Nakano Note (Nakano wa Kangaeru noda) NK 3066 C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS)

The following improved orbital elements, S. Nakano, are from 69 observations 2015 Nov. 2 to 2016 Feb. 10. Perturbations by Mercury to Neptune and three minor planets, Ceres, Pallas and Vesta, were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.37 arc second. The comet will pass 0.86 AU from Jupiter on 2018 Nov. 8 UT. This is merely re-computation for an orbit in NK 3060. Epoch = 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT T = 2017 Aug. 28.66363 +/- 0.05367 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 128.38005 +/- 0.01662 Node = 94.54592 +/- 0.00400 (2000.0) Inc. = 165.61168 +/- 0.00170 q = 2.7195858 +/- 0.0011746 AU e = 1.0015100 +/- 0.0000859 1/a = -0.0005552 +/- 0.0000316 1/AU origin = +0.000123 (Q= 6) future = -0.000428 The following residuals in seconds of arc are from the above orbital elements: Date Code Residual(") Date Code Residual(") Date Code Residual(") 2015/ 160123 F51 0.0 0.2- 160128 691 0.3- 0.1+ 151102 G96 0.2- 0.3+ 160123 F51 0.0 0.0 160129 H06 0.0 0.3+ 151102 G96 0.2+ 0.2+ 160123 F51 0.1+ 0.0 160129 H06 0.0 0.3+ 151102 G96 0.1- 0.2+ 160124 K51 0.6- 0.4+ 160129 H01 0.2- 0.3- 151102 G96 0.1+ 0.0 160124 K51 0.1- 0.4+ 160129 H01 0.3- 0.3- 151103 G96 0.1- 0.3+ 160124 K51 0.1- 0.3+ 160129 H01 0.2- 0.3- 151103 G96 0.1+ 0.4+ 160124 K51 0.2- 0.2+ 160129 H01 0.3- 0.3- 151103 G96 0.1- 0.1+ 160124 K51 0.3- 0.3+ 160203 F51 0.2- 0.0 151103 G96 0.1- 0.2+ 160124 K51 0.2- 0.4+ 160203 F51 0.3- 0.1- 151108 703 0.6+ 0.9+ 160126 C77 0.3+ 0.2+ 160203 F51 0.7+ 0.5+ 151108 703 0.9- 0.3+ 160126 204 0.1- 0.1- 160203 F51 0.3- 0.0 151108 703 0.4+ 0.2- 160126 204 0.1- 0.0 160205 215 0.2+ 0.5- 151108 703 0.0 0.5- 160126 C77 1.2+ 0.1- 160205 215 0.1+ 0.2- 151208 703 0.0 0.5- 160126 204 0.1- 0.0 160205 215 0.2- 0.0 151208 703 0.6+ 1.0- 160126 C77 0.6- 0.0 160206 461 0.2- 0.0 151208 703 0.3- 0.8- 160126 C77 0.7+ 0.3- 160206 461 0.1- 0.0 151216 F51 0.0 0.1- 160127 H36 0.1+ 0.3- 160206 461 1.0- 0.3+ 151216 F51 0.1+ 0.0 160127 H36 0.2+ 0.2- 160210 300 0.2+ 0.1- 151218 V30 1.0- 0.9- 160127 H36 0.3+ 0.3- 160210 300 0.1+ 0.6- 151218 V30 0.2+ 0.3+ 160127 691 0.2- 0.4+ 160210 300 0.2+ 0.3- 151219 V30 0.3+ 0.4+ 160127 691 0.4- 0.1+ 160210 300 0.6+ 0.5+ 151219 V30 0.1- 0.7+ 160127 691 0.2- 0.1+ 160210 300 0.5+ 0.7- 2016/ 160128 691 0.3- 0.0 160210 300 0.8+ 0.0 160123 F51 0.0 0.1- 160128 691 0.1- 0.2+ ( ) -------- Rejected Obs.

Associate of the CBAT Syuichi Nakano 2016 Feb. 23

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