C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59878:
C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5
T 2007 Mar. 27.5125 TT                                  MPC
q   1.093001             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000266       Peri.  340.5460      -0.5477711      -0.2797243
 +/-0.000036       Node   232.4350      -0.5730657      -0.5611922
e   0.999709       Incl.   95.8884      -0.6095429      +0.7789850
From 1174 observations 2007 Mar. 18-May 30, mean residual 0".6.
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    14 25.85   +64 38.0    1.080    1.490    90.7    42.9  11.4
2007 06 04    14 02.95   +64 24.0    1.203    1.542    87.7    41.1  11.8
2007 06 09    13 45.99   +63 52.8    1.325    1.596    84.9    39.3  12.1
2007 06 14    13 33.77   +63 12.9    1.445    1.650    82.2    37.6  12.5
2007 06 19    13 25.28   +62 29.1    1.563    1.706    79.8    35.9  12.8
2007 06 24    13 19.69   +61 44.1    1.677    1.762    77.4    34.3  13.1
2007 06 29    13 16.38   +60 59.6    1.789    1.818    75.2    32.7  13.4
2007 07 04    13 14.87   +60 16.3    1.898    1.876    73.2    31.3  13.6
2007 07 09    13 14.82   +59 34.7    2.003    1.933    71.3    29.9  13.9
2007 07 14    13 15.96   +58 55.0    2.104    1.991    69.5    28.6  14.1
2007 07 19    13 18.11   +58 17.4    2.201    2.049    67.9    27.4  14.3
2007 07 24    13 21.10   +57 42.2    2.295    2.107    66.5    26.2  14.5
2007 07 29    13 24.81   +57 09.3    2.384    2.165    65.2    25.2  14.7
2007 08 03    13 29.14   +56 38.7    2.469    2.223    64.1    24.3  14.9
2007 08 08    13 34.02   +56 10.4    2.551    2.281    63.2    23.4  15.1
2007 08 13    13 39.39   +55 44.4    2.628    2.339    62.5    22.6  15.3
2007 08 18    13 45.20   +55 20.8    2.702    2.397    61.9    21.9  15.5
2007 08 23    13 51.42   +54 59.7    2.771    2.455    61.5    21.2  15.6
2007 08 28    13 58.01   +54 41.1    2.837    2.513    61.3    20.6  15.8
2007 09 02    14 04.94   +54 25.0    2.899    2.570    61.2    20.1  15.9
2007 09 07    14 12.19   +54 11.3    2.958    2.628    61.3    19.7  16.1
2007 09 12    14 19.77   +54 00.2    3.013    2.685    61.6    19.3  16.2
2007 09 17    14 27.64   +53 51.7    3.065    2.742    62.1    18.9  16.3
2007 09 22    14 35.81   +53 45.9    3.114    2.799    62.7    18.6  16.4
2007 09 27    14 44.25   +53 42.8    3.160    2.856    63.4    18.3  16.6
2007 10 02    14 52.96   +53 42.4    3.203    2.912    64.3    18.0  16.7
2007 10 07    15 01.95   +53 44.8    3.245    2.968    65.2    17.8  16.8
2007 10 12    15 11.21   +53 49.9    3.284    3.024    66.3    17.6  16.9
2007 10 17    15 20.74   +53 57.8    3.321    3.080    67.5    17.4  17.0
2007 10 22    15 30.52   +54 08.6    3.357    3.136    68.7    17.2  17.1
2007 10 27    15 40.56   +54 22.1    3.391    3.191    70.0    17.0  17.2
2007 11 01    15 50.85   +54 38.3    3.424    3.246    71.3    16.8  17.3
2007 11 06    16 01.41   +54 57.3    3.457    3.301    72.7    16.7  17.4
2007 11 11    16 12.22   +55 18.8    3.490    3.355    74.0    16.5  17.5
2007 11 16    16 23.28   +55 43.0    3.523    3.410    75.4    16.3  17.6
2007 11 21    16 34.58   +56 09.6    3.556    3.464    76.7    16.1  17.7
2007 11 26    16 46.11   +56 38.6    3.589    3.518    77.9    15.9  17.7
