P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54169:P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5 T 2008 May 24.6726 TT MPC q 3.422563 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1026959 Peri. 244.3746 +0.7234277 -0.6896978 a 4.516139 Node 159.1849 +0.6606924 +0.6785085 e 0.242148 Incl. 5.0263 +0.2003445 +0.2528699 P 9.60 From 37 observations 1998 Oct. 24-1999 Jan. 13, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2008 May 24.8422 TT MPC q 3.422526 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1025925 Peri. 244.4082 +0.7231690 -0.6899682 a 4.519174 Node 159.1727 +0.6609497 +0.6782559 e 0.242666 Incl. 5.0265 +0.2004296 +0.2528098 P 9.61An 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 06 38.49 +19 50.7 4.728 3.806 22.1 5.8 19.7 2009 06 13 06 44.97 +19 46.7 4.762 3.815 18.9 4.9 19.7 2009 06 18 06 51.48 +19 41.6 4.793 3.824 15.7 4.1 19.7 2009 06 23 06 57.99 +19 35.3 4.819 3.833 12.5 3.3 19.7 2009 06 28 07 04.50 +19 27.8 4.842 3.842 9.4 2.5 19.6 2009 07 03 07 10.99 +19 19.1 4.860 3.851 6.4 1.7 19.6 2009 07 08 07 17.46 +19 09.3 4.874 3.861 3.9 1.0 19.5 2009 07 13 07 23.90 +18 58.4 4.884 3.870 3.1 0.8 19.5 2009 07 18 07 30.29 +18 46.5 4.890 3.879 5.0 1.3 19.6 2009 07 23 07 36.63 +18 33.6 4.892 3.888 7.9 2.1 19.6 2009 07 28 07 42.91 +18 19.8 4.890 3.898 11.0 2.8 19.7 2009 08 02 07 49.12 +18 05.1 4.883 3.907 14.2 3.6 19.7 2009 08 07 07 55.24 +17 49.6 4.873 3.917 17.4 4.4 19.8 2009 08 12 08 01.28 +17 33.3 4.858 3.926 20.7 5.2 19.8 2009 08 17 08 07.21 +17 16.3 4.839 3.936 24.0 6.0 19.9 2009 08 22 08 13.04 +16 58.8 4.816 3.945 27.4 6.8 19.9 2009 08 27 08 18.75 +16 40.8 4.789 3.955 30.8 7.5 19.9 2009 09 01 08 24.32 +16 22.3 4.758 3.964 34.2 8.2 20.0 2009 09 06 08 29.75 +16 03.5 4.723 3.974 37.7 8.9 20.0 2009 09 11 08 35.04 +15 44.5 4.685 3.984 41.2 9.6 20.0 2009 09 16 08 40.16 +15 25.4 4.643 3.994 44.8 10.2 20.0 2009 09 21 08 45.10 +15 06.3 4.598 4.003 48.5 10.8 20.0 2009 09 26 08 49.86 +14 47.3 4.549 4.013 52.2 11.4 20.0 2009 10 01 08 54.41 +14 28.5 4.498 4.023 55.9 11.9 20.0 2009 10 06 08 58.75 +14 10.1 4.443 4.033 59.7 12.4 20.0 2009 10 11 09 02.87 +13 52.2 4.386 4.043 63.6 12.8 20.0 2009 10 16 09 06.74 +13 34.9 4.327 4.053 67.6 13.1 20.0 2009 10 21 09 10.34 +13 18.4 4.265 4.062 71.6 13.4 20.0 2009 10 26 09 13.67 +13 02.8 4.202 4.072 75.7 13.7 20.0 2009 10 31 09 16.71 +12 48.3 4.137 4.082 79.9 13.9 19.9 2009 11 05 09 19.44 +12 35.0 4.071 4.092 84.2 13.9 19.9 2009 11 10 09 21.85 +12 23.0 4.005 4.102 88.6 14.0 19.9 2009 11 15 09 23.91 +12 12.6 3.938 4.112 93.1 13.9 19.8 2009 11 20 09 25.61 +12 03.8 3.872 4.122 97.7 13.7 19.8 2009 11 25 09 26.93 +11 56.8 3.806 4.132 102.4 