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C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 T 2007 Oct. 28.6452 TT MPC q 0.401646 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000369 Peri. 153.7336 +0.9139099 +0.3903191 +/-0.000075 Node 172.8755 -0.0834057 -0.0881199 e 1.000148 Incl. 116.0310 +0.3972557 -0.9164529 From 121 observations 2007 Mar. 19-May 19, mean residual 0".8.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 T 2007 Oct. 28.6476 TT MPC q 0.401622 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000323 Peri. 153.7351 +0.9139189 +0.3902861 +/-0.000075 Node 172.8731 -0.0834821 -0.0880537 e 1.000130 Incl. 116.0260 +0.3972191 -0.9164733An 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 10 05.31 +28 53.3 2.858 2.783 75.5 20.6 16.7 2007 06 04 10 04.13 +28 58.1 2.877 2.716 70.7 20.6 16.6 2007 06 09 10 03.52 +29 00.8 2.893 2.647 66.0 20.5 16.5 2007 06 14 10 03.46 +29 01.6 2.905 2.578 61.4 20.2 16.4 2007 06 19 10 03.93 +29 01.0 2.913 2.508 57.0 19.9 16.3 2007 06 24 10 04.89 +28 59.2 2.915 2.437 52.7 19.4 16.2 2007 06 29 10 06.31 +28 56.4 2.912 2.365 48.6 18.8 16.1 2007 07 04 10 08.18 +28 52.9 2.903 2.293 44.6 18.1 15.9 2007 07 09 10 10.48 +28 48.8 2.888 2.219 40.7 17.4 15.8 2007 07 14 10 13.19 +28 44.3 2.867 2.145 37.1 16.6 15.6 2007 07 19 10 16.30 +28 39.6 2.838 2.070 33.6 15.8 15.4 2007 07 24 10 19.79 +28 34.9 2.802 1.993 30.4 14.9 15.2 2007 07 29 10 23.68 +28 30.3 2.759 1.916 27.4 14.1 15.0 2007 08 03 10 27.95 +28 25.9 2.708 1.837 24.8 13.4 14.8 2007 08 08 10 32.63 +28 21.9 2.650 1.757 22.5 12.8 14.6 2007 08 13 10 37.73 +28 18.4 2.583 1.676 20.9 12.4 14.3 2007 08 18 10 43.28 +28 15.6 2.508 1.593 19.8 12.4 14.0 2007 08 23 10 49.31 +28 13.5 2.425 1.509 19.4 12.9 13.7 2007 08 28 10 55.90 +28 12.2 2.333 1.423 19.7 13.8 13.4 2007 09 02 11 03.13 +28 11.6 2.233 1.336 20.6 15.4 13.0 2007 09 07 11 11.12 +28 11.6 2.123 1.247 22.0 17.6 12.6 2007 09 12 11 20.04 +28 11.6 2.005 1.157 23.7 20.5 12.1 2007 09 17 11 30.14 +28 10.8 1.877 1.064 25.7 24.2 11.6 2007 09 22 11 41.75 +28 07.5 1.740 0.970 27.7 28.7 11.1 2007 09 27 11 55.41 +27 58.0 1.593 0.875 29.6 34.5 10.4 2007 10 02 12 11.91 +27 35.1 1.438 0.779 31.2 41.7 9.7 2007 10 07 12 32.47 +26 44.5 1.275 0.684 32.2 51.2 8.9 2007 10 12 12 58.85 +24 55.9 1.106 0.591 32.1 63.8 7.9 2007 10 17 13 33.33 +21 06.1 0.941 0.507 30.2 81.0 6.9 2007 10 22 14 17.32 +13 21.5 0.799 0.440 25.5 103.0 5.9 2007 10 27 15 07.37 +00 03.3 0.720 0.404 20.2 121.7 5.4 2007 11 01 15 53.23 -16 03.5 0.741 0.412 21.9 116.0 5.5 2007 11 06 16 26.97 -29 16.9 0.845 0.460 27.6 94.3 6.3 2007 11 11 16 49.40 -38 08.8 0.987 0.534 31.4 74.7 7.2 2007 11 16 17 04.63 -43 58.2 