Vixen SPHINX SXD Mount - Manual (Page 50)

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(2) Inputting the orbital elements of the comet McNaught here as an example.
Code
: 2006P1
Name : McNaught
Local Name : (for Japanese word)
Time of pericentre passage (T) : 2007.1.12.7969
Argument of pericentre (Pen.) : 155.9755 °
Minimum distance from (Q) : 0.170729 AU
pericentre
Inclination (Inc.) : 77.8349 °
Longitude of the (Node) : 267.4147 °
Ascending node
Eccentricity (e) : 1.000022
Epoch = 2007.1.20.0
(3) Click on Update Data by the left click after you input all the parameters of the orbital
elements. Now the comet can be displayed on the screen of the STARBOOK.
When you delete the input data, choose the number of orbital elements you wish to erase
and click on the OK button.