200P/Larsen
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 63139:200P/Larsen Epoch 2008 Sept. 11.0 TT = JDT 2454720.5 T 2008 Aug. 25.1744 TT MPC q 3.271999 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0906677 Peri. 133.7286 +0.9757323 -0.1359879 a 4.907208 Node 234.8163 +0.0844817 +0.9568877 e 0.333226 Incl. 12.1214 +0.2020130 +0.2566577 P 10.9 From 266 observations 1997-2008, mean residual 0".5.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
200P/Larsen Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2008 Aug. 25.6681 TT MPC q 3.272834 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0905606 Peri. 133.8235 +0.9755182 -0.1375770 a 4.911074 Node 234.8143 +0.0860473 +0.9567401 e 0.333581 Incl. 12.1181 +0.2023862 +0.2563612 P 10.9An 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 06 10.13 +17 19.1 3.359 3.950 120.0 12.6 17.6 2009 10 31 06 09.62 +17 03.5 3.309 3.963 125.0 11.8 17.6 2009 11 05 06 08.65 +16 48.1 3.264 3.976 130.2 11.0 17.6 2009 11 10 06 07.24 +16 32.9 3.223 3.989 135.4 10.0 17.6 2009 11 15 06 05.42 +16 18.1 3.187 4.003 140.8 9.0 17.5 2009 11 20 06 03.20 +16 03.7 3.157 4.016 146.2 7.9 17.5 2009 11 25 06 00.65 +15 49.9 3.133 4.029 151.6 6.7 17.5 2009 11 30 05 57.81 +15 36.7 3.116 4.043 157.0 5.5 17.5 2009 12 05 05 54.74 +15 24.3 3.106 4.056 162.3 4.2 17.5 2009 12 10 05 51.50 +15 12.8 3.103 4.069 167.1 3.1 17.6 2009 12 15 05 48.17 +15 02.2 3.108 4.083 170.7 2.2 17.6 2009 12 20 05 44.81 +14 52.7 3.121 4.096 171.3 2.1 17.6 2009 12 25 05 41.52 +14 44.4 3.141 4.110 168.5 2.7 17.6 2009 12 30 05 38.35 +14 37.3 3.169 4.123 163.9 3.8 17.7 2010 01 04 05 35.38 +14 31.4 3.205 4.137 158.8 4.9 17.7 2010 01 09 05 32.65 +14 26.8 3.247 4.150 153.4 6.1 17.7 2010 01 14 05 30.23 +14 23.5 3.297 4.164 148.0 7.2 17.8 2010 01 19 05 28.16 +14 21.5 3.353 4.177 142.6 8.2 17.8 2010 01 24 05 26.46 +14 20.6 3.414 4.191 137.3 9.2 17.9 2010 01 29 05 25.17 +14 20.9 3.481 4.205 132.0 10.0 17.9 2010 02 03 05 24.29 +14 22.2 3.553 4.218 126.8 10.8 18.0 2010 02 08 05 23.84 +14 24.5 3.629 4.232 121.8 11.4 18.1 2010 02 13 05 23.80 +14 27.7 3.708 4.246 116.8 12.0 18.1 2010 02 18 05 24.17 +14 31.5 3.791 4.259 111.9 12.4 18.2 2010 02 23 05 24.96 +14 35.9 3.876 4.273 107.1 12.8 18.2 2010 02 28 05 26.13 +14 40.8 3.963 4.287 102.4 13.0 18.3 2010 03 05 05 27.68 +14 46.0 4.051 4.300 97.9 13.2 18.4 2010 03 10 05 29.58 +14 51.4 4.140 4.314 93.4 13.3 18.4 2010 03 15 05 31.81 +14 56.9 4.230 4.328 89.0 13.3 18.5 2010 03 20 05 34.37 +15 02.4 4.319 4.342 84.7 13.2 18.6 2010 03 25 05 37.21 +15 07.7 4.408 4.355 80.4 13.0 18.6 2010 03 30 05 40.33 +15 12.7 4.496 4.369 76.3 12.8 18.7 2010 04 04 05 43.70 +15 17.3 4.583 4.383 72.2 12.5 18.7 2010 04 09 05 47.30 +15 