10P/Tempel
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59600:
10P/Tempel
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5
T 2010 July 4.9073 TT MPC
q 1.422698 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1833760 Peri. 195.6608 +0.6829400 +0.7068662
a 3.068370 Node 117.8251 -0.6458430 +0.7021231
e 0.536334 Incl. 12.0223 -0.3412912 +0.0858093
P 5.37
From 1028 observations 1946-2007, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational
parameters A1 = +0.03, A2 = +0.0014.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
10P/Tempel Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2010 July 4.8723 TT MPC q 1.423146 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1833310 Peri. 195.6229 +0.6825536 +0.7072406 a 3.068872 Node 117.8315 -0.6462366 +0.7017706 e 0.536264 Incl. 12.0227 -0.3413193 +0.0856083 P 5.38An 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 06 08 11 16.34 +16 42.2 3.321 3.409 86.2 17.3 20.7 2009 06 13 11 18.44 +16 17.4 3.371 3.385 82.2 17.3 20.7 2009 06 18 11 20.91 +15 50.5 3.419 3.362 78.2 17.2 20.7 2009 06 23 11 23.74 +15 21.8 3.466 3.338 74.3 17.0 20.7 2009 06 28 11 26.91 +14 51.4 3.511 3.314 70.5 16.8 20.7 2009 07 03 11 30.39 +14 19.4 3.554 3.290 66.8 16.5 20.7 20.7 2009 07 08 11 34.18 +13 46.0 3.595 3.265 63.2 16.1 20.6 20.7 2009 07 13 11 38.24 +13 11.2 3.633 3.241 59.6 15.7 20.6 20.7 2009 07 18 11 42.56 +12 35.1 3.669 3.216 56.1 15.2 20.5 20.7 2009 07 23 11 47.13 +11 57.9 3.702 3.190 52.7 14.7 20.4 20.7 2009 07 28 11 51.94 +11 19.5 3.731 3.165 49.4 14.1 20.4 20.7 2009 08 02 11 56.98 +10 40.2 3.757 3.140 46.1 13.5 20.3 20.6 2009 08 07 12 02.22 +09 59.9 3.780 3.114 42.8 12.8 20.2 20.6 2009 08 12 12 07.66 +09 18.7 3.799 3.088 39.6 12.1 20.1 20.6 2009 08 17 12 13.29 +08 36.7 3.815 3.061 36.5 11.3 20.1 20.5 2009 08 22 12 19.11 +07 54.0 3.827 3.035 33.4 10.6 20.0 20.5 2009 08 27 12 25.10 +07 10.7 3.836 3.008 30.4 9.8 19.9 20.4 2009 09 01 12 31.27 +06 26.8 3.840 2.981 27.5 9.0 19.8 20.4 2009 09 06 12 37.60 +05 42.3 3.841 2.954 24.6 8.2 19.7 20.3 2009 09 11 12 44.09 +04 57.5 3.838 2.927 21.7 7.3 19.6 20.3 2009 09 16 12 50.74 +04 12.2 3.831 2.899 19.0 6.5 19.5 20.2 2009 09 21 12 57.54 +03 26.7 3.820 2.871 16.4 5.7 19.4 20.2 2009 09 26 13 04.50 +02 41.0 3.806 2.843 14.0 4.9 19.2 20.1 2009 10 01 13 11.61 +01 55.1 3.787 2.815 11.8 4.2 19.1 20.0 2009 10 06 13 18.87 +01 09.2 3.765 2.786 10.1 3.6 19.0 19.9 2009 10 11 13 26.27 +00 23.3 3.739 2.758 9.0 3.3 18.9 19.9 2009 10 16 13 33.83 -00 22.5 3.710 2.729 8.8 3.2 18.7 19.8 2009 10 21 13 41.53 -01 08.0 3.677 2.700 9.5 3.5 18.6 19.8 2009 10 26 13 49.39 -01 53.2 3.640 2.671 10.9 4.0 18.5 19.8 2009 10 31 13 57.39 -02 38.0 3.600 2.641 12.8 4.8 18.3 19.8 2009 11 05 14 05.55 -03 22.3 3.557 2.611 15.0 5.6 18.2 19.8 2009 11 10 14 13.86 -04 06.0 3.510 2.582 17.3 6.5 18.0 19.8 2009 11 15 14 22.32 -04 49.0 3.461 2.552 19.7 7.5 17.9 19.8 2009 11 20 14 30.95 -05 31.2 3.408 2.522 22.2 8.5 17.7 