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 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2005 May 22.6848 TT MPC q 3.039586 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1111485 Peri. 181.1136 +0.4197128 -0.9040028 a 4.284172 Node 244.0744 +0.8334568 +0.4193479 e 0.290508 Incl. 5.1905 +0.3594314 +0.0832237 P 8.87An 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 15 15.43 -18 58.9 4.568 5.500 154.3 4.6 21.4 2009 06 13 15 13.24 -18 47.8 4.607 5.502 149.0 5.5 21.5 2009 06 18 15 11.28 -18 37.5 4.652 5.504 143.7 6.3 21.5 2009 06 23 15 09.57 -18 28.1 4.704 5.506 138.5 7.0 21.6 2009 06 28 15 08.13 -18 19.8 4.760 5.508 133.4 7.7 21.6 2009 07 03 15 06.99 -18 12.6 4.821 5.509 128.3 8.3 21.7 2009 07 08 15 06.14 -18 06.6 4.887 5.511 123.3 8.9 21.8 2009 07 13 15 05.59 -18 01.8 4.956 5.513 118.4 9.3 21.8 2009 07 18 15 05.35 -17 58.3 5.029 5.514 113.6 9.7 21.8 21.9 2009 07 23 15 05.41 -17 56.1 5.104 5.515 108.8 10.0 21.9 21.9 2009 07 28 15 05.77 -17 55.2 5.181 5.517 104.1 10.3 21.9 21.9 2009 08 02 15 06.42 -17 55.6 5.260 5.518 99.5 10.5 21.9 22.0 2009 08 07 15 07.36 -17 57.1 5.339 5.519 94.9 10.5 22.0 22.0 2009 08 12 15 08.58 -17 59.8 5.420 5.520 90.4 10.6 22.0 22.0 2009 08 17 15 10.06 -18 03.6 5.500 5.521 85.9 10.5 22.0 22.1 2009 08 22 15 11.80 -18 08.5 5.580 5.522 81.6 10.4 22.1 22.1 2009 08 27 15 13.79 -18 14.2 5.658 5.523 77.2 10.3 22.1 22.1 2009 09 01 15 16.01 -18 20.9 5.736 5.524 72.9 10.1 22.1 22.2 2009 09 06 15 18.45 -18 28.3 5.811 5.525 68.7 9.8 22.2 22.2 2009 09 11 15 21.10 -18 36.5 5.885 5.526 64.5 9.5 22.2 2009 09 16 15 23.94 -18 45.2 5.955 5.526 60.3 9.1 22.2 2009 09 21 15 26.98 -18 54.5 6.023 5.527 56.1 8.7 22.2 2009 09 26 15 30.18 -19 04.3 6.088 5.527 52.0 8.2 22.2 2009 10 01 15 33.55 -19 14.4 6.149 5.528 47.9 7.7 22.2 2009 10 06 15 37.06 -19 24.8 6.206 5.528 43.8 7.2 22.2 2009 10 11 15 40.72 -19 35.4 6.259 5.528 39.8 6.6 22.2 2009 10 16 15 44.50 -19 46.2 6.307 5.529 35.7 6.0 22.2 2009 10 21 15 48.40 -19 57.0 6.351 5.529 31.7 5.4 22.2 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 21.5This 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.
