C/2006 L1 (Garradd)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 58538:
C/2006 L1 (Garradd)
Epoch 2006 Nov. 1.0 TT = JDT 2454040.5
T 2006 Oct. 18.0025 TT                                  MPC
q   1.462071             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.001827       Peri.  338.4098      -0.4781317      +0.6543288
 +/-0.000003       Node   101.7602      +0.8676676      +0.2484795
e   0.997329       Incl.  143.2423      +0.1361731      +0.7142211
From 477 observations 2006 June 4-2007 Jan. 3, mean residual 0".6.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2006 L1 (Garradd)
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5
T 2006 Oct. 18.0017 TT                                  MPC
q   1.462032             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.001811       Peri.  338.4088      -0.4781658      +0.6543173
 +/-0.000003       Node   101.7615      +0.8676508      +0.2485148
e   0.997353       Incl.  143.2432      +0.1361600      +0.7142193
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    01 52.14   +41 27.3    3.965    3.224    37.8    11.1  20.1
2007 06 04    01 52.71   +42 06.1    3.970    3.274    41.0    11.7  20.1
2007 06 09    01 52.95   +42 45.8    3.970    3.323    44.5    12.4  20.2
2007 06 14    01 52.81   +43 26.3    3.965    3.373    48.2    13.0  20.3
2007 06 19    01 52.24   +44 07.6    3.954    3.423    52.0    13.5  20.3
2007 06 24    01 51.21   +44 49.4    3.940    3.473    55.9    14.0  20.4
2007 06 29    01 49.67   +45 31.4    3.921    3.522    59.9    14.5  20.4
2007 07 04    01 47.55   +46 13.4    3.899    3.571    64.0    14.8  20.5
2007 07 09    01 44.82   +46 55.1    3.874    3.621    68.2    15.1  20.5
2007 07 14    01 41.41   +47 36.1    3.846    3.670    72.4    15.3  20.6
2007 07 19    01 37.28   +48 15.8    3.817    3.719    76.8    15.4  20.6
2007 07 24    01 32.37   +48 53.6    3.787    3.768    81.2    15.5  20.7
2007 07 29    01 26.65   +49 28.9    3.757    3.817    85.7    15.4  20.7
2007 08 03    01 20.09   +50 00.9    3.727    3.866    90.2    15.2  20.7
2007 08 08    01 12.68   +50 28.7    3.699    3.914    94.7    15.0  20.8
2007 08 13    01 04.44   +50 51.4    3.672    3.963    99.2    14.6  20.8
2007 08 18    00 55.42   +51 07.9    3.648    4.011   103.7    14.2  20.8
2007 08 23    00 45.69   +51 17.3    3.628    4.059   108.2    13.7  20.9
2007 08 28    00 35.37   +51 18.8    3.613    4.107   112.5    13.1  20.9
2007 09 02    00 24.62   +51 11.6    3.603    4.155   116.7    12.5  21.0
2007 09 07    00 13.62   +50 55.2    3.599    4.203   120.6    11.9  21.0
2007 09 12    00 02.54   +50 29.4    3.602    4.251   124.3    11.3  21.1
2007 09 17    23 51.61   +49 54.2    3.612    4.299   127.5    10.7  21.1
2007 09 22    23 41.01   +49 10.2    3.630    4.346   130.2    10.2  21.2
2007 09 27    23 30.91   +48 18.1    3.657    4.393   132.2     9.7  21.2
2007 10 02    23 21.45   +47 19.0    3.691    4.441   133.5     9.4  21.3
2007 10 07    23 12.74   +46 13.9    3.735    4.488   134.0     9.2  21.4
2007 10 12    23 04.84   +45 04.3    3.787    4.535   133.7     9.2  21.5
2007 10 17    22 57.79   +43 51.6    3.847    4.581   132.6     9.2  21.5
2007 10 22    22 51.60   +42 37.0    3.916    4.628   130.8     9.4  21.6
2007 10 27    22 46.24   +41 21.9    3.992    4.675   128.4     9.6  21.7
2007 11 01    22 41.70   +40 07.3    4.075    4.721   125.5     9.9  21.8
2007 11 06    22 37.91   +38 54.2    4.166    4.767   122.1    10.1  21.9
2007 11 11    22 34.84   +37 43.5    4.262    4.814   118.5    10.4  22.0
