C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 57131:
C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2005 Aug. 18.0 TT = JDT 2453600.5
T 2005 Aug. 25.5163 TT                                  MPC
q   6.408374             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.000693       Peri.   44.6903      +0.2122992      +0.1582087
 +/-0.000006       Node    87.7269      +0.3750608      -0.9244218
e   1.004442       Incl.  105.1878      +0.9023627      +0.3470077
From 121 observations 2005 Aug. 27-2006 June 3, mean residual 0".7.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5
T 2005 Aug. 25.1027 TT                                  MPC
q   6.407817             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.000521       Peri.   44.6668      +0.2121037      +0.1586061
 +/-0.000006       Node    87.7447      +0.3755070      -0.9242162
e   1.003341       Incl.  105.1953      +0.9022231      +0.3473739
An 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.


Ephemeris

The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.

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    m2
2007 05 30    20 51.01   +63 22.7    7.818    7.718    80.6     7.4  19.3
2007 06 04    20 46.50   +63 39.9    7.809    7.736    82.2     7.5  19.3
2007 06 09    20 41.50   +63 54.8    7.799    7.754    83.7     7.5  19.4
2007 06 14    20 36.05   +64 06.9    7.789    7.772    85.3     7.5  19.4
2007 06 19    20 30.19   +64 15.8    7.780    7.790    86.8     7.5  19.4
2007 06 24    20 23.98   +64 21.3    7.771    7.809    88.4     7.5  19.4
2007 06 29    20 17.47   +64 23.1    7.763    7.827    89.9     7.5  19.4
2007 07 04    20 10.76   +64 20.9    7.756    7.846    91.3     7.4  19.4
2007 07 09    20 03.91   +64 14.5    7.751    7.865    92.7     7.4  19.4
2007 07 14    19 57.02   +64 03.8    7.747    7.883    94.0     7.4  19.4
2007 07 19    19 50.18   +63 48.7    7.745    7.902    95.2     7.4  19.4
2007 07 24    19 43.48   +63 29.3    7.745    7.921    96.3     7.3  19.4
2007 07 29    19 37.00   +63 05.6    7.747    7.940    97.3     7.3  19.4
2007 08 03    19 30.82   +62 37.8    7.751    7.959    98.2     7.3  19.5
2007 08 08    19 25.00   +62 06.1    7.759    7.978    98.9     7.2  19.5
2007 08 13    19 19.59   +61 30.8    7.769    7.997    99.4     7.2  19.5
2007 08 18    19 14.62   +60 52.2    7.781    8.017    99.8     7.1  19.5
2007 08 23    19 10.14   +60 10.6    7.797    8.036   100.1     7.1  19.5
2007 08 28    19 06.15   +59 26.5    7.816    8.055   100.1     7.1  19.5
2007 09 02    19 02.65   +58 40.1    7.838    8.075   100.0     7.1  19.5
2007 09 07    18 59.66   +57 52.0    7.863    8.094    99.7     7.1  19.6
2007 09 12    18 57.14   +57 02.5    7.891    8.114    99.3     7.0  19.6
2007 09 17    18 55.10   +56 11.9    7.922    8.134    98.6     7.0  19.6
2007 09 22    18 53.52   +55 20.7    7.956    8.153    97.8     7.0  19.6
2007 09 27    18 52.36   +54 29.2    7.992    8.173    96.9     7.0  19.6
2007 10 02    18 51.61   +53 37.7    8.031    8.193    95.8     7.0  19.7
2007 10 07    18 51.24   +52 46.7    8.073    8.213    94.5     7.0  19.7
2007 10 12    18 51.22   +51 56.3    8.117    8.233    93.2     7.0  19.7
2007 10 17    18 51.53   +51 06.9    8.163    8.253    91.7     6.9  19.7
2007 10 22    18 52.15   +50 18.7    8.210    8.273    90.1     6.9  19.7
2007 10 27    18 53.04   +49 31.9    8.259    8.293    88.5     6.9  19.8
2007 11 01    18 54.19   +48 46.8    8.310    8.313    86.8     6.8  19.8
2007 11 06    18 55.56   +48 03.6    8.361    8.333    85.0     6.8  19.8