21.5 4.668 4.397 68.2 12.2 18.8 2010 04 14 05 51.12 +15 25.2 4.751 4.410 64.3 11.8 18.8 2010 04 19 05 55.13 +15 28.2 4.832 4.424 60.4 11.4 18.9 2010 04 24 05 59.31 +15 30.6 4.911 4.438 56.6 10.9 18.9 2010 04 29 06 03.66 +15 32.1 4.986 4.451 52.9 10.4 19.0 2010 05 04 06 08.14 +15 32.9 5.059 4.465 49.2 9.8 19.0 2010 05 09 06 12.75 +15 32.9 5.128 4.479 45.5 9.3 19.1 2010 05 14 06 17.48 +15 31.9 5.194 4.493 41.9 8.6 19.1 2010 05 19 06 22.30 +15 30.0 5.256 4.506 38.3 8.0 19.1 2010 05 24 06 27.20 +15 27.2 5.314 4.520 34.8 7.3 19.2 2010 05 29 06 32.18 +15 23.3 5.368 4.534 31.3 6.7 19.2 2010 06 03 06 37.20 +15 18.5 5.419 4.547 27.9 6.0 19.2 2010 06 08 06 42.28 +15 12.6 5.465 4.561 24.5 5.3 19.3 2010 06 13 06 47.39 +15 05.8 5.506 4.574 21.2 4.6 19.3 2010 06 18 06 52.51 +14 57.9 5.543 4.588 18.0 3.9 19.3 2010 06 23 06 57.65 +14 49.0 5.576 4.602 15.0 3.3 19.4 2010 06 28 07 02.78 +14 39.1 5.604 4.615 12.2 2.7 19.4 2010 07 03 07 07.91 +14 28.2 5.627 4.629 9.8 2.2 19.4 2010 07 08 07 13.01 +14 16.4 5.646 4.642 8.3 1.8 19.4 2010 07 13 07 18.08 +14 03.5 5.660 4.656 8.2 1.8 19.4 2010 07 18 07 23.11 +13 49.8 5.669 4.669 9.4 2.0 19.5 2010 07 23 07 28.08 +13 35.1 5.673 4.683 11.7 2.5 19.5 2010 07 28 07 32.99 +13 19.6 5.673 4.696 14.4 3.1 19.5 2010 08 02 07 37.83 +13 03.3 5.668 4.709 17.5 3.7 19.5 2010 08 07 07 42.59 +12 46.2 5.658 4.723 20.7 4.4 19.5 2010 08 12 07 47.26 +12 28.4 5.643 4.736 24.1 5.0 19.5 2010 08 17 07 51.82 +12 09.8 5.624 4.750 27.5 5.7 19.5 2010 08 22 07 56.27 +11 50.7 5.601 4.763 31.1 6.3 19.5 2010 08 27 08 00.59 +11 31.0 5.573 4.776 34.6 6.9 19.5 2010 09 01 08 04.78 +11 10.7 5.541 4.789 38.3 7.5 19.5 2010 09 06 08 08.83 +10 50.1 5.505 4.803 42.0 8.1 19.5 2010 09 11 08 12.71 +10 29.0 5.465 4.816 45.7 8.6 19.5 2010 09 16 08 16.42 +10 07.7 5.421 4.829 49.5 9.1 19.5 2010 09 21 08 19.95 +09 46.1 5.373 4.842 53.4 9.6 19.5 2010 09 26 08 23.29 +09 24.5 5.323 4.855 57.3 10.0 19.5 2010 10 01 08 26.41 +09 02.8 5.269 4.868 61.3 10.4 19.5 2010 10 06 08 29.32 +08 41.2 5.212 4.881 65.4 10.7 19.5 2010 10 11 08 31.99 +08 19.8 5.153 4.894 69.5 11.0 19.5 2010 10 16 08 34.40 +07 58.6 5.092 4.907 73.7 11.2 19.4 2010 10 21 08 36.55 +07 37.9 5.030 4.920 78.0 11.4 19.4 2010 10 26 08 38.43 +07 17.6 4.966 4.933 82.4 11.5 19.4 2010 10 31 08 40.02 +06 58.1 4.901 4.946 86.8 11.6 19.4 2010 11 05 08 41.30 +06 39.3 4.836 4.959 91.3 11.5 19.4 2010 11 10 08 42.27 +06 21.4 4.771 4.972 95.9 11.4 19.4 2010 11 15 08 42.91 +06 04.5 4.706 4.985 100.6 11.2 19.3 2010 11 20 08 43.23 +05 48.9 4.643 4.997 105.4 11.0 19.3 2010 11 25 08 43.20 +05 34.5 4.582 5.010 110.3 10.7 19.3 2010 11 30 08 42.84 +05 21.6 4.523 5.023 115.2 10.2 19.3This 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.