1.136 0.622 33.2 60.4 8.2 2007 11 21 17 15.86 -48 00.1 1.279 0.716 33.8 50.2 9.1 2007 11 26 17 24.95 -50 58.8 1.413 0.812 34.0 42.9 9.8 2007 12 01 17 32.93 -53 19.1 1.536 0.908 34.1 37.5 10.5 2007 12 06 17 40.33 -55 15.4 1.649 1.002 34.3 33.6 11.1 2007 12 11 17 47.45 -56 56.3 1.751 1.096 34.7 30.8 11.6 2007 12 16 17 54.47 -58 27.3 1.844 1.187 35.4 28.7 12.1 2007 12 21 18 01.45 -59 51.9 1.927 1.277 36.5 27.2 12.5 2007 12 26 18 08.46 -61 12.7 2.002 1.366 37.8 26.2 12.9 2007 12 31 18 15.54 -62 31.6 2.068 1.452 39.6 25.6 13.2 2008 01 05 18 22.70 -63 49.8 2.127 1.537 41.6 25.1 13.5 2008 01 10 18 29.95 -65 08.5 2.179 1.621 43.9 24.9 13.8 2008 01 15 18 37.28 -66 28.5 2.225 1.703 46.4 24.7 14.0 2008 01 20 18 44.69 -67 50.6 2.264 1.784 49.2 24.7 14.3 2008 01 25 18 52.19 -69 15.3 2.298 1.863 52.1 24.6 14.5 2008 01 30 18 59.80 -70 43.1 2.327 1.942 55.2 24.6 14.7 2008 02 04 19 07.54 -72 14.5 2.352 2.019 58.4 24.6 14.9 2008 02 09 19 15.42 -73 49.8 2.374 2.095 61.7 24.5 15.1 2008 02 14 19 23.47 -75 29.4 2.392 2.170 65.1 24.4 15.3 2008 02 19 19 31.76 -77 13.5 2.408 2.244 68.6 24.2 15.4 2008 02 24 19 40.44 -79 02.0 2.422 2.317 72.1 24.0 15.6 2008 02 29 19 49.77 -80 55.2 2.435 2.389 75.6 23.7 15.7 2008 03 05 20 00.34 -82 52.9 2.449 2.461 79.0 23.3 15.9 2008 03 10 20 13.69 -84 54.9 2.462 2.531 82.5 22.9 16.0 2008 03 15 20 35.87 -87 00.6 2.477 2.601 85.8 22.4 16.1 2008 03 20 22 10.74 -89 05.3 2.494 2.670 89.0 21.9 16.2 2008 03 25 07 01.95 -88 29.1 2.514 2.738 92.1 21.3 16.4 2008 03 30 07 52.32 -86 15.8 2.536 2.806 95.0 20.8 16.5 2008 04 04 08 10.37 -83 58.8 2.563 2.873 97.7 20.2 16.6 2008 04 09 08 22.38 -81 40.4 2.594 2.939 100.0 19.6 16.8 2008 04 14 08 32.21 -79 21.9 2.630 3.005 102.1 19.0 16.9 2008 04 19 08 40.97 -77 04.4 2.671 3.070 103.8 18.5 17.0 2008 04 24 08 49.10 -74 48.7 2.717 3.134 105.2 18.0 17.1 2008 04 29 08 56.84 -72 35.9 2.769 3.198 106.1 17.6 17.3 2008 05 04 09 04.30 -70 26.7 2.827 3.261 106.6 17.2 17.4 2008 05 09 09 11.57 -68 21.9 2.890 3.324 106.7 16.9 17.5 2008 05 14 09 18.67 -66 22.3 2.958 3.387 106.5 16.6 17.7 2008 05 19 09 25.63 -64 28.4 3.032 3.448 105.8 16.4 17.8 2008 05 24 09 32.46 -62 40.6 3.111 3.510 104.8 16.2 17.9 2008 05 29 09 39.18 -60 59.1 3.195 3.571 103.5 16.0 18.0 2008 06 03 09 45.80 -59 24.2 3.283 3.631 101.9 15.9 18.2 2008 06 08 09 52.34 -57 56.0 3.375 3.691 100.1 15.7 18.3 2008 06 13 09 58.80 -56 34.6 3.471 3.751 98.1 15.6 18.4 2008 06 18 10 05.16 -55 19.8 3.569 3.810 95.9 15.4 18.6 2008 06 23 10 11.45 -54 11.5 3.671 3.869 93.5 15.2 18.7 2008 06 28 10 17.66 -53 09.5 3.774 3.927 91.1 15.0 18.8 2008 07 03 10 23.80 -52 13.6 3.880 3.985 88.5 14.8 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.