C/2007 H2 (Skiff)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59879:
C/2007 H2 (Skiff)
T 2007 Feb. 17.0724 TT                                  MPC
q   1.410722             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.019383       Peri.  319.3170      -0.8550105      -0.4092458
                   Node   203.7723      +0.2598534      -0.8696376
e   0.972656       Incl.   52.2087      -0.4488132      +0.2761309
From 100 observations 2007 Apr. 19-May 18.
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    13 41.65   +23 26.8    1.282    1.991   119.8    26.2  21.0
2007 06 04    13 44.06   +24 05.4    1.378    2.037   115.9    26.6  21.3
2007 06 09    13 46.89   +24 29.8    1.475    2.083   112.2    26.8  21.5
2007 06 14    13 50.08   +24 42.7    1.574    2.131   108.8    26.8  21.8
2007 06 19    13 53.62   +24 46.0    1.674    2.179   105.5    26.7  22.0
2007 06 24    13 57.48   +24 41.7    1.775    2.227   102.4    26.5  22.2
2007 06 29    14 01.63   +24 31.1    1.877    2.275    99.4    26.2  22.4
2007 07 04    14 06.04   +24 15.4    1.979    2.324    96.4    25.8  22.6
2007 07 09    14 10.68   +23 55.7    2.082    2.374    93.6    25.3  22.8
2007 07 14    14 15.53   +23 32.6    2.184    2.423    90.9    24.8  23.0
2007 07 19    14 20.58   +23 06.9    2.287    2.473    88.2    24.3  23.2
2007 07 24    14 25.82   +22 39.2    2.389    2.523    85.6    23.7  23.4
2007 07 29    14 31.21   +22 10.1    2.491    2.572    83.0    23.1  23.6
2007 08 03    14 36.75   +21 39.9    2.592    2.622    80.5    22.4  23.8
2007 08 08    14 42.42   +21 09.0    2.693    2.673    78.0    21.8  23.9
2007 08 13    14 48.22   +20 37.8    2.793    2.723    75.5    21.1  24.1
2007 08 18    14 54.13   +20 06.6    2.892    2.773    73.1    20.5  24.2
2007 08 23    15 00.15   +19 35.6    2.990    2.823    70.7    19.8  24.4
2007 08 28    15 06.26   +19 05.0    3.087    2.873    68.4    19.1  24.5
2007 09 02    15 12.45   +18 35.2    3.182    2.923    66.1    18.4  24.7
2007 09 07    15 18.72   +18 06.3    3.277    2.973    63.8    17.7  24.8
2007 09 12    15 25.05   +17 38.4    3.369    3.023    61.6    17.0  24.9
2007 09 17    15 31.45   +17 11.7    3.460    3.073    59.4    16.4  25.1
2007 09 22    15 37.91   +16 46.4    3.549    3.123    57.3    15.7  25.2
2007 09 27    15 44.40   +16 22.6    3.637    3.173    55.2    15.0  25.3
2007 10 02    15 50.94   +16 00.4    3.722    3.223    53.1    14.4  25.4
2007 10 07    15 57.51   +15 40.0    3.805    3.272    51.2    13.8  25.6
2007 10 12    16 04.10   +15 21.4    3.886    3.322    49.3    13.2  25.7
2007 10 17    16 10.71   +15 04.9    3.964    3.371    47.5    12.6  25.8
2007 10 22    16 17.33   +14 50.3    4.040    3.420    45.7    12.0  25.9
2007 10 27    16 23.95   +14 37.9    4.113    3.469    44.1    11.5  26.0
2007 11 01    16 30.56   +14 27.7    4.184    3.518    42.7    11.0  26.1
2007 11 06    16 37.16   +14 19.8    4.251    3.567    41.3    10.6  26.2
2007 11 11    16 43.74   +14 14.2    4.316    3.616    40.2    10.2  26.3
2007 11 16    16 50.29   +14 11.0    4.378    3.665    39.2     9.8  26.3
2007 11 21    16 56.79   +14 10.3    4.437    3.713    38.4     9.5  26.4
2007 11 26    17 03.24   +14 12.1    4.492    3.762    37.8     9.3  26.5
