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Table 1

Orbital and rotational parameters of 67P/C-Ga.

Orbital parameters Symbol Value
Semimajor axis a 3.4643 AU
Eccentricity e 0.6411
Inclination i 7.0457 degree
Longitude of ascending node Ω 50.1769 degree
Argument of perihelion ω 12.7115 degree
Mean anomaly M0 180.0000 degreeb
Orbital period Torb 6.45 year
Mean motion n 0.1529 degree/day
Rotational parameters Symbol Value
Right Ascensionc Ra 69.54 degree
Declinationc Dec 64.11 degree
Rotation period Trot 12.40 hours

Notes. aParameters are from the JPL Horizons Online Ephemeris System, https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons. b The mean anomaly at epoch 2456068.9 JD, corresponding to May 12, 2012. c Right ascension and declination of the cometary nucleus’s spin axis direction, cited by Liu et al. (2023).

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