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Number Name : Comet 'Phaethon' Mean anomaly: 8.667953 Arg. perihelion: 94.31133 Long. node: 72.93695 Inclination: 5.016057 Eccentricity: 0.730421 Semimajor axis: 2.175264 Epoch (MJD): 48992.20 |
Number Name : 2201 Oljato Mean anomaly: 8.667953 Arg. perihelion: 95.92833 Long. node: 76.91195 Inclination: 2.516057 Eccentricity: 0.711021 Semimajor axis: 2.175264 Epoch (MJD): 49001 |
The animation runs from 02:45 AM UTC with an Earth-comet distance of .005AU to 11:42 AM UTC with a very close pass to the aft of Earth. The first nine frames are one hour apart (02:45-10:45). The next image is at solar transit (11:15) followed by a view fifteen minutes later (11:30), then the next two frames are five minutes apart (11:35 and 11:40). A last image two minutes later (11:42) finishes the sequence. Intervals between successive frames are adjusted proportionately to reflect this non-linear sequence. |
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