2007 11 16    22 32.43   +36 35.8    4.363    4.860   114.6    10.7  22.1
2007 11 21    22 30.62   +35 31.6    4.470    4.906   110.6    10.9  22.2
2007 11 26    22 29.36   +34 31.3    4.580    4.951   106.5    11.0  22.3
2007 12 01    22 28.60   +33 35.2    4.694    4.997   102.3    11.1  22.3
2007 12 06    22 28.29   +32 43.3    4.810    5.043    98.0    11.2  22.4
2007 12 11    22 28.38   +31 55.8    4.927    5.088    93.8    11.1  22.5
2007 12 16    22 28.83   +31 12.7    5.046    5.133    89.5    11.1  22.6
2007 12 21    22 29.59   +30 33.9    5.166    5.179    85.3    10.9  22.7
2007 12 26    22 30.64   +29 59.4    5.285    5.224    81.1    10.7  22.8
2007 12 31    22 31.93   +29 29.0    5.403    5.269    76.9    10.5  22.9
2008 01 05    22 33.45   +29 02.6    5.520    5.314    72.9    10.2  23.0
2008 01 10    22 35.14   +28 39.9    5.634    5.358    68.8     9.9  23.0
2008 01 15    22 37.00   +28 21.0    5.747    5.403    64.9     9.5  23.1
2008 01 20    22 39.00   +28 05.5    5.856    5.447    61.0     9.1  23.2
2008 01 25    22 41.10   +27 53.4    5.961    5.492    57.3     8.7  23.3
2008 01 30    22 43.30   +27 44.3    6.063    5.536    53.6     8.2  23.3
2008 02 04    22 45.57   +27 38.2    6.161    5.580    50.1     7.8  23.4
2008 02 09    22 47.89   +27 34.9    6.253    5.624    46.8     7.3  23.5
2008 02 14    22 50.24   +27 34.2    6.341    5.668    43.7     6.9  23.5
2008 02 19    22 52.62   +27 35.9    6.424    5.712    40.7     6.5  23.6
2008 02 24    22 54.99   +27 39.9    6.501    5.756    38.1     6.1  23.7
2008 02 29    22 57.35   +27 46.1    6.573    5.799    35.8     5.7  23.7
2008 03 05    22 59.68   +27 54.2    6.639    5.843    33.9     5.4  23.8
2008 03 10    23 01.98   +28 04.2    6.699    5.886    32.5     5.2  23.8
2008 03 15    23 04.21   +28 15.9    6.753    5.929    31.6     5.0  23.9
2008 03 20    23 06.37   +28 29.2    6.801    5.972    31.2     5.0  23.9
2008 03 25    23 08.46   +28 43.9    6.844    6.015    31.5     5.0  24.0
2008 03 30    23 10.44   +28 59.9    6.880    6.058    32.2     5.0  24.0
2008 04 04    23 12.32   +29 17.2    6.910    6.101    33.5     5.2  24.1
2008 04 09    23 14.07   +29 35.4    6.934    6.144    35.3     5.4  24.1
2008 04 14    23 15.69   +29 54.7    6.953    6.187    37.4     5.7  24.1
2008 04 19    23 17.15   +30 14.7    6.966    6.229    39.9     5.9  24.2
2008 04 24    23 18.46   +30 35.4    6.974    6.272    42.7     6.2  24.2
2008 04 29    23 19.59   +30 56.7    6.976    6.314    45.7     6.6  24.2
2008 05 04    23 20.54   +31 18.4    6.974    6.356    48.9     6.9  24.2
2008 05 09    23 21.28   +31 40.3    6.967    6.398    52.2     7.2  24.3
2008 05 14    23 21.80   +32 02.5    6.955    6.440    55.7     7.4  24.3
2008 05 19    23 22.10   +32 24.6    6.940    6.482    59.3     7.7  24.3
2008 05 24    23 22.17   +32 46.5    6.921    6.524    63.0     7.9  24.3
2008 05 29    23 21.98   +33 08.1    6.900    6.566    66.7     8.2  24.4
2008 06 03    23 21.53   +33 29.2    6.875    6.607    70.6     8.3  24.4
2008 06 08    23 20.81   +33 49.7    6.848    6.649    74.5     8.5  24.4
2008 06 13    23 19.82   +34 09.2    6.819    6.690    78.5     8.6  24.4
2008 06 18    23 18.53   +34 27.6    6.789    6.732    82.5     8.6  24.4
2008 06 23    23 16.96   +34 44.6    6.758    6.773    86.5     8.6  24.5
2008 06 28    23 15.10   +35 00.2    6.727    6.814    90.6     8.6  24.5
2008 07 03    23 12.95   +35 14.0    6.697    6.855    94.7     8.5  24.5

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