13.5 19.8 2009 11 30 09 27.86 +11 51.7 3.742 4.143 107.2 13.1 19.7 2009 12 05 09 28.40 +11 48.6 3.680 4.153 112.1 12.7 19.7 2009 12 10 09 28.54 +11 47.6 3.620 4.163 117.2 12.1 19.6 2009 12 15 09 28.26 +11 48.8 3.563 4.173 122.3 11.5 19.6 2009 12 20 09 27.58 +11 52.2 3.510 4.183 127.6 10.7 19.5 2009 12 25 09 26.49 +11 57.7 3.461 4.193 132.9 9.9 19.5 2009 12 30 09 25.02 +12 05.4 3.417 4.203 138.4 8.9 19.4 2010 01 04 09 23.20 +12 15.0 3.378 4.213 144.0 7.9 19.3 2010 01 09 09 21.04 +12 26.5 3.346 4.223 149.6 6.8 19.3 2010 01 14 09 18.59 +12 39.7 3.320 4.233 155.3 5.6 19.2 2010 01 19 09 15.89 +12 54.3 3.301 4.244 161.0 4.3 19.1 2010 01 24 09 13.01 +13 10.1 3.290 4.254 166.8 3.0 19.0 2010 01 29 09 10.00 +13 26.7 3.286 4.264 172.4 1.7 19.0 2010 02 03 09 06.93 +13 43.7 3.289 4.274 177.1 0.7 18.9 2010 02 08 09 03.87 +14 01.0 3.301 4.284 174.6 1.2 18.9 2010 02 13 09 00.87 +14 18.1 3.320 4.294 169.2 2.5 19.0 2010 02 18 08 58.00 +14 34.8 3.348 4.304 163.5 3.7 19.1 2010 02 23 08 55.33 +14 50.7 3.382 4.314 157.8 5.0 19.2 2010 02 28 08 52.90 +15 05.7 3.424 4.325 152.2 6.1 19.3 2010 03 05 08 50.77 +15 19.6 3.472 4.335 146.7 7.2 19.4 2010 03 10 08 48.96 +15 32.1 3.526 4.345 141.2 8.2 19.5 2010 03 15 08 47.50 +15 43.2 3.586 4.355 135.8 9.2 19.6 2010 03 20 08 46.42 +15 52.8 3.651 4.365 130.6 10.0 19.7 2010 03 25 08 45.73 +16 00.8 3.721 4.375 125.4 10.7 19.7 2010 03 30 08 45.42 +16 07.2 3.795 4.385 120.4 11.3 19.8 2010 04 04 08 45.51 +16 12.0 3.872 4.395 115.4 11.9 19.9 2010 04 09 08 45.98 +16 15.2 3.952 4.405 110.6 12.3 19.9 2010 04 14 08 46.82 +16 16.7 4.034 4.415 105.9 12.6 20.0 2010 04 19 08 48.02 +16 16.7 4.118 4.425 101.3 12.9 20.1 2010 04 24 08 49.56 +16 15.1 4.203 4.435 96.8 13.0 20.1 2010 04 29 08 51.42 +16 12.0 4.289 4.445 92.4 13.1 20.2 2010 05 04 08 53.59 +16 07.5 4.375 4.455 88.0 13.1 20.2 2010 05 09 08 56.04 +16 01.5 4.460 4.465 83.8 13.0 20.3 2010 05 14 08 58.75 +15 54.1 4.546 4.475 79.6 12.8 20.3 2010 05 19 09 01.71 +15 45.3 4.630 4.485 75.5 12.6 20.3 2010 05 24 09 04.90 +15 35.3 4.713 4.495 71.5 12.3 20.4 2010 05 29 09 08.29 +15 24.0 4.794 4.505 67.5 12.0 20.4 2010 06 03 09 11.87 +15 11.5 4.873 4.515 63.6 11.6 20.4 2010 06 08 09 15.61 +14 57.8 4.950 4.524 59.8 11.2 20.4 2010 06 13 09 19.52 +14 43.0 5.024 4.534 56.0 10.7 20.5 2010 06 18 09 23.56 +14 27.1 5.095 4.544 52.2 10.2 20.5 2010 06 23 09 27.73 +14 10.2 5.164 4.554 48.5 9.6 20.5 2010 06 28 09 32.00 +13 52.4 5.229 4.564 44.8 9.0 20.5 2010 07 03 09 36.38 +13 33.6 5.290 4.573 41.1 8.4 20.5 2010 07 08 09 40.83 +13 14.0 5.348 4.583 37.5 7.8 20.5 2010 07 13 09 45.36 +12 53.5 5.402 4.593 33.9 7.1 20.5This 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.
