MPC
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ICQ
P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) Epoch 2007 Dec. 6.0 TT = JDT 2454440.5 T 2007 Dec. 16.1114 TT MPC q 2.552129 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1079211 Peri. 26.4351 +0.9018329 -0.4320764 a 4.369164 Node 359.1501 +0.3569061 +0.7484493 e 0.415877 Incl. 10.5462 +0.2435475 +0.5031239 P 9.13 From 259 observations 1998 Sept. 17-2001 Mar. 20, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 T 2007 Dec. 16.1174 TT MPC q 2.552188 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1079710 Peri. 26.4337 +0.9018458 -0.4320495 a 4.367818 Node 359.1498 +0.3568808 +0.7484552 e 0.415684 Incl. 10.5468 +0.2435369 +0.5031383 P 9.13An 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 23 41.59 -06 55.8 2.976 2.888 75.2 19.8 18.5 2007 06 04 23 47.03 -06 14.8 2.899 2.873 78.4 20.2 18.4 2007 06 09 23 52.27 -05 34.7 2.822 2.858 81.7 20.6 18.3 2007 06 14 23 57.26 -04 55.6 2.745 2.844 85.1 20.8 18.2 2007 06 19 00 02.00 -04 17.8 2.667 2.830 88.5 21.0 18.1 2007 06 24 00 06.45 -03 41.2 2.591 2.816 92.0 21.1 18.1 2007 06 29 00 10.60 -03 06.0 2.514 2.802 95.6 21.2 18.0 2007 07 04 00 14.42 -02 32.2 2.439 2.789 99.3 21.1 17.9 2007 07 09 00 17.88 -02 00.1 2.364 2.776 103.0 20.9 17.8 2007 07 14 00 20.94 -01 29.7 2.291 2.763 106.9 20.6 17.7 2007 07 19 00 23.58 -01 01.2 2.220 2.751 110.8 20.2 17.6 2007 07 24 00 25.76 -00 34.6 2.151 2.738 114.9 19.7 17.5 2007 07 29 00 27.45 -00 10.0 2.084 2.726 119.2 19.0 17.5 2007 08 03 00 28.64 +00 12.4 2.019 2.715 123.5 18.2 17.4 2007 08 08 00 29.28 +00 32.6 1.958 2.704 128.0 17.2 17.3 2007 08 13 00 29.35 +00 50.6 1.901 2.693 132.7 16.1 17.2 2007 08 18 00 28.85 +01 06.2 1.847 2.682 137.5 14.8 17.1 2007 08 23 00 27.77 +01 19.5 1.798 2.672 142.5 13.3 17.0 2007 08 28 00 26.13 +01 30.5 1.754 2.662 147.6 11.7 17.0 2007 09 02 00 23.96 +01 39.5 1.714 2.653 152.9 10.0 16.9 2007 09 07 00 21.29 +01 46.4 1.681 2.644 158.3 8.1 16.8 2007 09 12 00 18.19 +01 51.6 1.653 2.635 163.9 6.1 16.8 2007 09 17 00 14.75 +01 55.3 1.632 2.627 169.5 4.0 16.8 2007 09 22 00 11.08 +01 58.0 1.617 2.619 175.1 1.9 16.7 2007 09 27 00 07.29 +02 00.0 1.609 2.612 178.5 0.6 16.7 2007 10 02 00 03.49 +02 01.9 1.608 2.604 173.1 2.6 16.7 2007 10 07 23 59.82 +02 04.0 1.613 2.598 167.4 4.8 16.7 2007 10 12 23 56.39 +02 06.8 1.625 2.592 161.7 6.9 16.7 2007 10 17 23 53.32 +02 10.9 1.643 2.586 156.1 9.0 16.7 2007 10 22 23 50.70 +02 16.7 1.667 2.581 150.5 10.9 16.7 2007 10 27 23 48.61 +02 24.5 1.697 2.576 145.1 12.7 16.8 2007 11 01 23 47.11 +02 34.5 1.731 2.571 139.9 14.4 16.8 2007 11 06 23 46.22 +02 46.9 1.771 2.567 134.7 15.9 16.8 2007 11 11 23 45.97 +03 02.0 1.815 2.564 129.8 