94P/Russell
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59599:94P/Russell Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 T 2010 Mar. 29.7445 TT MPC q 2.240272 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1494008 Peri. 92.8432 -0.9546042 -0.2799518 a 3.517500 Node 70.9157 +0.2120736 -0.8786572 e 0.363107 Incl. 6.1823 +0.2091782 -0.3867668 P 6.60 From 223 observations 1984-2004, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
94P/Russell Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2010 Mar. 29.8581 TT MPC q 2.239971 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1494648 Peri. 92.8775 -0.9547986 -0.2792833 a 3.516496 Node 70.9216 +0.2114546 -0.8788097 e 0.363010 Incl. 6.1829 +0.2089177 -0.3869036 P 6.59An 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 05 14.81 +23 48.2 3.941 2.928 2.6 0.9 19.0 23.5 2009 06 13 05 23.42 +24 01.3 3.925 2.910 0.9 0.3 18.9 23.4 2009 06 18 05 32.13 +24 12.7 3.906 2.892 3.3 1.1 18.9 23.4 2009 06 23 05 40.93 +24 22.4 3.883 2.875 6.0 2.1 18.8 23.5 2009 06 28 05 49.82 +24 30.4 3.858 2.857 8.7 3.1 18.8 23.5 2009 07 03 05 58.79 +24 36.6 3.829 2.839 11.4 4.1 18.7 23.6 2009 07 08 06 07.81 +24 41.1 3.797 2.822 14.1 5.0 18.7 23.6 2009 07 13 06 16.90 +24 43.7 3.762 2.805 16.8 6.0 18.6 23.6 2009 07 18 06 26.04 +24 44.4 3.724 2.787 19.5 7.0 18.5 23.6 2009 07 23 06 35.22 +24 43.4 3.684 2.770 22.2 8.0 18.5 23.6 2009 07 28 06 44.42 +24 40.4 3.641 2.753 24.9 8.9 18.4 23.6 2009 08 02 06 53.65 +24 35.7 3.595 2.736 27.6 9.9 18.3 23.6 2009 08 07 07 02.88 +24 29.1 3.547 2.719 30.3 10.8 18.3 23.6 2009 08 12 07 12.11 +24 20.8 3.496 2.702 33.0 11.8 18.2 23.6 2009 08 17 07 21.33 +24 10.7 3.443 2.686 35.7 12.7 18.1 23.6 2009 08 22 07 30.53 +23 59.0 3.388 2.669 38.4 13.6 18.0 23.6 2009 08 27 07 39.70 +23 45.6 3.330 2.653 41.1 14.5 18.0 23.5 2009 09 01 07 48.82 +23 30.8 3.271 2.637 43.8 15.4 17.9 23.5 2009 09 06 07 57.88 +23 14.5 3.210 2.621 46.6 16.2 17.8 23.5 2009 09 11 08 06.89 +22 56.8 3.147 2.605 49.3 17.0 17.7 23.5 2009 09 16 08 15.82 +22 38.0 3.082 2.589 52.1 17.8 17.6 23.4 2009 09 21 08 24.66 +22 18.0 3.016 2.574 54.9 18.6 17.6 23.4 2009 09 26 08 33.39 +21 57.2 2.949 2.559 57.8 19.4 17.5 23.4 2009 10 01 08 42.02 +21 35.5 2.880 2.544 60.7 20.1 17.4 23.3 2009 10 06 08 50.51 +21 13.3 2.810 2.529 63.6 20.7 17.3 23.3 2009 10 11 08 58.87 +20 50.5 2.740 2.514 66.5 21.4 17.2 23.2 2009 10 16 09 07.08 +20 27.6 2.668 2.500 69.5 21.9 17.1 23.2 2009 10 21 09 15.11 +20 04.7 2.596 2.486 72.6 22.5 17.0 23.1 2009 10 26 09 22.95 +19 42.0 2.523 2.472 75.7 22.9 16.9 23.1 2009 10 31 09 30.58 +19 19.7 2.450 2.459 78.8 23.3 16.8 23.0 2009 11 05 09 37.98 +18 58.2 2.377 2.446 82.0 23.7 16.7 22.9 2009 11 10 09 45.14 +18 37.7 2.304 2.433 85.3 23.9 16.6 22.9 2009 11 15 09 52.02 +18 18.5 2.232 2.420 88.7 24.1 16.5 22.8 2009 11 20 09 58.60 +18 00.9 2.159 2.408 92.1 24.2 16.4 22.7 2009 11 25 10 04.84 +17 45.3 2.088 2.396 95.7 24.2 