9P/Tempel
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62880:
9P/Tempel
Epoch 2010 Dec. 30.0 TT = JDT 2455560.5
T 2011 Jan. 12.3656 TT MPC
q 1.510301 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1785067 Peri. 178.9231 -0.3770555 +0.9103837
a 3.123919 Node 68.9072 -0.8511227 -0.2680317
e 0.516537 Incl. 10.5224 -0.3652661 -0.3152149
P 5.52
From 4793 observations 1967-2006, mean residual 0".6. Nongravitational
parameters A1 = +0.02, A2 = +0.0017.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
9P/Tempel Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2011 Jan. 12.3465 TT MPC q 1.509915 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1784667 Peri. 178.9252 -0.3768328 +0.9104727 a 3.124385 Node 68.9190 -0.8512033 -0.2678280 e 0.516732 Incl. 10.5226 -0.3653081 -0.3151312 P 5.52An 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 m2WARNING! 2009 10 26 08 52.00 +25 14.6 3.570 3.607 84.2 15.9 20.9 2009 10 31 08 55.38 +25 16.3 3.474 3.586 88.4 16.1 20.8 2009 11 05 08 58.44 +25 20.0 3.378 3.565 92.7 16.1 20.8 2009 11 10 09 01.13 +25 25.8 3.282 3.543 97.1 16.1 20.7 2009 11 15 09 03.42 +25 33.8 3.187 3.522 101.6 16.0 20.6 2009 11 20 09 05.29 +25 44.4 3.093 3.500 106.2 15.7 20.5 2009 11 25 09 06.69 +25 57.6 3.001 3.478 111.0 15.4 20.4 2009 11 30 09 07.59 +26 13.4 2.911 3.456 115.8 14.9 20.3 2009 12 05 09 07.97 +26 32.0 2.823 3.434 120.8 14.3 20.2 2009 12 10 09 07.79 +26 53.3 2.740 3.411 125.9 13.5 20.1 2009 12 15 09 07.01 +27 17.3 2.660 3.388 131.0 12.7 20.0 2009 12 20 09 05.63 +27 43.7 2.584 3.365 136.3 11.6 19.9 2009 12 25 09 03.62 +28 12.3 2.514 3.342 141.7 10.5 19.8 2009 12 30 09 00.99 +28 42.6 2.450 3.319 147.1 9.3 19.7 2010 01 04 08 57.77 +29 14.1 2.392 3.295 152.4 7.9 19.5 2010 01 09 08 53.96 +29 46.1 2.341 3.271 157.6 6.6 19.4 2010 01 14 08 49.64 +30 18.0 2.296 3.247 162.3 5.3 19.3 2010 01 19 08 44.87 +30 48.9 2.260 3.223 166.0 4.2 19.2 2010 01 24 08 39.76 +31 18.0 2.231 3.199 167.5 3.8 19.1 2010 01 29 08 34.43 +31 44.5 2.209 3.174 166.1 4.3 19.1 2010 02 03 08 29.00 +32 07.9 2.195 3.149 162.5 5.4 19.1 2010 02 08 08 23.62 +32 27.7 2.189 3.124 157.7 6.9 19.2 2010 02 13 08 18.42 +32 43.5 2.190 3.099 152.4 8.5 19.2 2010 02 18 08 13.54 +32 55.0 2.198 3.073 146.9 10.1 19.3 2010 02 23 08 09.11 +33 02.4 2.212 3.048 141.4 11.7 19.3 19.4 2010 02 28 08 05.23 +33 05.8 2.231 3.022 135.9 13.2 19.3 19.4 2010 03 05 08 01.98 +33 05.5 2.256 2.996 130.5 14.6 19.2 19.5 2010 03 10 07 59.40 +33 01.7 2.285 2.970 125.2 15.9 19.1 19.5 2010 03 15 07 57.55 +32 54.8 2.317 2.943 120.0 17.0 19.0 19.6 2010 03 20 07 56.45 +32 45.2 2.353 2.917 115.0 18.0 19.0 19.6 2010 03 25 07 56.10 +32 33.1 2.391 2.890 110.1 18.9 18.9 19.7 2010 03 30 07 56.47 +32 18.8 2.430 2.863 105.4 19.6 18.8 19.7 2010 04 04 07 57.56 +32 02.6 2.471 2.836 100.9 20.3 18.8 19.7 2010 04 09 07 59.32 +31 44.6 2.513 2.808 96.5 20.8 18.7 19.8 2010 04 14 08 01.73 +31 25.0 2.555 2.781 92.3 21.1 18.6 19.8 2010 04 19 08 04.76 +31 03.7 2.596 2.753 88.2 21.4 18.6 19.8 2010 04 24 08 08.36 +30 41.0 2.637 2.725 84.2 21.5 18.5 19.8 2010 04 29 08 12.49 +30 16.9 2.677 2.697 80.4 21.6 18.4 19.8 2010 05 04 08 17.12 +29 51.2 2.715 2.669 76.6 21.6 18.3 19.8 2010 05 09 08 22.21 +29 24.0 2.752 2.641 73.0 21.4 18.2 19.9 2010 05 14 08 27.73 +28 55.3 2.788 2.612 69.6 21.3 18.2 19.9 2010 05 19 08 33.65 +28 24.9 2.821 2.584 66.2 21.0 18.1 19.8 2010 05 24 08 39.93 +27 52.8 2.852 2.555 62.9 20.7 18.0 19.8 2010 05 29 08 46.55 +27 19.1 2.881 2.526 59.7 20.3 17.9 19.8 2010 06 03 08 53.48 +26 43.5 2.907 2.497 56.6 19.8 17.8 19.8 2010 06 08 09 00.70 +26 06.1 2.931 2.468 53.6 19.3 17.6 19.8 2010 06 13 09 08.19 +25 26.8 2.952 2.439 50.7 18.8 17.5 19.7 2010 06 18 09 15.93 +24 45.5 2.971 2.410 47.9 18.2 17.4 19.7 2010 06 23 09 23.90 +24 02.1 2.986 2.381 45.1 17.6 17.3 19.7 2010 06 28 09 32.09 +23 16.7 3.000 2.352 42.4 17.0 17.2 19.6 2010 07 03 09 40.48 +22 29.2 3.010 2.322 39.8 16.3 17.0 19.6 2010 07 08 09 49.06 +21 39.5 3.018 2.293 37.3 15.6 16.9 19.6 2010 07 13 09 57.82 +20 47.7 3.023 2.263 34.8 14.8 16.8 19.5 2010 07 18 10 06.75 +19 53.6 3.025 2.234 32.4 14.1 16.6 19.5 2010 07 23 10 15.85 +18 57.2 3.025 2.205 30.0 13.3 16.5 19.4 2010 07 28 10 25.11 +17 58.7 3.023 2.176 27.7 12.5 16.3 19.3 2010 08 02 10 34.52 +16 57.9 3.018 2.146 25.5 11.7 16.2 19.3 2010 08 07 10 44.09 +15 54.9 3.010 2.117 23.3 10.9 16.0 19.2 2010 08 12 10 53.81 +14 49.6 3.001 2.088 21.2 10.1 15.9 19.1 2010 08 17 11 03.68 +13 42.2 2.989 2.060 19.2 9.3 15.7 19.1 2010 08 22 11 13.70 +12 32.6 2.975 2.031 17.2 8.5 15.6 19.0 2010 08 27 11 23.88 +11 20.9 2.959 2.003 15.3 7.7 15.4 18.9 2010 09 01 11 34.22 +10 07.2 2.942 1.975 13.5 6.9 15.2 18.8 2010 09 06 11 44.73 +08 51.4 2.923 1.947 11.8 6.1 15.1 18.8 2010 09 11 11 55.40 +07 33.8 2.902 1.920 10.2 5.3 14.9 18.7 2010 09 16 12 06.26 +06 14.3 2.880 1.893 8.8 4.6 14.7 18.6 2010 09 21 12 17.30 +04 53.2 2.857 1.866 7.5 4.0 14.6 18.5 2010 09 26 12 28.53 +03 30.6 2.832 1.840 6.5 3.6 14.4 18.4 2010 10 01 12 39.97 +02 06.6 2.807 1.814 5.9 3.3 14.2 18.4 2010 10 06 12 51.64 +00 41.3 2.781 1.789 5.8 3.2 14.0 18.3 2010 10 11 13 03.53 -00 44.9 2.755 1.765 6.1 3.4 13.9 18.3 2010 10 16 13 15.66 -02 11.9 2.727 1.741 6.7 3.9 13.7 18.2 2010 10 21 13 28.04 -03 39.3 2.700 1.718 7.6 4.4 13.5 18.2 2010 10 26 13 40.68 -05 07.0 2.673 1.696 8.7 5.1 13.4 18.2 2010 10 31 13 53.61 -06 34.6 2.645 1.675 9.8 5.8 13.2 18.2 2010 11 05 14 06.82 -08 01.7 2.618 1.655 11.0 6.5 13.1 18.2 2010 11 10 14 20.34 -09 28.0 2.591 1.636 12.1 7.3 12.9 18.2 2010 11 15 14 34.17 -10 53.0 2.564 1.618 13.3 8.1 12.8 18.2 2010 11 20 14 48.31 -12 16.3 2.539 1.601 14.5 8.9 12.6 18.1 2010 11 25 15 02.77 -13 37.4 2.513 1.586 15.7 9.7 12.5 18.1 2010 11 30 15 17.56 -14 55.9 2.489 1.571 16.8 10.5 12.4 18.1This 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.
