C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59874:C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) Epoch 2006 Jan. 25.0 TT = JDT 2453760.5 T 2006 Feb. 6.6524 TT MPC q 6.796620 (2000.0) P Q z +0.004872 Peri. 100.0371 -0.3312032 -0.7730938 +/-0.000000 Node 35.0166 -0.2142201 -0.4967306 e 0.966884 Incl. 70.5157 +0.9189201 -0.3944422 From 912 observations 2001 Oct. 27-2007 May 30, mean residual 0".5.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2006 Feb. 6.4084 TT MPC q 6.797644 (2000.0) P Q z +0.005303 Peri. 100.0641 -0.3310610 -0.7732647 +/-0.000000 Node 34.9933 -0.2150108 -0.4962203 e 0.963955 Incl. 70.5628 +0.9187867 -0.3947494An 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 13 55.36 -02 08.8 9.479 10.158 129.8 4.4 19.8 2009 06 13 13 54.12 -02 17.0 9.565 10.180 124.9 4.7 19.8 2009 06 18 13 53.03 -02 26.0 9.656 10.201 120.0 4.9 19.9 2009 06 23 13 52.09 -02 35.9 9.750 10.223 115.1 5.2 19.9 2009 06 28 13 51.31 -02 46.4 9.847 10.244 110.3 5.3 20.0 2009 07 03 13 50.68 -02 57.7 9.947 10.266 105.5 5.5 20.0 2009 07 08 13 50.21 -03 09.7 10.049 10.288 100.8 5.6 20.0 2009 07 13 13 49.90 -03 22.3 10.152 10.309 96.1 5.6 20.1 2009 07 18 13 49.74 -03 35.6 10.256 10.331 91.4 5.6 20.1 2009 07 23 13 49.73 -03 49.4 10.361 10.352 86.7 5.6 20.1 2009 07 28 13 49.87 -04 03.8 10.465 10.374 82.1 5.6 20.1 2009 08 02 13 50.15 -04 18.7 10.568 10.396 77.5 5.5 20.1 2009 08 07 13 50.57 -04 34.1 10.670 10.417 72.9 5.3 20.2 2009 08 12 13 51.11 -04 49.8 10.770 10.439 68.4 5.2 20.2 2009 08 17 13 51.79 -05 06.0 10.868 10.461 63.8 5.0 20.2 2009 08 22 13 52.58 -05 22.5 10.962 10.483 59.3 4.8 20.2 2009 08 27 13 53.48 -05 39.2 11.054 10.504 54.8 4.5 20.2 2009 09 01 13 54.49 -05 56.2 11.141 10.526 50.4 4.2 20.2 2009 09 06 13 55.59 -06 13.5 11.225 10.548 45.9 3.9 20.2 2009 09 11 13 56.78 -06 30.8 11.303 10.570 41.4 3.6 20.2 2009 09 16 13 58.05 -06 48.3 11.377 10.592 37.0 3.3 20.2 2009 09 21 13 59.40 -07 05.9 11.446 10.613 32.6 2.9 20.2 2009 09 26 14 00.80 -07 23.6 11.509 10.635 28.1 2.5 20.2 2009 10 01 14 02.27 -07 41.2 11.566 10.657 23.7 2.2 20.2 2009 10 06 14 03.77 -07 58.8 11.617 10.679 19.3 1.8 20.2 2009 10 11 14 05.32 -08 16.3 11.662 10.701 15.0 1.4 20.2 2009 10 16 14 06.89 -08 33.8 11.701 10.723 10.7 1.0 20.1 2009 10 21 14 08.49 -08 51.0 11.733 10.745 6.6 0.6 20.1 2009 10 26 14 10.10 -09 08.1 11.759 10.767 3.9 0.4 20.1 2009 10 31 14 11.70 -09 25.0 11.777 10.789 5.1 0.5 20.1 2009 11 05 14 13.30 -09 41.7 11.789 10.811 8.9 0.8 20.2 2009 11 10 14 14.89 -09 58.0 11.795 10.833 13.2 1.2 20.2 2009 11 15 14 16.44 -10 14.1 11.794 10.855 17.6 1.6 20.2 2009 11 20 14 17.97 -10 29.8 11.786 10.877 22.1 2.0 20.3 2009 11 25 14 19.44 -10 45.1 11.772 10.899 26.7 2.3 20.3 2009 11 