MPC
CBAT
ICQ
124P/Mrkos Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5 T 2008 Apr. 27.2107 TT MPC q 1.468573 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1714622 Peri. 181.3695 -0.9989542 +0.0440438 a 3.208907 Node 1.3523 -0.0354244 -0.5758171 e 0.542345 Incl. 31.3407 -0.0289074 -0.8163914 P 5.75 From 99 observations 1991-2002, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
124P/Mrkos Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 T 2008 Apr. 27.1795 TT MPC q 1.468461 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1714090 Peri. 181.3553 -0.9989562 +0.0439687 a 3.209571 Node 1.3639 -0.0354670 -0.5758056 e 0.542474 Incl. 31.3416 -0.0287856 -0.8164035 P 5.75An explanation of the orbital elements is available.
These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.
Personalized ephemerides for this (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.
Recent magnitude estimates for this comet (as reported to the ICQ) may be available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2WARNING! 2007 05 30 03 30.07 +40 04.2 4.072 3.154 21.9 6.9 20.3 21.6 2007 06 04 03 38.80 +40 41.2 4.035 3.128 23.2 7.3 20.2 21.5 2007 06 09 03 47.73 +41 18.2 3.993 3.101 24.8 7.9 20.2 21.5 2007 06 14 03 56.87 +41 54.9 3.949 3.074 26.5 8.5 20.1 21.5 2007 06 19 04 06.21 +42 31.4 3.901 3.047 28.5 9.1 20.1 21.5 2007 06 24 04 15.75 +43 07.5 3.850 3.019 30.5 9.8 20.0 21.5 2007 06 29 04 25.49 +43 43.2 3.797 2.992 32.7 10.6 20.0 21.4 2007 07 04 04 35.44 +44 18.3 3.740 2.964 34.9 11.3 19.9 21.4 2007 07 09 04 45.60 +44 52.8 3.681 2.936 37.2 12.1 19.8 21.4 2007 07 14 04 55.98 +45 26.6 3.620 2.908 39.5 12.8 19.8 21.4 2007 07 19 05 06.56 +45 59.7 3.556 2.879 41.8 13.6 19.7 21.3 2007 07 24 05 17.35 +46 31.9 3.490 2.851 44.2 14.4 19.6 21.3 2007 07 29 05 28.35 +47 03.2 3.422 2.822 46.6 15.2 19.6 21.3 2007 08 03 05 39.55 +47 33.5 3.352 2.793 49.0 15.9 19.5 21.2 2007 08 08 05 50.96 +48 02.7 3.280 2.764 51.4 16.7 19.4 21.2 2007 08 13 06 02.57 +48 30.9 3.207 2.734 53.8 17.4 19.3 21.1 2007 08 18 06 14.37 +48 58.0 3.133 2.705 56.2 18.1 19.2 21.1 2007 08 23 06 26.35 +49 23.9 3.058 2.675 58.7 18.8 19.1 21.0 2007 08 28 06 38.51 +49 48.7 2.981 2.645 61.1 19.5 19.0 21.0 2007 09 02 06 50.83 +50 12.2 2.904 2.615 63.5 20.2 18.9 20.9 2007 09 07 07 03.31 +50 34.5 2.826 2.585 66.0 20.9 18.8 20.8 2007 09 12 07 15.93 +50 55.7 2.748 2.555 68.4 21.5 18.8 20.8 2007 09 17 07 28.67 +51 15.8 2.669 2.525 70.9 22.1 18.6 20.7 2007 09 22 07 41.51 +51 34.7 2.590 2.494 73.3 22.7 18.5 20.6 2007 09 27 07 54.44 +51 52.7 2.511 2.464 75.7 23.2 18.4 20.6 2007 10 02 08 07.44 +52 09.6 2.433 2.433 78.1 23.7 18.3 20.5 2007 10 07 08 20.48 +52 25.8 2.355 2.402 80.5 24.2 18.2 20.4 2007 10 12 08 33.53 +52 41.2 2.277 2.371 82.9 24.7 18.1 20.3 2007 10 17 08 46.57 +52 56.2 2.200 2.340 85.3 25.1 18.0 20.2 2007 10 22 08 59.55 +53 10.8 2.124 2.309 87.7 25.5 17.9 20.1 2007 10 27 09 12.46 +53 25.1 2.048 2.278 90.1 25.9 17.7 20.0 2007 11 01 09 25.26 +53 39.5 1.974 2.247 92.5 26.2 17.6 19.9 2007 11 06 09 37.90 +53 54.2 1.901 2.216 94.8 26.5 17.5 19.8 2007 11 11 09 50.33 +54 09.5 1.829 2.185 97.1 26.7 17.4 19.7 2007 11 16 10 02.50 +54 25.6 1.759 2.154 99.4 26.9 17.2 19.6 2007 11 21 10 14.35 +54 42.7 1.690 2.124 101.7 27.1 17.1 19.5 2007 11 26 10 25.82 +55 01.1 1.622 2.093 104.0 27.2 17.0 19.4 2007 12 01 10 36.85 +55 21.1 1.557 2.062 106.2 27.3 16.8 19.3 2007 12 06 10 47.33 +55 43.0 1.493 2.032 108.4 27.4 16.7 19.1 2007 12 11 10 57.16 +56 07.1 1.431 2.002 110.6 27.4 16.5 19.0 2007 12 16 11 06.23 +56 33.5 1.370 1.972 112.7 27.4 16.4 18.9 2007 12 21 11 14.39 +57 02.1 1.312 1.942 114.8 27.4 16.3 18.8 2007 12 26 11 21.51 +57 33.0 1.256 1.913 116.8 27.3 16.1 18.6 2007 12 31 11 27.39 +58 05.9 1.202 1.884 118.8 27.2 16.0 18.5 2008 01 05 11 31.82 +58 40.6 1.150 1.855 120.7 27.1 15.8 18.4 2008 01 10 11 34.54 +59 16.1 1.100 1.827 122.5 27.0 15.7 18.2 2008 01 15 11 35.30 +59 51.3 1.052 1.800 124.3 26.8 15.5 18.1 2008 01 20 11 33.84 +60 24.1 1.007 1.773 125.9 26.7 15.4 18.0 2008 01 25 11 29.93 +60 52.2 0.964 1.747 127.4 26.6 15.2 17.8 2008 01 30 11 23.37 +61 12.5 0.924 1.721 128.7 26.5 15.1 17.7 2008 02 04 11 14.11 +61 20.9 0.886 1.696 129.8 26.5 15.0 17.6 2008 02 09 11 02.34 +61 12.4 0.852 1.672 130.7 26.6 14.8 17.5 2008 02 14 10 48.55 +60 41.9 0.821 1.649 131.3 26.7 14.7 17.4 2008 02 19 10 33.53 +59 44.9 0.794 1.627 131.6 27.0 14.6 17.3 2008 02 24 10 18.25 +58 17.9 0.770 1.606 131.5 27.5 14.5 17.2 2008 02 29 10 03.65 +56 19.5 0.750 1.587 130.9 28.1 14.4 17.1 2008 03 05 09 50.55 +53 49.8 0.735 1.568 130.0 29.0 14.3 17.1 2008 03 10 09 39.50 +50 51.4 0.724 1.551 128.5 30.1 14.2 17.1 2008 03 15 09 30.77 +47 28.2 0.718 1.536 126.7 31.3 14.2 17.0 2008 03 20 09 24.38 +43 45.5 0.717 1.521 124.5 32.7 14.1 17.1 2008 03 25 09 20.15 +39 49.1 0.721 1.509 122.0 34.1 14.1 17.1 2008 03 30 09 17.86 +35 44.4 0.730 1.498 119.3 35.6 14.1 17.2 2008 04 04 09 17.28 +31 36.4 0.743 1.488 116.5 37.0 14.2 17.2 2008 04 09 09 18.19 +27 29.6 0.761 1.481 113.6 38.3 14.2 17.3 2008 04 14 09 20.37 +23 27.4 0.783 1.475 110.7 39.5 14.2 17.4 2008 04 19 09 23.62 +19 32.3 0.809 1.471 107.9 40.5 14.3 17.5 2008 04 24 09 27.78 +15 46.1 0.839 1.469 105.2 41.4 14.4 17.6 2008 04 29 09 32.72 +12 09.8 0.872 1.469 102.6 42.0 14.5 17.7 2008 05 04 09 38.34 +08 43.7 0.907 1.470 100.1 42.5 14.5 17.8 2008 05 09 09 44.56 +05 27.8 0.945 1.474 97.8 42.7 14.6 17.9 2008 05 14 09 51.31 +02 21.8 0.985 1.479 95.6 42.8 14.7 18.0 2008 05 19 09 58.53 -00 34.9 1.027 1.486 93.6 42.8 14.8 18.1 2008 05 24 10 06.16 -03 22.7 1.071 1.495 91.7 42.6 15.0 18.2 2008 05 29 10 14.18 -06 02.4 1.116 1.505 89.8 42.3 15.1 18.3 2008 06 03 10 22.57 -08 34.5 1.162 1.518 88.1 41.9 15.2 18.4 2008 06 08 10 31.32 -10 59.7 1.210 1.531 86.5 41.4 15.3 18.5 2008 06 13 10 40.39 -13 18.6 1.258 1.547 85.0 40.9 15.4 18.6 2008 06 18 10 49.79 -15 31.7 1.308 1.563 83.6 40.2 15.5 18.6 2008 06 23 10 59.49 -17 39.3 1.358 1.581 82.2 39.5 15.7 18.7 2008 06 28 11 09.50 -19 41.8 1.409 1.601 80.8 38.8 15.8 18.8 2008 07 03 11 19.82 -21 39.5 1.461 1.621 79.5 38.1 15.9 18.9This comet gets close to the sun during the period covered in the ephemeris below. Observers are warned to be wary of observing comets near the sun. NEVER point any kind of optical instrument at the sun--instant blindness will be the probable result.