119P/Parker-Hartley
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 52907:119P/Parker-Hartley Epoch 2005 May 30.0 TT = JDT 2453520.5 T 2005 May 24.3372 TT MPC q 3.044495 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1108292 Peri. 181.4103 +0.4147174 -0.9063080 a 4.292397 Node 244.0939 +0.8357458 +0.4147277 e 0.290724 Incl. 5.1879 +0.3599145 +0.0812824 P 8.89 From 346 observations 1995-2004, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
119P/Parker-Hartley Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2014 Apr. 3.5062 TT MPC q 3.037362 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1111927 Peri. 181.0851 +0.4201685 -0.9037891 a 4.283038 Node 244.0741 +0.8332457 +0.4197770 e 0.290839 Incl. 5.1920 +0.3593884 +0.0833815 P 8.86An 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 15 52.40 -20 07.7 6.390 5.529 27.7 4.8 22.2 2009 10 31 15 56.49 -20 18.4 6.424 5.529 23.7 4.1 22.1 2009 11 05 16 00.66 -20 29.0 6.452 5.529 19.7 3.5 22.1 2009 11 10 16 04.90 -20 39.3 6.476 5.528 15.6 2.8 22.1 2009 11 15 16 09.20 -20 49.4 6.494 5.528 11.6 2.1 22.0 2009 11 20 16 13.55 -20 59.2 6.506 5.528 7.6 1.4 22.0 2009 11 25 16 17.93 -21 08.6 6.512 5.528 3.6 0.6 21.9 2009 11 30 16 22.33 -21 17.6 6.513 5.527 0.5 0.1 21.8 2009 12 05 16 26.74 -21 26.1 6.509 5.527 4.5 0.8 21.9 2009 12 10 16 31.15 -21 34.2 6.498 5.526 8.5 1.5 22.0 2009 12 15 16 35.54 -21 41.8 6.482 5.525 12.6 2.2 22.0 2009 12 20 16 39.91 -21 48.8 6.460 5.525 16.6 2.9 22.1 2009 12 25 16 44.23 -21 55.2 6.433 5.524 20.7 3.6 22.1 2009 12 30 16 48.49 -22 01.1 6.400 5.523 24.8 4.3 22.1 2010 01 04 16 52.68 -22 06.4 6.362 5.522 28.9 4.9 22.1 2010 01 09 16 56.79 -22 11.2 6.319 5.521 33.1 5.6 22.2 2010 01 14 17 00.81 -22 15.3 6.271 5.520 37.2 6.2 22.2 2010 01 19 17 04.71 -22 18.9 6.218 5.519 41.4 6.8 22.2 2010 01 24 17 08.48 -22 21.9 6.161 5.518 45.6 7.3 22.2 2010 01 29 17 12.11 -22 24.3 6.099 5.516 49.9 7.8 22.2 2010 02 03 17 15.57 -22 26.2 6.034 5.515 54.2 8.3 22.2 2010 02 08 17 18.87 -22 27.6 5.965 5.514 58.5 8.8 22.2 2010 02 13 17 21.97 -22 28.4 5.893 5.512 62.8 9.2 22.2 2010 02 18 17 24.87 -22 28.8 5.818 5.511 67.2 9.5 22.1 22.2 2010 02 23 17 27.55 -22 28.8 5.741 5.509 71.6 9.8 22.1 22.1 2010 02 28 17 29.98 -22 28.3 5.661 5.507 76.1 10.1 22.1 22.1 2010 03 05 17 32.17 -22 27.5 5.580 5.506 80.6 10.2 22.0 22.1 2010 03 10 17 34.09 -22 26.2 5.498 5.504 85.1 10.4 22.0 22.1 2010 03 15 17 35.72 -22 24.7 5.415 5.502 89.8 10.4 22.0 22.0 2010 03 20 17 37.06 -22 22.9 5.333 5.500 94.4 10.4 21.9 22.0 2010 03 25 17 38.09 -22 20.7 5.250 5.498 99.2 10.3 21.9 22.0 2010 03 30 17 38.81 -22 18.4 5.169 5.496 103.9 10.2 21.9 21.9 2010 04 04 17 39.20 -22 15.7 5.089 5.493 108.8 9.9 21.8 21.9 2010 04 09 17 39.26 -22 12.9 5.012 5.491 113.7 9.6 21.8 21.8 2010 04 14 17 38.98 -22 09.8 4.937 5.489 