118P/Shoemaker-Levy
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59598:
118P/Shoemaker-Levy
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2010 Jan. 2.3251 TT MPC
q 1.983925 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1528442 Peri. 302.1450 -0.0733265 -0.9948548
a 3.464469 Node 151.8071 +0.9576001 -0.0898164
e 0.427351 Incl. 8.5094 +0.2786133 +0.0468714
P 6.45
From 769 observations 1991-2004, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational
parameters A1 = -0.04, A2 = -0.1396.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
118P/Shoemaker-Levy Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2010 Jan. 2.3171 TT MPC q 1.984014 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1528836 Peri. 302.1383 -0.0732124 -0.9948632 a 3.463874 Node 151.8073 +0.9576103 -0.0897065 e 0.427227 Incl. 8.5094 +0.2786081 +0.0469028 P 6.45An 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 2009 06 08 02 19.51 +08 36.0 3.191 2.529 42.0 15.6 18.5 20.9 2009 06 13 02 28.28 +09 10.3 3.129 2.508 44.5 16.5 18.5 20.9 2009 06 18 02 37.10 +09 43.0 3.066 2.487 47.0 17.4 18.4 20.8 2009 06 23 02 45.99 +10 14.1 3.002 2.467 49.6 18.3 18.3 20.8 2009 06 28 02 54.92 +10 43.4 2.936 2.447 52.1 19.1 18.2 20.8 2009 07 03 03 03.89 +11 10.8 2.870 2.426 54.6 20.0 18.1 20.7 2009 07 08 03 12.89 +11 36.1 2.802 2.406 57.1 20.8 18.1 20.7 2009 07 13 03 21.92 +11 59.4 2.734 2.387 59.6 21.6 18.0 20.6 2009 07 18 03 30.97 +12 20.4 2.665 2.367 62.1 22.3 17.9 20.6 2009 07 23 03 40.03 +12 39.0 2.596 2.348 64.6 23.0 17.8 20.5 2009 07 28 03 49.07 +12 55.2 2.526 2.329 67.2 23.7 17.7 20.5 2009 08 02 03 58.08 +13 08.8 2.456 2.310 69.7 24.3 17.6 20.4 2009 08 07 04 07.04 +13 19.8 2.386 2.292 72.3 24.9 17.5 20.3 2009 08 12 04 15.95 +13 28.2 2.316 2.274 74.9 25.5 17.4 20.3 2009 08 17 04 24.78 +13 33.8 2.246 2.256 77.6 26.0 17.3 20.2 2009 08 22 04 33.49 +13 36.7 2.176 2.239 80.2 26.4 17.2 20.1 2009 08 27 04 42.06 +13 36.7 2.106 2.222 83.0 26.8 17.1 20.1 2009 09 01 04 50.47 +13 34.0 2.038 2.205 85.7 27.2 17.0 20.0 2009 09 06 04 58.69 +13 28.5 1.969 2.189 88.5 27.4 16.9 19.9 2009 09 11 05 06.68 +13 20.3 1.902 2.173 91.4 27.6 16.8 19.8 2009 09 16 05 14.40 +13 09.5 1.835 2.158 94.3 27.7 16.7 19.7 2009 09 21 05 21.81 +12 56.1 1.770 2.144 97.4 27.7 16.6 19.6 2009 09 26 05 28.87 +12 40.3 1.705 2.129 100.5 27.6 16.4 19.5 2009 10 01 05 35.54 +12 22.4 1.643 2.116 103.6 27.4 16.3 19.4 2009 10 06 05 41.76 +12 02.6 1.581 2.103 106.9 27.1 16.2 19.3 2009 10 11 05 47.50 +11 41.1 1.522 2.090 110.4 26.6 16.1 19.2 2009 10 16 05 52.68 +11 18.2 1.464 2.078 113.9 26.0 16.0 19.1 2009 10 21 05 57.27 +10 54.4 1.409 2.067 117.6 25.3 15.9 19.0 2009 10 26 06 01.20 +10 30.1 1.356 2.057 121.4 24.4 15.8 18.9 2009 10 31 06 04.43 +10 05.9 1.306 2.047 125.3 23.3 15.7 18.7 2009 11 05 06 06.92 +09 42.3 1.258 2.037 129.4 22.1 15.6 18.6 2009 11 10 06 08.64 +09 19.9 1.214 2.029 133.7 20.7 15.5 18.5 2009 11 15 06 09.55 +08 59.5 1.174 2.021 138.1 19.1 15.4 