157P/Tritton
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66922:157P/Tritton Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5 T 2010 Feb. 20.5355 TT MPC q 1.360161 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1565420 Peri. 148.7466 +0.0163750 -0.9938427 a 3.409694 Node 300.1079 +0.8892327 +0.0645863 e 0.601090 Incl. 7.2775 +0.4571621 -0.0900295 P 6.30 From 218 observations 1978-2009, mean residual 0".9.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
157P/Tritton Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Feb. 20.5347 TT MPC q 1.360164 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1565508 Peri. 148.7460 +0.0163874 -0.9938425 a 3.409566 Node 300.1078 +0.8892319 +0.0645975 e 0.601074 Incl. 7.2775 +0.4571631 -0.0900241 P 6.30An 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! 2010 01 24 01 16.76 +15 30.1 1.177 1.396 79.9 44.0 11.8 2010 01 29 01 31.25 +16 22.7 1.191 1.384 78.4 44.2 11.8 2010 02 03 01 46.41 +17 15.6 1.205 1.375 77.0 44.3 11.8 2010 02 08 02 02.21 +18 07.9 1.219 1.368 75.8 44.4 11.8 2010 02 13 02 18.62 +18 58.6 1.235 1.363 74.7 44.3 11.8 2010 02 18 02 35.58 +19 46.8 1.252 1.360 73.7 44.2 11.8 2010 02 23 02 53.06 +20 31.6 1.271 1.360 72.8 44.0 11.9 2010 02 28 03 10.96 +21 12.1 1.291 1.363 72.0 43.7 11.9 2010 03 05 03 29.22 +21 47.5 1.314 1.368 71.2 43.4 12.0 2010 03 10 03 47.77 +22 17.0 1.338 1.375 70.5 42.9 12.0 2010 03 15 04 06.52 +22 40.2 1.365 1.384 69.8 42.4 12.1 2010 03 20 04 25.39 +22 56.6 1.394 1.396 69.2 41.8 12.2 2010 03 25 04 44.27 +23 05.8 1.426 1.409 68.5 41.2 12.3 2010 03 30 05 03.08 +23 07.9 1.460 1.425 67.9 40.5 12.4 2010 04 04 05 21.72 +23 02.8 1.497 1.443 67.2 39.7 12.5 2010 04 09 05 40.13 +22 50.8 1.537 1.462 66.5 38.9 12.6 2010 04 14 05 58.24 +22 32.1 1.579 1.484 65.8 38.1 12.7 2010 04 19 06 16.00 +22 07.1 1.624 1.506 65.0 37.2 12.8 2010 04 24 06 33.35 +21 36.2 1.672 1.530 64.2 36.3 13.0 2010 04 29 06 50.25 +21 00.1 1.722 1.556 63.3 35.3 13.1 2010 05 04 07 06.69 +20 19.3 1.775 1.583 62.3 34.3 13.2 2010 05 09 07 22.64 +19 34.2 1.830 1.611 61.3 33.4 13.4 2010 05 14 07 38.12 +18 45.4 1.887 1.640 60.2 32.4 13.5 2010 05 19 07 53.12 +17 53.3 1.945 1.669 59.1 31.3 13.7 2010 05 24 08 07.65 +16 58.5 2.006 1.700 57.9 30.3 13.8 2010 05 29 08 21.71 +16 01.5 2.068 1.731 56.6 29.3 14.0 2010 06 03 08 35.32 +15 02.5 2.132 1.763 55.2 28.2 14.1 2010 06 08 08 48.51 +14 01.9 2.197 1.796 53.8 27.1 14.3 2010 06 13 09 01.30 +13 00.0 2.263 1.829 52.3 26.1 14.4 2010 06 18 09 13.70 +11 57.2 2.330 1.862 50.8 25.0 14.5 2010 06 23 09 25.74 +10 53.6 2.398 1.896 49.1 23.9 14.7 2010 06 28 09 37.44 +09 49.5 2.466 1.930 47.5 22.8 14.8 2010 07 03 09 48.81 +08 45.1 2.534 1.964 45.7 21.8 15.0 2010 07 08 09 59.88 +07 40.5 2.603 1.999 43.9 20.7 15.1 2010 07 13 10 10.68 +06 35.9 2.671 2.034 42.1 19.6 15.2 2010 07 18 10 21.21 +05 31.4 2.739 2.068 40.2 18.5 15.3 2010 07 23 10 31.50 +04 27.1 2.806 2.103 38.2 17.4 15.5 2010 07 28 10 41.56 +03 23.2 2.872 2.138 36.2 16.3 15.6 2010 08 02 10 51.40 +02 19.6 2.938 2.173 34.1 15.2 15.7 2010 08 07 11 01.04 +01 16.6 3.002 2.208 32.0 14.1 15.8 2010 08 12 11 10.50 +00 14.0 3.066 2.243 29.8 13.0 15.9 2010 08 17 11 19.79 -00 47.9 3.127 2.278 27.6 11.9 16.1 2010 08 22 11 28.91 -01 49.1 3.187 2.313 25.3 10.8 16.2 2010 08 27 11 37.87 -02 49.6 3.244 2.348 23.0 9.7 16.3 2010 09 01 11 46.69 -03 49.3 3.300 2.383 20.7 8.6 16.4 2010 09 06 11 55.38 -04 48.2 3.354 2.417 18.3 7.5 16.5 2010 09 11 12 03.94 -05 46.2 3.404 2.452 15.9 6.5 16.6 2010 09 16 12 12.37 -06 43.3 3.453 2.486 13.5 5.4 16.6 2010 09 21 12 20.69 -07 39.4 3.498 2.521 11.2 4.4 16.7 2010 09 26 12 28.89 -08 34.6 3.541 2.555 8.9 3.5 16.8 2010 10 01 12 36.97 -09 28.7 3.580 2.588 6.9 2.7 16.9 2010 10 06 12 44.95 -10 21.8 3.616 2.622 5.4 2.1 17.0 2010 10 11 12 52.83 -11 13.7 3.648 2.656 5.2 2.0 17.1 2010 10 16 13 00.59 -12 04.6 3.678 2.689 6.4 2.4 17.1 2010 10 21 13 08.24 -12 54.2 3.703 2.722 8.5 3.1 17.2 2010 10 26 13 15.78 -13 42.7 3.725 2.755 11.0 3.9 17.3 2010 10 31 13 23.21 -14 30.0 3.742 2.788 13.7 4.8 17.3 2010 11 05 13 30.52 -15 16.0 3.756 2.820 16.6 5.8 17.4 2010 11 10 13 37.71 -16 00.8 3.766 2.853 19.6 6.7 17.4 2010 11 15 13 44.77 -16 44.3 3.772 2.885 22.7 7.6 17.5 2010 11 20 13 51.68 -17 26.4 3.774 2.917 25.9 8.5 17.5 2010 11 25 13 58.45 -18 07.3 3.772 2.948 29.1 9.4 17.6 2010 11 30 14 05.06 -18 46.8 3.766 2.980 32.4 10.2 17.6 2010 12 05 14 11.51 -19 24.9 3.755 3.011 35.8 11.0 17.7 2010 12 10 14 17.77 -20 01.7 3.741 3.042 39.2 11.8 17.7 2010 12 15 14 23.84 -20 37.1 3.723 3.073 42.7 12.5 17.7 2010 12 20 14 29.69 -21 11.1 3.701 3.103 46.3 13.2 17.8 2010 12 25 14 35.31 -21 43.7 3.675 3.134 49.9 13.9 17.8 2010 12 30 14 40.69 -22 15.0 3.646 3.164 53.6 14.5 17.8 2011 01 04 14 45.80 -22 44.8 3.614 3.194 57.4 15.0 17.8 2011 01 09 14 50.61 -23 13.2 3.578 3.223 61.3 15.5 17.9 2011 01 14 14 55.12 -23 40.3 3.540 3.253 65.2 15.9 17.9 2011 01 19 14 59.28 -24 05.9 3.499 3.282 69.2 16.3 17.9 2011 01 24 15 03.08 -24 30.1 3.456 3.311 73.4 16.5 17.9 2011 01 29 15 06.50 -24 52.8 3.410 3.339 77.5 16.7 17.9 2011 02 03 15 09.51 -25 14.1 3.363 3.368 81.8 16.8 17.9 2011 02 08 15 12.06 -25 33.8 3.315 3.396 86.2 16.8 17.9 2011 02 13 15 14.15 -25 52.0 3.267 3.424 90.7 16.8 17.9 2011 02 18 15 15.75 -26 08.4 3.218 3.452 95.3 16.6 17.9 2011 02 23 15 16.84 -26 23.2 3.169 3.479 100.0 16.3 17.9 2011 02 28 15 17.40 -26 36.1 3.121 3.507 104.8 15.8 17.9This 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.