2007 12 01    17 09.64   +14 16.3    4.545    3.810    37.5     9.1  26.6
2007 12 06    17 15.97   +14 23.1    4.594    3.858    37.4     8.9  26.7
2007 12 11    17 22.22   +14 32.4    4.640    3.906    37.6     8.8  26.7
2007 12 16    17 28.38   +14 44.4    4.682    3.954    38.0     8.8  26.8
2007 12 21    17 34.43   +14 58.9    4.722    4.002    38.7     8.8  26.9
2007 12 26    17 40.38   +15 15.9    4.758    4.049    39.6     8.9  27.0
2007 12 31    17 46.21   +15 35.5    4.791    4.097    40.8     9.0  27.0
2008 01 05    17 51.90   +15 57.6    4.820    4.144    42.1     9.2  27.1
2008 01 10    17 57.45   +16 22.2    4.846    4.191    43.7     9.3  27.2
2008 01 15    18 02.84   +16 49.3    4.870    4.238    45.5     9.5  27.2
2008 01 20    18 08.07   +17 18.7    4.890    4.285    47.4     9.7  27.3
2008 01 25    18 13.11   +17 50.5    4.907    4.332    49.4     9.9  27.3
2008 01 30    18 17.96   +18 24.5    4.921    4.378    51.6    10.2  27.4
2008 02 04    18 22.60   +19 00.6    4.933    4.425    53.9    10.4  27.4
2008 02 09    18 27.03   +19 38.9    4.942    4.471    56.3    10.6  27.5
2008 02 14    18 31.22   +20 19.1    4.949    4.517    58.8    10.8  27.5
2008 02 19    18 35.17   +21 01.2    4.953    4.563    61.4    11.0  27.6
2008 02 24    18 38.85   +21 44.9    4.956    4.609    64.0    11.1  27.6
2008 02 29    18 42.27   +22 30.2    4.957    4.655    66.7    11.3  27.7
2008 03 05    18 45.40   +23 16.8    4.956    4.700    69.4    11.4  27.7
2008 03 10    18 48.23   +24 04.7    4.954    4.746    72.2    11.5  27.7
2008 03 15    18 50.74   +24 53.5    4.950    4.791    75.0    11.6  27.8
2008 03 20    18 52.93   +25 43.1    4.946    4.836    77.9    11.6  27.8
2008 03 25    18 54.78   +26 33.2    4.942    4.881    80.7    11.6  27.9
2008 03 30    18 56.29   +27 23.5    4.937    4.926    83.6    11.6  27.9
2008 04 04    18 57.44   +28 13.9    4.932    4.971    86.4    11.6  27.9
2008 04 09    18 58.21   +29 03.9    4.928    5.016    89.2    11.5  28.0
2008 04 14    18 58.61   +29 53.2    4.924    5.060    92.0    11.4  28.0
2008 04 19    18 58.64   +30 41.5    4.922    5.104    94.8    11.3  28.0
2008 04 24    18 58.28   +31 28.4    4.920    5.149    97.5    11.2  28.1
2008 04 29    18 57.55   +32 13.7    4.920    5.193   100.1    11.0  28.1
2008 05 04    18 56.44   +32 56.8    4.922    5.237   102.7    10.8  28.2
2008 05 09    18 54.97   +33 37.5    4.927    5.281   105.1    10.6  28.2
2008 05 14    18 53.16   +34 15.3    4.933    5.325   107.5    10.4  28.2
2008 05 19    18 51.02   +34 49.9    4.943    5.368   109.7    10.2  28.3
2008 05 24    18 48.59   +35 21.0    4.955    5.412   111.7    10.0  28.3
2008 05 29    18 45.89   +35 48.3    4.971    5.455   113.5     9.8  28.4
2008 06 03    18 42.96   +36 11.4    4.989    5.498   115.2     9.6  28.4
2008 06 08    18 39.84   +36 30.3    5.012    5.541   116.6     9.4  28.4
2008 06 13    18 36.59   +36 44.7    5.038    5.584   117.8     9.3  28.5
2008 06 18    18 33.24   +36 54.5    5.068    5.627   118.7     9.1  28.5
2008 06 23    18 29.85   +36 59.8    5.102    5.670   119.4     9.0  28.6
2008 06 28    18 26.46   +37 00.5    5.140    5.713   119.7     8.9  28.6
2008 07 03    18 23.13   +36 56.7    5.182    5.755   119.8     8.8  28.7

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