19.8 2009 11 25 14 39.73 -06 12.4 3.353 2.491 24.8 9.6 17.5 19.7 2009 11 30 14 48.66 -06 52.6 3.295 2.461 27.3 10.6 17.4 19.7 2009 12 05 14 57.76 -07 31.6 3.235 2.430 29.9 11.7 17.2 19.7 2009 12 10 15 07.03 -08 09.3 3.172 2.399 32.4 12.7 17.0 19.7 2009 12 15 15 16.46 -08 45.6 3.107 2.369 35.0 13.8 16.8 19.6 2009 12 20 15 26.06 -09 20.4 3.040 2.338 37.5 14.8 16.6 19.6 2009 12 25 15 35.83 -09 53.5 2.971 2.307 40.0 15.9 16.4 19.5 2009 12 30 15 45.77 -10 24.9 2.901 2.276 42.5 17.0 16.2 19.5 2010 01 04 15 55.87 -10 54.4 2.830 2.245 45.0 18.0 16.0 19.5 2010 01 09 16 06.16 -11 21.9 2.757 2.213 47.4 19.1 15.8 19.4 2010 01 14 16 16.62 -11 47.3 2.683 2.182 49.8 20.2 15.6 19.3 2010 01 19 16 27.25 -12 10.4 2.608 2.151 52.2 21.2 15.4 19.3 2010 01 24 16 38.06 -12 31.2 2.533 2.120 54.6 22.2 15.2 19.2 2010 01 29 16 49.04 -12 49.6 2.457 2.089 56.9 23.3 14.9 19.2 2010 02 03 17 00.21 -13 05.5 2.381 2.058 59.1 24.3 14.7 19.1 2010 02 08 17 11.55 -13 18.7 2.305 2.027 61.4 25.3 14.5 19.0 2010 02 13 17 23.07 -13 29.3 2.229 1.996 63.5 26.3 14.2 18.9 2010 02 18 17 34.76 -13 37.1 2.154 1.965 65.7 27.3 14.0 18.9 2010 02 23 17 46.63 -13 42.1 2.079 1.935 67.8 28.2 13.8 18.8 2010 02 28 17 58.68 -13 44.3 2.005 1.905 69.8 29.2 13.5 18.7 2010 03 05 18 10.91 -13 43.6 1.932 1.875 71.7 30.2 13.3 18.6 2010 03 10 18 23.33 -13 40.1 1.860 1.845 73.7 31.1 13.0 18.5 2010 03 15 18 35.93 -13 33.8 1.789 1.816 75.5 32.0 12.7 18.4 2010 03 20 18 48.70 -13 24.7 1.720 1.788 77.3 32.9 12.5 18.3 2010 03 25 19 01.66 -13 12.8 1.652 1.760 79.0 33.8 12.2 18.2 2010 03 30 19 14.80 -12 58.4 1.586 1.732 80.7 34.7 12.0 18.1 2010 04 04 19 28.14 -12 41.5 1.521 1.705 82.3 35.5 11.7 18.0 2010 04 09 19 41.67 -12 22.2 1.459 1.679 83.9 36.4 11.4 17.9 2010 04 14 19 55.40 -12 00.8 1.399 1.654 85.3 37.2 11.2 17.8 2010 04 19 20 09.31 -11 37.6 1.341 1.629 86.8 38.0 10.9 17.7 2010 04 24 20 23.41 -11 12.8 1.285 1.606 88.1 38.8 10.7 17.6 2010 04 29 20 37.70 -10 46.6 1.231 1.583 89.5 39.5 10.4 17.5 2010 05 04 20 52.19 -10 19.6 1.180 1.562 90.7 40.2 10.2 17.4 2010 05 09 21 06.86 -09 52.0 1.131 1.541 91.9 40.9 10.0 17.3 2010 05 14 21 21.70 -09 24.3 1.085 1.523 93.1 41.5 9.7 17.2 2010 05 19 21 36.68 -08 57.2 1.042 1.505 94.3 42.1 9.5 17.1 2010 05 24 21 51.79 -08 31.2 1.001 1.489 95.4 42.6 9.3 17.0 2010 05 29 22 07.00 -08 06.7 0.962 1.475 96.5 43.1 9.1 16.9 2010 06 03 22 22.29 -07 44.3 0.926 1.462 97.6 43.4 9.0 16.8 2010 06 08 22 37.59 -07 24.8 0.893 1.451 98.8 43.7 8.8 16.7 2010 06 13 22 52.84 -07 08.9 0.862 1.441 100.0 43.9 8.6 16.7 2010 06 18 23 07.98 -06 57.2 0.834 1.434 101.2 44.0 8.5 16.6 2010 06 23 23 22.94 -06 50.2 0.807 1.428 102.5 44.0 8.4 16.5 2010 06 28 23 37.63 -06 48.5 0.784 1.425 103.9 43.8 8.3 16.4 2010 07 03 23 51.97 -06 52.5 0.762 1.423 105.3 43.6 8.2 16.4 2010 07 08 00 05.84 -07 02.8 0.742 1.423 107.0 43.1 8.2 16.3 2010 07 13 00 19.14 -07 19.8 0.725 1.425 108.7 42.5 8.1 16.2This 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.