2007 12 01    16 57.88   +57 09.7    3.624    3.572    79.1    15.7  17.8
2007 12 06    17 09.88   +57 42.9    3.659    3.625    80.2    15.5  17.9
2007 12 11    17 22.10   +58 17.9    3.697    3.678    81.3    15.3  18.0
2007 12 16    17 34.53   +58 54.7    3.735    3.731    82.2    15.1  18.1
2007 12 21    17 47.15   +59 33.0    3.776    3.784    83.0    15.0  18.2
2007 12 26    17 59.95   +60 12.5    3.819    3.837    83.7    14.8  18.2
2007 12 31    18 12.92   +60 53.1    3.864    3.889    84.2    14.6  18.3
2008 01 05    18 26.06   +61 34.6    3.911    3.941    84.6    14.4  18.4
2008 01 10    18 39.34   +62 16.9    3.960    3.993    84.8    14.2  18.5
2008 01 15    18 52.74   +62 59.7    4.012    4.045    84.9    14.0  18.6
2008 01 20    19 06.25   +63 42.9    4.066    4.097    84.8    13.8  18.7
2008 01 25    19 19.85   +64 26.3    4.123    4.148    84.6    13.7  18.8
2008 01 30    19 33.53   +65 09.7    4.182    4.199    84.3    13.5  18.8
2008 02 04    19 47.27   +65 53.0    4.243    4.250    83.8    13.3  18.9
2008 02 09    20 01.06   +66 36.2    4.305    4.301    83.1    13.2  19.0
2008 02 14    20 14.87   +67 19.2    4.370    4.351    82.4    13.0  19.1
2008 02 19    20 28.71   +68 01.8    4.437    4.401    81.6    12.8  19.2
2008 02 24    20 42.54   +68 43.9    4.504    4.452    80.6    12.7  19.3
2008 02 29    20 56.38   +69 25.6    4.573    4.502    79.6    12.5  19.3
2008 03 05    21 10.21   +70 06.9    4.644    4.551    78.5    12.3  19.4
2008 03 10    21 24.03   +70 47.6    4.714    4.601    77.4    12.2  19.5
2008 03 15    21 37.81   +71 27.9    4.786    4.650    76.2    12.0  19.6
2008 03 20    21 51.57   +72 07.6    4.858    4.700    75.0    11.8  19.7
2008 03 25    22 05.30   +72 46.7    4.929    4.749    73.8    11.6  19.7
2008 03 30    22 19.01   +73 25.3    5.001    4.797    72.6    11.5  19.8
2008 04 04    22 32.70   +74 03.3    5.072    4.846    71.4    11.3  19.9
2008 04 09    22 46.37   +74 40.8    5.142    4.895    70.2    11.1  20.0
2008 04 14    23 00.01   +75 17.8    5.211    4.943    69.1    10.9  20.0
2008 04 19    23 13.65   +75 54.3    5.280    4.991    68.0    10.8  20.1
2008 04 24    23 27.29   +76 30.2    5.347    5.039    67.0    10.6  20.2
2008 04 29    23 40.94   +77 05.7    5.412    5.087    66.0    10.4  20.2
2008 05 04    23 54.61   +77 40.6    5.476    5.135    65.2    10.3  20.3
2008 05 09    00 08.30   +78 15.1    5.537    5.182    64.4    10.1  20.4
2008 05 14    00 22.03   +78 49.1    5.597    5.229    63.8    10.0  20.4
2008 05 19    00 35.81   +79 22.6    5.655    5.277    63.2     9.9  20.5
2008 05 24    00 49.66   +79 55.7    5.710    5.324    62.8     9.7  20.5
2008 05 29    01 03.59   +80 28.3    5.763    5.371    62.5     9.6  20.6
2008 06 03    01 17.61   +81 00.6    5.813    5.417    62.3     9.5  20.7
2008 06 08    01 31.74   +81 32.4    5.861    5.464    62.3     9.5  20.7
2008 06 13    01 45.98   +82 03.8    5.907    5.510    62.4     9.4  20.8
2008 06 18    02 00.37   +82 34.9    5.949    5.557    62.7     9.3  20.8
2008 06 23    02 14.93   +83 05.6    5.989    5.603    63.1     9.3  20.9
2008 06 28    02 29.70   +83 36.0    6.027    5.649    63.6     9.3  20.9
2008 07 03    02 44.70   +84 06.1    6.061    5.695    64.3     9.3  21.0

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