P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62881:P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 T 2011 Aug. 24.2078 TT MPC q 3.430477 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1157628 Peri. 114.7923 -0.8231942 -0.5632950 a 4.169558 Node 31.0665 +0.4583943 -0.7332510 e 0.177257 Incl. 7.9154 +0.3350015 -0.3808435 P 8.51 From 105 observations 2001 Dec. 9-2004 May 29, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2011 Aug. 25.5451 TT MPC q 3.429978 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1159823 Peri. 114.9782 -0.8250696 -0.5605418 a 4.164296 Node 31.0721 +0.4559305 -0.7347800 e 0.176337 Incl. 7.9166 +0.3337478 -0.3819571 P 8.50An 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 02 33.08 +15 14.4 5.111 4.337 36.5 8.0 21.8 2009 06 13 02 37.75 +15 40.5 5.058 4.330 40.0 8.7 21.8 2009 06 18 02 42.34 +16 05.8 5.001 4.323 43.6 9.3 21.8 2009 06 23 02 46.84 +16 30.3 4.941 4.316 47.3 10.0 21.8 2009 06 28 02 51.22 +16 54.1 4.877 4.309 50.9 10.6 21.8 2009 07 03 02 55.47 +17 17.0 4.810 4.302 54.6 11.1 21.8 2009 07 08 02 59.59 +17 39.0 4.741 4.295 58.3 11.6 21.8 2009 07 13 03 03.55 +18 00.2 4.669 4.288 62.1 12.1 21.7 2009 07 18 03 07.34 +18 20.6 4.594 4.281 65.9 12.5 21.7 2009 07 23 03 10.94 +18 40.0 4.517 4.273 69.8 12.9 21.7 2009 07 28 03 14.32 +18 58.5 4.439 4.266 73.7 13.2 21.7 2009 08 02 03 17.48 +19 16.1 4.359 4.259 77.7 13.5 21.6 2009 08 07 03 20.39 +19 32.8 4.278 4.252 81.7 13.7 21.6 2009 08 12 03 23.02 +19 48.4 4.196 4.245 85.8 13.8 21.5 2009 08 17 03 25.37 +20 03.1 4.114 4.237 90.0 13.8 21.5 2009 08 22 03 27.40 +20 16.8 4.032 4.230 94.3 13.8 21.5 2009 08 27 03 29.09 +20 29.4 3.950 4.223 98.7 13.7 21.4 2009 09 01 03 30.42 +20 41.0 3.869 4.215 103.2 13.5 21.3 2009 09 06 03 31.38 +20 51.4 3.789 4.208 107.8 13.2 21.3 2009 09 11 03 31.95 +21 00.7 3.712 4.201 112.5 12.8 21.2 2009 09 16 03 32.10 +21 08.8 3.637 4.193 117.3 12.3 21.2 2009 09 21 03 31.83 +21 15.7 3.564 4.186 122.2 11.7 21.1 2009 09 26 03 31.13 +21 21.2 3.495 4.179 127.2 11.0 21.0 2009 10 01 03 30.01 +21 25.4 3.431 4.171 132.3 10.2 20.9 2009 10 06 03 28.47 +21 28.1 3.371 4.164 137.6 9.3 20.9 2009 10 11 03 26.53 +21 29.5 3.316 4.156 142.9 8.3 20.8 2009 10 16 03 24.21 +21 29.3 3.267 4.149 148.4 7.2 20.7 2009 10 21 03 21.54 +21 27.6 3.224 4.141 153.9 6.1 20.6 2009 10 26 03 18.57 +21 24.5 3.188 4.134 159.5 4.8 20.5 2009 10 31 03 15.36 +21 20.0 3.159 4.126 165.1 3.5 20.4 2009 11 05 03 11.97 +21 14.2 3.137 4.119 170.7 2.2 20.3 2009 11 10 03 08.47 +21 07.4 3.123 4.111 175.5 1.1 20.2 2009 11 15 03 04.93 +20 59.6 3.117 4.104 175.5 1.1 20.2 2009 11 20 03 01.43 +20 51.2 3.119 4.096 170.5 2.3 20.3 2009 11 25 02 58.05 +20 42.5 3.128 4.089 164.9 3.6 20.4 2009 11 30 02 54.85 +20 33.6 3.144 4.081 159.2 4.9 20.5 2009 12 05 02 51.91 +20 25.1 3.168 4.074 153.5 6.2 20.5 2009 12 10 02 49.27 +20 17.1 3.199 4.066 147.8 7.4 20.6 2009 12 15 02 46.98 +20 09.9 3.235 4.059 142.2 8.5 20.7 2009 12 20 02 45.09 +20 03.9 3.278 4.051 136.7 9.6 20.7 2009 12 25 02 43.62 +19 59.2 3.326 4.044 131.3 10.5 20.8 2009 12 30 02 42.60 +19 56.0 3.379 4.036 126.0 11.4 20.9 2010 01 04 02 42.02 +19 54.4 3.436 4.028 120.8 12.1 20.9 2010 01 09 02 41.90 +19 54.6 3.496 4.021 115.7 12.7 21.0 2010 01 14 02 42.23 +19 56.5 3.559 4.013 110.7 13.3 21.0 2010 01 19 02 43.00 +20 00.2 3.625 4.006 105.8 13.7 21.1 2010 01 24 02 44.21 +20 05.7 3.692 3.998 101.0 14.0 21.1 2010 01 29 02 45.83 +20 12.9 3.760 3.991 96.3 14.2 21.2 2010 02 03 02 47.86 +20 21.6 3.829 3.983 91.8 14.3 21.2 2010 02 08 02 50.26 +20 32.0 3.898 3.976 87.3 14.3 21.3 2010 02 13 02 53.03 +20 43.7 3.967 3.968 82.9 14.3 21.3 2010 02 18 02 56.14 +20 56.7 4.035 3.961 78.6 14.2 21.3 2010 02 23 02 59.58 +21 11.0 4.102 3.953 74.5 14.0 21.3 2010 02 28 03 03.32 +21 26.2 4.167 3.946 70.4 13.7 21.4 2010 03 05 03 07.35 +21 42.4 4.230 3.938 66.3 13.3 21.4 2010 03 10 03 11.65 +21 59.4 4.291 3.931 62.4 12.9 21.4 2010 03 15 03 16.20 +22 17.0 4.350 3.923 58.5 12.5 21.4 2010 03 20 03 20.99 +22 35.2 4.406 3.916 54.7 12.0 21.4 2010 03 25 03 26.01 +22 53.7 4.459 3.908 50.9 11.4 21.4 2010 03 30 03 31.23 +23 12.6 4.509 3.901 47.2 10.8 21.4 2010 04 04 03 36.64 +23 31.6 4.556 3.893 43.6 10.2 21.4 2010 04 09 03 42.23 +23 50.6 4.599 3.886 40.0 9.5 21.4 2010 04 14 03 47.99 +24 09.6 4.639 3.879 36.5 8.8 21.4 2010 04 19 03 53.91 +24 28.5 4.674 3.871 33.0 8.1 21.4 2010 04 24 03 59.97 +24 47.1 4.706 3.864 29.6 7.4 21.3 2010 04 29 04 06.16 +25 05.3 4.734 3.857 26.2 6.6 21.3 2010 05 04 04 12.48 +25 23.2 4.758 3.849 22.9 5.8 21.3 2010 05 09 04 18.90 +25 40.5 4.778 3.842 19.6 5.1 21.2 2010 05 14 04 25.43 +25 57.3 4.794 3.835 16.4 4.3 21.2 2010 05 19 04 32.05 +26 13.5 4.806 3.828 13.2 3.5 21.2 2010 05 24 04 38.75 +26 29.0 4.813 3.821 10.2 2.7 21.1 2010 05 29 04 45.51 +26 43.7 4.816 3.813 7.4 2.0 21.1 2010 06 03 04 52.34 +26 57.7 4.815 3.806 5.2 1.4 21.0 2010 06 08 04 59.22 +27 10.9 4.810 3.799 4.5 1.2 21.0 2010 06 13 05 06.14 +27 23.2 4.801 3.792 5.8 1.6 21.0 2010 06 18 05 13.09 +27 34.7 4.788 3.785 8.3 2.2 21.0 2010 06 23 05 20.06 +27 45.2 4.770 3.778 11.2 3.0 21.1 2010 06 28 05 27.04 +27 54.9 4.749 3.771 14.2 3.8 21.1 2010 07 03 05 34.02 +28 03.7 4.723 3.764 17.2 4.6 21.1 2010 07 08 05 40.99 +28 11.6 4.694 3.757 20.4 5.4 21.2 2010 07 13 05 47.93 +28 18.6 4.661 3.751 23.5 6.2 21.2This 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.
