P/2007 K2 (Gibbs)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2007-L29:
P/2007 K2 (Gibbs)
T 2007 June 8.548 TT                                    MPC
q   2.27165              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.049035       Peri.  345.725       -0.996595       -0.079297
a   7.39263        Node   189.810       +0.082455       -0.958093
e   0.69271        Incl.    7.623       +0.000099       -0.275265
P  20.1
From 32 observations 2007 May 11-June 8.
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 06 09    10 07.83   +09 36.6    2.354    2.272    72.8    25.3  19.4
2007 06 14    10 16.73   +09 03.6    2.404    2.272    70.3    24.9  19.5
2007 06 19    10 25.78   +08 28.0    2.454    2.274    67.8    24.4  19.5
2007 06 24    10 34.97   +07 50.0    2.504    2.276    65.4    24.0  19.6
2007 06 29    10 44.26   +07 09.7    2.554    2.280    63.0    23.4  19.6
2007 07 04    10 53.64   +06 27.3    2.604    2.284    60.7    22.8  19.7
2007 07 09    11 03.09   +05 43.1    2.654    2.290    58.4    22.2  19.7
2007 07 14    11 12.61   +04 57.1    2.703    2.296    56.1    21.5  19.8
2007 07 19    11 22.18   +04 09.7    2.753    2.304    53.8    20.9  19.8
2007 07 24    11 31.80   +03 20.9    2.803    2.312    51.6    20.1  19.9
2007 07 29    11 41.44   +02 31.1    2.852    2.321    49.3    19.4  19.9
2007 08 03    11 51.11   +01 40.5    2.901    2.332    47.1    18.6  20.0
2007 08 08    12 00.79   +00 49.1    2.949    2.343    44.9    17.8  20.0
2007 08 13    12 10.49   -00 02.8    2.998    2.354    42.6    17.0  20.1
2007 08 18    12 20.20   -00 54.9    3.045    2.367    40.4    16.1  20.2
2007 08 23    12 29.91   -01 47.2    3.092    2.381    38.2    15.2  20.2
2007 08 28    12 39.62   -02 39.3    3.138    2.395    35.9    14.3  20.3
2007 09 02    12 49.33   -03 31.2    3.184    2.410    33.7    13.4  20.3
2007 09 07    12 59.03   -04 22.6    3.229    2.426    31.4    12.5  20.4

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