118.7 9.2 21.8 21.8 2010 04 19 17 38.37 -22 06.6 4.865 5.486 123.7 8.8 21.7 21.7 2010 04 24 17 37.43 -22 03.1 4.798 5.484 128.8 8.2 21.7 2010 04 29 17 36.17 -21 59.4 4.734 5.481 133.9 7.6 21.6 2010 05 04 17 34.60 -21 55.5 4.676 5.479 139.2 6.9 21.6 2010 05 09 17 32.75 -21 51.4 4.623 5.476 144.4 6.2 21.5 2010 05 14 17 30.63 -21 47.0 4.577 5.473 149.8 5.3 21.4 2010 05 19 17 28.27 -21 42.5 4.536 5.471 155.1 4.5 21.4 2010 05 24 17 25.71 -21 37.7 4.503 5.468 160.5 3.5 21.3 2010 05 29 17 22.99 -21 32.7 4.476 5.465 165.9 2.6 21.2 2010 06 03 17 20.15 -21 27.6 4.457 5.462 171.3 1.6 21.1 2010 06 08 17 17.23 -21 22.4 4.445 5.459 176.5 0.7 21.0 2010 06 13 17 14.28 -21 17.1 4.441 5.455 177.0 0.6 21.0 2010 06 18 17 11.35 -21 11.8 4.444 5.452 171.9 1.5 21.1 2010 06 23 17 08.49 -21 06.5 4.455 5.449 166.6 2.5 21.2 2010 06 28 17 05.74 -21 01.4 4.473 5.445 161.2 3.5 21.3 2010 07 03 17 03.14 -20 56.5 4.498 5.442 155.8 4.4 21.3 2010 07 08 17 00.73 -20 51.9 4.530 5.438 150.5 5.3 21.4 2010 07 13 16 58.54 -20 47.7 4.569 5.435 145.2 6.1 21.5 2010 07 18 16 56.61 -20 43.9 4.613 5.431 140.0 6.9 21.5 2010 07 23 16 54.96 -20 40.7 4.663 5.427 134.9 7.6 21.5 21.6 2010 07 28 16 53.60 -20 38.0 4.718 5.424 129.8 8.3 21.6 21.6 2010 08 02 16 52.56 -20 35.8 4.777 5.420 124.7 8.9 21.6 21.7 2010 08 07 16 51.83 -20 34.3 4.840 5.416 119.8 9.4 21.6 21.7 2010 08 12 16 51.43 -20 33.4 4.906 5.412 114.9 9.8 21.6 21.8 2010 08 17 16 51.36 -20 33.2 4.976 5.408 110.1 10.1 21.6 21.8 2010 08 22 16 51.61 -20 33.5 5.047 5.404 105.3 10.4 21.7 21.8 2010 08 27 16 52.19 -20 34.4 5.120 5.399 100.7 10.6 21.7 21.9 2010 09 01 16 53.07 -20 35.8 5.195 5.395 96.0 10.7 21.7 21.9 2010 09 06 16 54.27 -20 37.8 5.270 5.391 91.5 10.8 21.7 21.9 2010 09 11 16 55.76 -20 40.1 5.345 5.386 87.0 10.8 21.8 22.0 2010 09 16 16 57.54 -20 42.8 5.419 5.382 82.5 10.7 21.8 22.0 2010 09 21 16 59.59 -20 45.9 5.493 5.377 78.1 10.5 21.8 22.0 2010 09 26 17 01.89 -20 49.2 5.566 5.372 73.8 10.3 21.8 22.0 2010 10 01 17 04.45 -20 52.6 5.636 5.368 69.5 10.1 21.9 22.1 2010 10 06 17 07.24 -20 56.2 5.705 5.363 65.2 9.7 21.9 22.1 2010 10 11 17 10.25 -20 59.8 5.771 5.358 61.0 9.4 21.9 22.1 2010 10 16 17 13.46 -21 03.4 5.834 5.353 56.8 9.0 21.9 22.1 2010 10 21 17 16.87 -21 06.8 5.894 5.348 52.6 8.5 21.9 22.1 2010 10 26 17 20.46 -21 10.1 5.950 5.343 48.5 8.0 21.9 22.1 2010 10 31 17 24.21 -21 13.2 6.002 5.338 44.4 7.5 21.9 22.1 2010 11 05 17 28.12 -21 16.0 6.050 5.333 40.3 6.9 21.9 22.1 2010 11 10 17 32.16 -21 18.4 6.094 5.328 36.2 6.3 22.0 22.0 2010 11 15 17 36.33 -21 20.4 6.133 5.322 32.2 5.7 22.0 22.0 2010 11 20 17 40.61 -21 22.0 6.168 5.317 28.1 5.0 22.0 22.0 2010 11 25 17 44.99 -21 23.0 6.197 5.311 24.1 4.4 22.0 22.0 2010 11 30 17 49.45 -21 23.6 6.221 5.306 20.1 3.7 21.9This 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.