2007 11 11    18 57.14   +47 22.3    8.413    8.354    83.2     6.8  19.8
2007 11 16    18 58.91   +46 43.2    8.466    8.374    81.3     6.7  19.9
2007 11 21    19 00.84   +46 06.4    8.518    8.395    79.5     6.6  19.9
2007 11 26    19 02.91   +45 31.9    8.570    8.415    77.7     6.6  19.9
2007 12 01    19 05.10   +44 59.9    8.622    8.436    75.9     6.5  19.9
2007 12 06    19 07.39   +44 30.4    8.673    8.456    74.1     6.4  20.0
2007 12 11    19 09.77   +44 03.5    8.722    8.477    72.4     6.4  20.0
2007 12 16    19 12.21   +43 39.2    8.770    8.497    70.8     6.3  20.0
2007 12 21    19 14.71   +43 17.5    8.817    8.518    69.3     6.2  20.0
2007 12 26    19 17.23   +42 58.4    8.861    8.539    67.8     6.1  20.1
2007 12 31    19 19.77   +42 41.9    8.904    8.560    66.5     6.0  20.1
2008 01 05    19 22.32   +42 28.1    8.944    8.581    65.4     6.0  20.1
2008 01 10    19 24.84   +42 16.7    8.981    8.602    64.4     5.9  20.1
2008 01 15    19 27.34   +42 07.9    9.016    8.623    63.5     5.9  20.1
2008 01 20    19 29.79   +42 01.6    9.048    8.644    62.9     5.8  20.1
2008 01 25    19 32.18   +41 57.6    9.077    8.665    62.4     5.8  20.2
2008 01 30    19 34.49   +41 56.0    9.102    8.686    62.2     5.8  20.2
2008 02 04    19 36.72   +41 56.6    9.125    8.707    62.1     5.7  20.2
2008 02 09    19 38.84   +41 59.3    9.144    8.728    62.2     5.7  20.2
2008 02 14    19 40.85   +42 04.0    9.160    8.750    62.6     5.7  20.2
2008 02 19    19 42.72   +42 10.7    9.173    8.771    63.1     5.8  20.2
2008 02 24    19 44.45   +42 19.2    9.183    8.792    63.9     5.8  20.3
2008 02 29    19 46.02   +42 29.3    9.190    8.814    64.8     5.8  20.3
2008 03 05    19 47.43   +42 41.0    9.194    8.835    65.9     5.9  20.3
2008 03 10    19 48.65   +42 54.1    9.194    8.857    67.2     5.9  20.3
2008 03 15    19 49.67   +43 08.5    9.192    8.878    68.6     6.0  20.3
2008 03 20    19 50.49   +43 23.9    9.188    8.900    70.2     6.0  20.3
2008 03 25    19 51.09   +43 40.2    9.181    8.922    71.9     6.1  20.3
2008 03 30    19 51.46   +43 57.2    9.172    8.943    73.7     6.2  20.3
2008 04 04    19 51.59   +44 14.8    9.161    8.965    75.6     6.2  20.3
2008 04 09    19 51.47   +44 32.7    9.149    8.987    77.6     6.2  20.3
2008 04 14    19 51.09   +44 50.7    9.134    9.009    79.7     6.3  20.3
2008 04 19    19 50.45   +45 08.6    9.119    9.030    81.8     6.3  20.4
2008 04 24    19 49.55   +45 26.2    9.103    9.052    83.9     6.3  20.4
2008 04 29    19 48.38   +45 43.3    9.087    9.074    86.1     6.4  20.4
2008 05 04    19 46.94   +45 59.5    9.070    9.096    88.3     6.4  20.4
2008 05 09    19 45.23   +46 14.8    9.053    9.118    90.5     6.4  20.4
2008 05 14    19 43.26   +46 28.7    9.037    9.140    92.7     6.3  20.4
2008 05 19    19 41.04   +46 41.2    9.021    9.162    94.8     6.3  20.4
2008 05 24    19 38.58   +46 51.9    9.007    9.184    96.9     6.3  20.4
2008 05 29    19 35.90   +47 00.7    8.994    9.206    99.0     6.2  20.4
2008 06 03    19 33.01   +47 07.2    8.982    9.228   100.9     6.2  20.4
2008 06 08    19 29.93   +47 11.4    8.973    9.251   102.8     6.1  20.4
2008 06 13    19 26.70   +47 13.1    8.966    9.273   104.5     6.1  20.4
2008 06 18    19 23.33   +47 12.0    8.961    9.295   106.1     6.0  20.4
2008 06 23    19 19.87   +47 08.2    8.960    9.317   107.6     6.0  20.5
2008 06 28    19 16.35   +47 01.5    8.961    9.340   108.9     5.9  20.5
2008 07 03    19 12.79   +46 51.8    8.966    9.362   110.0     5.9  20.5

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