30 14 20.87 -11 00.0 11.752 10.921 31.3 2.7 20.3 2009 12 05 14 22.23 -11 14.5 11.726 10.943 36.0 3.0 20.3 2009 12 10 14 23.51 -11 28.6 11.694 10.965 40.6 3.4 20.4 2009 12 15 14 24.71 -11 42.1 11.657 10.987 45.3 3.7 20.4 2009 12 20 14 25.82 -11 55.2 11.615 11.009 50.1 3.9 20.4 2009 12 25 14 26.83 -12 07.7 11.568 11.032 54.9 4.2 20.4 2009 12 30 14 27.73 -12 19.7 11.517 11.054 59.7 4.4 20.4 2010 01 04 14 28.52 -12 31.1 11.463 11.076 64.5 4.6 20.4 2010 01 09 14 29.18 -12 41.9 11.406 11.098 69.4 4.8 20.4 2010 01 14 14 29.70 -12 52.1 11.346 11.120 74.3 4.9 20.4 2010 01 19 14 30.09 -13 01.7 11.283 11.143 79.3 5.0 20.4 2010 01 24 14 30.33 -13 10.6 11.220 11.165 84.3 5.0 20.4 2010 01 29 14 30.43 -13 19.0 11.156 11.187 89.3 5.1 20.4 2010 02 03 14 30.37 -13 26.6 11.092 11.209 94.3 5.0 20.4 2010 02 08 14 30.16 -13 33.6 11.028 11.231 99.4 5.0 20.4 2010 02 13 14 29.79 -13 40.0 10.966 11.254 104.5 4.9 20.4 2010 02 18 14 29.26 -13 45.7 10.905 11.276 109.7 4.7 20.4 2010 02 23 14 28.59 -13 50.8 10.847 11.298 114.8 4.6 20.3 2010 02 28 14 27.76 -13 55.2 10.792 11.321 120.0 4.3 20.3 2010 03 05 14 26.79 -13 59.0 10.742 11.343 125.2 4.1 20.3 2010 03 10 14 25.68 -14 02.2 10.695 11.365 130.5 3.8 20.3 2010 03 15 14 24.44 -14 04.9 10.654 11.388 135.7 3.5 20.3 2010 03 20 14 23.08 -14 07.0 10.619 11.410 141.0 3.1 20.2 2010 03 25 14 21.61 -14 08.5 10.589 11.432 146.3 2.8 20.2 2010 03 30 14 20.05 -14 09.7 10.566 11.455 151.6 2.4 20.2 2010 04 04 14 18.41 -14 10.4 10.550 11.477 156.9 2.0 20.1 2010 04 09 14 16.70 -14 10.7 10.542 11.499 162.2 1.5 20.1 2010 04 14 14 14.94 -14 10.8 10.540 11.522 167.5 1.1 20.1 2010 04 19 14 13.15 -14 10.6 10.547 11.544 172.8 0.6 20.0 2010 04 24 14 11.35 -14 10.2 10.561 11.566 177.9 0.2 20.0 2010 04 29 14 09.55 -14 09.7 10.584 11.589 176.4 0.3 20.0 2010 05 04 14 07.77 -14 09.2 10.614 11.611 171.2 0.8 20.1 2010 05 09 14 06.02 -14 08.6 10.652 11.634 166.0 1.2 20.1 2010 05 14 14 04.33 -14 08.2 10.697 11.656 160.8 1.6 20.2 2010 05 19 14 02.70 -14 08.0 10.750 11.679 155.6 2.0 20.2 2010 05 24 14 01.15 -14 08.0 10.809 11.701 150.5 2.4 20.3 2010 05 29 13 59.69 -14 08.3 10.876 11.723 145.3 2.8 20.3 2010 06 03 13 58.33 -14 09.0 10.948 11.746 140.2 3.2 20.4 2010 06 08 13 57.09 -14 10.0 11.027 11.768 135.2 3.5 20.4 2010 06 13 13 55.97 -14 11.5 11.110 11.791 130.1 3.8 20.4 2010 06 18 13 54.97 -14 13.5 11.199 11.813 125.2 4.0 20.5 2010 06 23 13 54.11 -14 16.0 11.292 11.836 120.2 4.3 20.5 2010 06 28 13 53.38 -14 19.1 11.388 11.858 115.3 4.4 20.5 2010 07 03 13 52.78 -14 22.8 11.488 11.881 110.4 4.6 20.6 2010 07 08 13 52.33 -14 27.1 11.590 11.903 105.6 4.7 20.6 2010 07 13 13 52.02 -14 31.9 11.694 11.926 100.8 4.8 20.6This 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.
