P/2000 Y3 (Scotti)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65937:P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) Epoch 2012 Feb. 3.0 TT = JDT 2455960.5 T 2012 Jan. 20.7834 TT MPC q 3.917896 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0909426 Peri. 92.6043 +0.0563905 -0.9984007 a 4.897311 Node 354.1585 +0.8996463 +0.0525544 e 0.199990 Incl. 2.2590 +0.4329627 +0.0208330 P 10.8 From 226 observations 2000 Nov. 29-2002 May 14, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2012 Jan. 6.1385 TT MPC q 3.935693 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0896011 Peri. 90.3891 +0.0918889 -0.9957616 a 4.946072 Node 354.3342 +0.8971404 +0.0844890 e 0.204279 Incl. 2.2676 +0.4320827 +0.0363376 P 11.0An 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 22 46.34 -08 02.7 4.163 4.832 127.4 9.4 18.9 2009 10 31 22 45.72 -08 04.8 4.220 4.824 122.2 10.0 19.0 2009 11 05 22 45.43 -08 05.1 4.281 4.816 117.2 10.6 19.0 2009 11 10 22 45.47 -08 03.3 4.346 4.808 112.2 11.0 19.0 2009 11 15 22 45.85 -07 59.5 4.412 4.800 107.3 11.4 19.0 2009 11 20 22 46.56 -07 53.8 4.481 4.792 102.4 11.6 19.1 2009 11 25 22 47.59 -07 46.2 4.551 4.783 97.6 11.8 19.1 2009 11 30 22 48.94 -07 36.6 4.622 4.775 93.0 11.9 19.1 2009 12 05 22 50.59 -07 25.3 4.693 4.767 88.3 11.9 19.1 2009 12 10 22 52.52 -07 12.2 4.764 4.759 83.8 11.9 19.2 2009 12 15 22 54.72 -06 57.5 4.834 4.751 79.3 11.7 19.2 2009 12 20 22 57.19 -06 41.1 4.904 4.743 74.9 11.6 19.2 2009 12 25 22 59.90 -06 23.1 4.971 4.735 70.5 11.3 19.2 2009 12 30 23 02.83 -06 03.8 5.037 4.727 66.2 11.0 19.3 2010 01 04 23 05.98 -05 43.0 5.100 4.719 62.0 10.6 19.3 2010 01 09 23 09.32 -05 21.0 5.161 4.711 57.8 10.2 19.3 2010 01 14 23 12.84 -04 57.7 5.218 4.703 53.7 9.7 19.3 2010 01 19 23 16.53 -04 33.3 5.273 4.695 49.6 9.2 19.3 2010 01 24 23 20.37 -04 07.9 5.323 4.687 45.5 8.6 19.3 2010 01 29 23 24.34 -03 41.5 5.370 4.679 41.5 8.0 19.4 2010 02 03 23 28.45 -03 14.2 5.413 4.671 37.6 7.4 19.4 2010 02 08 23 32.66 -02 46.1 5.451 4.663 33.7 6.7 19.4 2010 02 13 23 36.98 -02 17.3 5.485 4.654 29.8 6.0 19.4 2010 02 18 23 41.38 -01 47.8 5.515 4.646 25.9 5.3 19.4 2010 02 23 23 45.87 -01 17.7 5.540 4.638 22.1 4.6 19.4 2010 02 28 23 50.42 -00 47.2 5.560 4.630 18.3 3.9 19.4 2010 03 05 23 55.03 -00 16.2 5.575 4.622 14.6 3.1 19.4 2010 03 10 23 59.69 +00 15.1 5.586 4.614 10.9 2.3 19.4 2010 03 15 00 04.39 +00 46.6 5.591 4.606 7.2 1.5 19.4 2010 03 20 00 09.12 +01 18.4 5.592 4.598 3.5 0.8 19.4 2010 03 25 00 13.87 +01 50.3 5.587 4.590 0.4 0.1 19.4 2010 03 30 00 18.63 +02 22.2 5.578 4.582 3.8 0.8 19.3 2010 04 04 00 23.39 +02 54.1 5.564 4.574 7.5 1.6 19.3 2010 04 09 00 28.16 +03 25.9 5.545 4.566 11.1 2.4 19.3 2010 04 