16.3 22.6 2009 11 30 10 10.71 +17 31.9 2.017 2.385 99.3 24.1 16.2 22.5 2009 12 05 10 16.19 +17 21.1 1.948 2.373 103.1 23.9 16.1 22.4 2009 12 10 10 21.24 +17 13.2 1.880 2.363 106.9 23.5 16.0 22.3 2009 12 15 10 25.81 +17 08.5 1.813 2.352 110.9 23.0 15.9 22.2 2009 12 20 10 29.85 +17 07.3 1.749 2.342 115.1 22.4 15.8 22.1 2009 12 25 10 33.33 +17 09.9 1.688 2.333 119.3 21.6 15.7 22.0 2009 12 30 10 36.20 +17 16.4 1.629 2.323 123.7 20.6 15.6 21.9 2010 01 04 10 38.44 +17 26.9 1.573 2.315 128.3 19.5 15.5 21.8 2010 01 09 10 40.00 +17 41.5 1.521 2.306 133.0 18.2 15.4 21.7 2010 01 14 10 40.85 +18 00.0 1.473 2.299 137.8 16.7 15.3 21.5 2010 01 19 10 40.97 +18 22.1 1.429 2.291 142.8 15.0 15.2 21.4 2010 01 24 10 40.36 +18 47.4 1.390 2.284 147.9 13.2 15.1 21.3 2010 01 29 10 39.06 +19 15.0 1.356 2.278 153.0 11.3 15.0 21.1 2010 02 03 10 37.12 +19 44.1 1.328 2.272 158.0 9.3 15.0 21.0 2010 02 08 10 34.60 +20 13.8 1.305 2.266 162.8 7.4 14.9 20.9 2010 02 13 10 31.60 +20 42.8 1.289 2.262 166.8 5.7 14.9 20.8 2010 02 18 10 28.25 +21 10.1 1.279 2.257 169.1 4.8 14.8 20.7 2010 02 23 10 24.72 +21 34.3 1.275 2.253 168.4 5.1 14.8 20.7 2010 02 28 10 21.17 +21 54.5 1.278 2.250 165.3 6.4 14.8 20.8 2010 03 05 10 17.76 +22 09.9 1.286 2.247 160.9 8.3 14.8 20.9 2010 03 10 10 14.64 +22 20.0 1.301 2.244 156.0 10.4 14.8 21.0 2010 03 15 10 11.96 +22 24.4 1.321 2.243 150.9 12.4 14.9 21.1 2010 03 20 10 09.83 +22 23.0 1.346 2.241 145.9 14.4 14.9 21.2 2010 03 25 10 08.34 +22 15.8 1.376 2.241 140.9 16.3 14.9 21.3 2010 03 30 10 07.55 +22 03.2 1.411 2.240 136.1 18.0 15.0 21.4 2010 04 04 10 07.48 +21 45.5 1.449 2.241 131.5 19.5 15.1 21.5 2010 04 09 10 08.14 +21 23.0 1.491 2.241 127.0 20.9 15.1 21.6 2010 04 14 10 09.51 +20 56.2 1.537 2.243 122.6 22.1 15.2 21.8 2010 04 19 10 11.58 +20 25.4 1.585 2.245 118.5 23.2 15.3 21.9 2010 04 24 10 14.29 +19 50.9 1.635 2.247 114.5 24.0 15.3 22.0 2010 04 29 10 17.62 +19 13.2 1.688 2.250 110.7 24.8 15.4 22.0 2010 05 04 10 21.49 +18 32.5 1.742 2.253 107.0 25.3 15.5 22.1 2010 05 09 10 25.87 +17 49.1 1.798 2.257 103.4 25.8 15.6 22.2 2010 05 14 10 30.71 +17 03.2 1.856 2.262 100.0 26.1 15.7 22.3 2010 05 19 10 35.97 +16 15.1 1.914 2.267 96.7 26.3 15.7 22.4 2010 05 24 10 41.60 +15 24.9 1.974 2.273 93.5 26.4 15.8 22.5 2010 05 29 10 47.56 +14 32.9 2.034 2.279 90.4 26.4 15.9 22.5 2010 06 03 10 53.81 +13 39.2 2.095 2.285 87.4 26.3 16.0 22.6 2010 06 08 11 00.33 +12 44.1 2.156 2.292 84.4 26.2 16.1 22.7 2010 06 13 11 07.07 +11 47.5 2.218 2.299 81.5 25.9 16.2 22.7 2010 06 18 11 14.02 +10 49.7 2.280 2.307 78.7 25.6 16.2 22.8 2010 06 23 11 21.16 +09 50.9 2.342 2.316 76.0 25.2 16.3 22.8 2010 06 28 11 28.46 +08 51.2 2.404 2.324 73.3 24.8 16.4 22.9 2010 07 03 11 35.89 +07 50.7 2.465 2.334 70.6 24.3 16.5 22.9 2010 07 08 11 43.46 +06 49.6 2.527 2.343 68.0 23.7 16.6 23.0 2010 07 13 11 51.14 +05 47.9 2.588 2.353 65.4 23.1 16.6 23.0This 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.