17.3 16.9 2007 11 16 23 46.37 +03 19.8 1.862 2.561 124.9 18.5 16.9 2007 11 21 23 47.41 +03 40.3 1.913 2.558 120.3 19.5 17.0 2007 11 26 23 49.06 +04 03.6 1.967 2.556 115.8 20.3 17.0 2007 12 01 23 51.31 +04 29.5 2.023 2.554 111.4 21.1 17.1 2007 12 06 23 54.12 +04 58.0 2.082 2.553 107.2 21.6 17.2 2007 12 11 23 57.46 +05 28.9 2.142 2.552 103.1 22.1 17.2 2007 12 16 00 01.30 +06 02.3 2.204 2.552 99.1 22.4 17.3 2007 12 21 00 05.61 +06 37.9 2.266 2.552 95.3 22.6 17.3 2007 12 26 00 10.35 +07 15.5 2.330 2.553 91.6 22.6 17.4 2007 12 31 00 15.49 +07 55.0 2.393 2.554 87.9 22.6 17.5 2008 01 05 00 20.99 +08 36.3 2.458 2.556 84.4 22.5 17.5 2008 01 10 00 26.85 +09 19.1 2.522 2.558 80.9 22.3 17.6 2008 01 15 00 33.02 +10 03.4 2.586 2.561 77.5 22.0 17.6 2008 01 20 00 39.48 +10 48.9 2.650 2.564 74.2 21.7 17.7 2008 01 25 00 46.21 +11 35.4 2.713 2.567 71.0 21.3 17.8 2008 01 30 00 53.20 +12 22.9 2.775 2.571 67.8 20.8 17.8 2008 02 04 01 00.41 +13 11.0 2.837 2.575 64.7 20.2 17.9 2008 02 09 01 07.85 +13 59.7 2.898 2.580 61.7 19.7 17.9 2008 02 14 01 15.50 +14 48.8 2.957 2.586 58.7 19.0 18.0 2008 02 19 01 23.33 +15 38.1 3.016 2.591 55.7 18.4 18.0 2008 02 24 01 31.34 +16 27.3 3.073 2.598 52.8 17.7 18.1 2008 02 29 01 39.52 +17 16.5 3.128 2.604 50.0 16.9 18.1 2008 03 05 01 47.85 +18 05.4 3.182 2.611 47.2 16.2 18.2 2008 03 10 01 56.34 +18 53.8 3.235 2.619 44.4 15.4 18.2 2008 03 15 02 04.96 +19 41.7 3.285 2.626 41.6 14.6 18.3 2008 03 20 02 13.72 +20 28.8 3.334 2.635 38.9 13.7 18.3 2008 03 25 02 22.60 +21 15.1 3.381 2.643 36.2 12.9 18.4 2008 03 30 02 31.59 +22 00.3 3.426 2.652 33.6 12.0 18.4 2008 04 04 02 40.70 +22 44.4 3.469 2.662 31.0 11.2 18.5 2008 04 09 02 49.91 +23 27.2 3.510 2.672 28.4 10.3 18.5 2008 04 14 02 59.21 +24 08.7 3.549 2.682 25.9 9.4 18.5 2008 04 19 03 08.59 +24 48.7 3.585 2.692 23.3 8.5 18.6 2008 04 24 03 18.05 +25 27.1 3.619 2.703 20.9 7.6 18.6 2008 04 29 03 27.59 +26 03.8 3.651 2.714 18.4 6.7 18.6 2008 05 04 03 37.18 +26 38.7 3.681 2.726 16.1 5.9 18.7 2008 05 09 03 46.83 +27 11.9 3.708 2.738 13.8 5.1 18.7 2008 05 14 03 56.52 +27 43.1 3.732 2.750 11.7 4.3 18.8 2008 05 19 04 06.23 +28 12.4 3.754 2.763 9.8 3.6 18.8 2008 05 24 04 15.97 +28 39.7 3.773 2.775 8.3 3.0 18.8 2008 05 29 04 25.73 +29 05.0 3.790 2.788 7.5 2.7 18.8 2008 06 03 04 35.48 +29 28.3 3.804 2.802 7.5 2.7 18.9 2008 06 08 04 45.22 +29 49.5 3.816 2.815 8.3 3.0 18.9 2008 06 13 04 54.94 +30 08.7 3.825 2.829 9.8 3.5 18.9 2008 06 18 05 04.61 +30 25.9 3.831 2.843 11.8 4.2 19.0 2008 06 23 05 14.24 +30 41.0 3.834 2.858 13.9 4.9 19.0 2008 06 28 05 23.80 +30 54.2 3.834 2.873 16.3 5.7 19.0 2008 07 03 05 33.29 +31 05.5 3.832 2.887 18.7 6.5 19.0This 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.