18.3 2009 11 20 06 09.65 +08 41.8 1.137 2.014 142.6 17.4 15.3 18.2 2009 11 25 06 08.96 +08 27.6 1.105 2.007 147.2 15.5 15.2 18.1 2009 11 30 06 07.54 +08 17.5 1.078 2.002 151.7 13.5 15.2 17.9 2009 12 05 06 05.46 +08 12.3 1.055 1.997 156.2 11.5 15.1 17.8 2009 12 10 06 02.83 +08 12.3 1.038 1.993 160.2 9.6 15.1 17.7 2009 12 15 05 59.78 +08 18.0 1.026 1.989 163.4 8.1 15.0 17.6 2009 12 20 05 56.48 +08 29.6 1.020 1.987 165.0 7.4 15.0 17.6 2009 12 25 05 53.14 +08 47.1 1.020 1.985 164.6 7.6 15.0 17.6 2009 12 30 05 49.94 +09 10.0 1.025 1.984 162.2 8.7 15.0 17.6 2010 01 04 05 47.06 +09 37.9 1.036 1.984 158.5 10.5 15.1 17.7 2010 01 09 05 44.65 +10 10.1 1.053 1.985 154.2 12.4 15.1 17.8 2010 01 14 05 42.87 +10 46.0 1.074 1.986 149.6 14.5 15.1 18.0 2010 01 19 05 41.81 +11 24.5 1.101 1.988 144.9 16.5 15.2 18.1 2010 01 24 05 41.57 +12 05.0 1.132 1.991 140.3 18.4 15.3 18.2 2010 01 29 05 42.17 +12 46.6 1.168 1.995 135.7 20.2 15.3 18.3 2010 02 03 05 43.63 +13 28.5 1.207 2.000 131.3 21.7 15.4 18.5 2010 02 08 05 45.92 +14 10.2 1.250 2.005 127.0 23.1 15.5 18.6 2010 02 13 05 49.03 +14 50.9 1.297 2.011 122.9 24.3 15.6 18.7 2010 02 18 05 52.94 +15 30.2 1.346 2.018 118.9 25.4 15.7 18.8 2010 02 23 05 57.58 +16 07.7 1.398 2.026 115.1 26.3 15.8 19.0 2010 02 28 06 02.90 +16 42.9 1.452 2.034 111.4 27.0 15.9 19.1 2010 03 05 06 08.85 +17 15.6 1.508 2.043 107.9 27.5 16.0 19.2 2010 03 10 06 15.36 +17 45.4 1.566 2.053 104.4 27.9 16.1 19.3 2010 03 15 06 22.39 +18 12.3 1.626 2.064 101.1 28.2 16.2 19.4 2010 03 20 06 29.88 +18 35.9 1.688 2.075 97.9 28.4 16.3 19.5 2010 03 25 06 37.78 +18 56.2 1.750 2.086 94.8 28.4 16.4 19.6 2010 03 30 06 46.04 +19 13.0 1.814 2.099 91.8 28.4 16.5 19.7 2010 04 04 06 54.61 +19 26.4 1.879 2.111 88.9 28.3 16.6 19.7 2010 04 09 07 03.45 +19 36.3 1.944 2.125 86.1 28.0 16.7 19.8 2010 04 14 07 12.51 +19 42.7 2.011 2.139 83.3 27.8 16.8 19.9 2010 04 19 07 21.76 +19 45.5 2.077 2.153 80.5 27.4 16.9 20.0 2010 04 24 07 31.17 +19 44.9 2.145 2.168 77.8 27.0 17.0 20.0 2010 04 29 07 40.70 +19 40.9 2.212 2.184 75.2 26.5 17.1 20.1 2010 05 04 07 50.32 +19 33.7 2.280 2.200 72.6 25.9 17.2 20.2 2010 05 09 08 00.00 +19 23.2 2.348 2.216 70.0 25.3 17.3 20.2 2010 05 14 08 09.73 +19 09.6 2.416 2.233 67.5 24.7 17.4 20.3 2010 05 19 08 19.48 +18 53.0 2.483 2.250 65.0 24.0 17.5 20.4 2010 05 24 08 29.23 +18 33.5 2.550 2.268 62.5 23.3 17.6 20.4 2010 05 29 08 38.96 +18 11.4 2.617 2.286 60.0 22.6 17.7 20.5 2010 06 03 08 48.65 +17 46.7 2.683 2.304 57.5 21.8 17.8 20.5 2010 06 08 08 58.31 +17 19.6 2.749 2.323 55.1 21.0 17.9 20.6 2010 06 13 09 07.91 +16 50.3 2.814 2.341 52.7 20.2 17.9 20.6 2010 06 18 09 17.46 +16 18.8 2.878 2.361 50.2 19.3 18.0 20.6 2010 06 23 09 26.93 +15 45.4 2.941 2.380 47.8 18.4 18.1 20.7 2010 06 28 09 36.33 +15 10.2 3.003 2.400 45.4 17.5 18.2 20.7 2010 07 03 09 45.64 +14 33.4 3.063 2.420 42.9 16.6 18.3 20.7 2010 07 08 09 54.87 +13 55.1 3.122 2.440 40.5 15.7 18.3 20.8 2010 07 13 10 04.01 +13 15.4 3.180 2.460 38.0 14.7 18.4 20.8
