289  
   data-arc span      4482 days (12.27 yr)  
   first obs. used      1993-04-27  
   last obs. used      2005-08-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50965  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Davide Farnocchia  
   solution date      2017-Oct-04 09:41:11  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = .00736038 au 
 T_jup = 0.045 
 Not valid after 2006-1-1 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
comet total magnitude M1 4.0   0.8 J971B/1 from 32 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.6k
comet total magnitude slope K1 8.   n/a J971B/1 autocmod 2.6k
diameter diameter 60 km 20 Fernandez (2002) Earth, Moon and Planets 89:3-25  
geometric albedo albedo 0.04   0.03 Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 89, Issue 1, p. 117-134 (2002)  

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
1996-Apr-05 01:13 02:59 Jupiter 0.771197370203883 0.767822693869519 0.774572975891258 23.8972229042523 23.8512184152057 2450178.550858871 178.523643321927 173578.602441499 16480.5739872095 -14.3025105993918 1709.39724133165 T J971B/1 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2017-Dec-06 15:02:59 2017-Dec-06 15:03

Alternate Designations
 Perihelion 
Year (est.)		  New-Style 
Desig		 Roman
 Numeral 		 Year/
 Letter 
 1997.2   C/1995 O1       
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