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From the Community
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Document Library
Manuals
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Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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01From the Community02Document Library03Audio Demos04Compatible Sound ROMs05Modifications06Owner Registry07System ComponentsManufacturer
Roland
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Specifications
- Epoch
- 9 July 1957 (JD2436028.5)
- EarthMOID
- 0.239 AU
- Orbit type
- Oort cloud/Hyperbolic
- Perihelion
- 0.31604 AU
- Inclination
- 119.94°
- JupiterMOID
- 1.610 AU
- Mean radius
- 1.58 km (0.98 mi)[a]
- Eccentricity
- 1.000199
- Discovered by
- Sylvain ArendGeorges Roland
- Discovery date
- 6 November 1956
- Discovery site
- Uccle Obs, Belgium
- Last perihelion
- 8 April 1957
- Next perihelion
- ejection
- Observation arc
- 497 days (1.36 days)
- Apparent magnitude
- –0.5(1957 apparition)
- Argument ofperiapsis
- 308.77°
- Number ofobservations
- 57
- Alternative designations
- 1957h1956 III
- Comet totalmagnitude(M1)
- 5.4
- Longitude ofascending node
- 215.86°