14 00 32.91 +03 57.5 5.522 4.559 14.7 3.2 19.3 2010 04 19 00 37.64 +04 29.0 5.493 4.551 18.3 4.0 19.3 2010 04 24 00 42.34 +05 00.1 5.460 4.543 21.9 4.7 19.3 2010 04 29 00 47.00 +05 30.8 5.423 4.535 25.5 5.5 19.2 2010 05 04 00 51.61 +06 01.1 5.381 4.527 29.1 6.2 19.2 2010 05 09 00 56.18 +06 31.0 5.336 4.519 32.7 6.9 19.2 2010 05 14 01 00.67 +07 00.2 5.286 4.511 36.3 7.6 19.2 2010 05 19 01 05.09 +07 28.9 5.232 4.503 39.9 8.3 19.1 2010 05 24 01 09.42 +07 56.8 5.175 4.496 43.6 8.9 19.1 2010 05 29 01 13.66 +08 24.1 5.114 4.488 47.2 9.5 19.1 2010 06 03 01 17.79 +08 50.5 5.050 4.480 50.9 10.1 19.0 2010 06 08 01 21.79 +09 16.0 4.983 4.472 54.6 10.7 19.0 2010 06 13 01 25.67 +09 40.7 4.913 4.465 58.4 11.2 19.0 2010 06 18 01 29.40 +10 04.3 4.840 4.457 62.1 11.6 18.9 2010 06 23 01 32.96 +10 26.8 4.765 4.449 66.0 12.0 18.9 2010 06 28 01 36.35 +10 48.3 4.689 4.441 69.8 12.4 18.8 2010 07 03 01 39.55 +11 08.6 4.610 4.434 73.7 12.7 18.8 2010 07 08 01 42.55 +11 27.6 4.530 4.426 77.7 13.0 18.7 2010 07 13 01 45.32 +11 45.3 4.449 4.419 81.7 13.2 18.7 2010 07 18 01 47.84 +12 01.6 4.367 4.411 85.8 13.3 18.6 2010 07 23 01 50.11 +12 16.4 4.285 4.404 90.0 13.3 18.6 2010 07 28 01 52.09 +12 29.7 4.203 4.396 94.2 13.3 18.5 2010 08 02 01 53.79 +12 41.4 4.121 4.389 98.6 13.2 18.5 2010 08 07 01 55.18 +12 51.5 4.041 4.381 103.0 13.0 18.4 2010 08 12 01 56.23 +12 59.8 3.961 4.374 107.5 12.8 18.4 2010 08 17 01 56.95 +13 06.4 3.884 4.366 112.1 12.4 18.3 2010 08 22 01 57.31 +13 11.0 3.809 4.359 116.8 12.0 18.3 2010 08 27 01 57.31 +13 13.8 3.737 4.352 121.6 11.4 18.2 2010 09 01 01 56.95 +13 14.7 3.668 4.344 126.5 10.8 18.2 2010 09 06 01 56.23 +13 13.5 3.603 4.337 131.5 10.0 18.2 2010 09 11 01 55.14 +13 10.4 3.543 4.330 136.6 9.2 18.1 2010 09 16 01 53.71 +13 05.4 3.487 4.323 141.8 8.3 18.1 2010 09 21 01 51.95 +12 58.5 3.437 4.315 147.1 7.3 18.0 2010 09 26 01 49.90 +12 49.8 3.394 4.308 152.5 6.2 18.0 2010 10 01 01 47.58 +12 39.5 3.356 4.301 158.0 5.0 18.0 2010 10 06 01 45.05 +12 27.7 3.326 4.294 163.6 3.8 17.9 2010 10 11 01 42.34 +12 14.6 3.302 4.287 169.2 2.5 17.9 2010 10 16 01 39.52 +12 00.7 3.286 4.280 174.7 1.2 17.9 2010 10 21 01 36.65 +11 46.0 3.278 4.273 178.3 0.4 17.9 2010 10 26 01 33.79 +11 31.1 3.277 4.266 173.4 1.5 17.9 2010 10 31 01 31.00 +11 16.2 3.284 4.260 167.8 2.8 17.9 2010 11 05 01 28.33 +11 01.7 3.298 4.253 162.1 4.1 17.9 2010 11 10 01 25.86 +10 47.9 3.319 4.246 156.5 5.3 17.9 2010 11 15 01 23.62 +10 35.2 3.348 4.239 150.9 6.5 17.9 2010 11 20 01 21.66 +10 23.9 3.383 4.233 145.3 7.6 17.9 2010 11 25 01 20.02 +10 14.2 3.423 4.226 139.8 8.7 17.9 2010 11 30 01 18.73 +10 06.4 3.470 4.220 134.4 9.6 18.0This 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.
