P/2003 A1 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 56803:P/2003 A1 (LINEAR) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2009 June 16.0400 TT MPC q 1.916128 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1314085 Peri. 340.2651 +0.7478417 -0.3471004 a 3.831661 Node 54.0759 +0.6631840 +0.3516488 e 0.499922 Incl. 44.3333 +0.0303291 +0.8694047 P 7.50 From 144 observations 2003 Jan. 5-Apr. 6, mean residual 0".6.An 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 03 25.97 +07 12.8 2.749 1.917 28.4 14.6 18.5 2009 06 13 03 35.41 +08 48.4 2.728 1.916 30.0 15.3 18.5 2009 06 18 03 44.87 +10 22.7 2.705 1.916 31.7 16.2 18.5 2009 06 23 03 54.34 +11 55.5 2.681 1.917 33.5 17.0 18.5 2009 06 28 04 03.83 +13 27.1 2.655 1.919 35.4 17.9 18.5 2009 07 03 04 13.33 +14 57.5 2.628 1.922 37.4 18.7 18.4 2009 07 08 04 22.86 +16 26.8 2.599 1.926 39.5 19.6 18.4 2009 07 13 04 32.40 +17 55.2 2.569 1.931 41.6 20.5 18.4 2009 07 18 04 41.97 +19 22.7 2.537 1.937 43.8 21.3 18.4 2009 07 23 04 51.55 +20 49.5 2.504 1.943 46.2 22.2 18.4 2009 07 28 05 01.15 +22 15.8 2.469 1.951 48.5 23.0 18.4 2009 08 02 05 10.76 +23 41.8 2.433 1.960 51.0 23.7 18.4 2009 08 07 05 20.37 +25 07.6 2.396 1.969 53.5 24.5 18.3 2009 08 12 05 29.98 +26 33.5 2.358 1.980 56.1 25.1 18.3 2009 08 17 05 39.60 +27 59.6 2.318 1.991 58.7 25.8 18.3 2009 08 22 05 49.19 +29 26.4 2.279 2.003 61.5 26.3 18.3 2009 08 27 05 58.76 +30 53.9 2.238 2.016 64.2 26.8 18.3 2009 09 01 06 08.28 +32 22.6 2.197 2.030 67.1 27.3 18.3 2009 09 06 06 17.75 +33 52.7 2.156 2.044 70.0 27.6 18.3 2009 09 11 06 27.16 +35 24.6 2.115 2.059 73.0 27.9 18.3 2009 09 16 06 36.48 +36 58.4 2.073 2.075 76.1 28.1 18.3 2009 09 21 06 45.68 +38 34.7 2.033 2.092 79.2 28.1 18.2 2009 09 26 06 54.74 +40 13.6 1.993 2.109 82.4 28.1 18.2 2009 10 01 07 03.62 +41 55.4 1.954 2.126 85.6 28.0 18.2 2009 10 06 07 12.29 +43 40.3 1.917 2.145 88.9 27.8 18.2 2009 10 11 07 20.71 +45 28.6 1.881 2.164 92.2 27.5 18.2 2009 10 16 07 28.83 +47 20.4 1.847 2.183 95.6 27.0 18.2 2009 10 21 07 36.57 +49 15.7 1.816 2.203 99.0 26.5 18.2 2009 10 26 07 43.86 +51 14.2 1.787 2.223 102.4 25.9 18.2 2009 10 31 07 50.62 +53 15.8 1.762 2.244 105.7 25.2 18.2 2009 11 05 07 56.75 +55 19.9 1.740 2.265 109.0 24.5 18.3 2009 11 10 08 02.11 +57 26.0 1.721 2.287 112.2 23.6 18.3 2009 11 15 08 06.54 +59 33.1 1.707 2.309 115.2 22.8 18.3 2009 11 20 08 09.84 +61 40.2 1.697 2.331 118.0 22.0 18.3 2009 11 25 08 11.80 +63 45.8 1.692 2.354 120.6 21.2 18.4 2009 11 30 08 12.15 +65 48.4 1.692 2.376 122.9 20.4 18.4 2009 12 05 08 10.61 +67 46.2 1.697 2.400 124.8 19.7 18.4 2009 12 10 08 06.85 +69 37.3 1.706 2.423 126.3 19.1 18.5 2009 12 15 08 00.53 +71 19.5 1.721 2.447 127.3 18.7 18.6 2009 12 20 07 51.42 +72 50.6 1.741 2.471 127.9 18.3 18.6 2009 12 25 07 39.46 +74 08.3 1.766 2.495 128.0 18.1 18.7 2009 12 30 07 24.89 +75 10.8 1.795 2.519 127.6 18.0 18.8 2010 01 04 07 08.35 +75 57.0 1.829 2.543 126.8 18.0 18.9 2010 01 09 06 50.83 +76 26.4 1.868 2.568 125.6 18.1 19.0 2010 01 14 06 33.60 +76 39.6 1.910 2.593 124.1 18.3 19.0 2010 01 19 06 17.92 +76 38.4 1.956 2.617 122.3 18.5 19.1 2010 01 24 06 04.73 +76 25.0 2.006 2.642 120.2 18.8 19.2 2010 01 29 05 54.54 +76 02.1 2.059 2.667 118.0 19.0 19.3 2010 02 03 05 47.47 +75 32.3 2.115 2.692 115.7 19.3 19.4 2010 02 08 05 43.37 +74 57.4 2.173 2.718 113.2 19.5 19.5 2010 02 13 05 41.96 +74 19.1 2.234 2.743 110.7 19.7 19.6 2010 02 18 05 42.92 +73 38.6 2.297 2.768 108.1 19.8 19.7 2010 02 23 05 45.90 +72 56.6 2.361 2.793 105.5 20.0 19.8 2010 02 28 05 50.56 +72 13.9 2.428 2.819 102.9 20.0 19.9 2010 03 05 05 56.60 +71 30.6 2.495 2.844 100.2 20.1 20.0 2010 03 10 06 03.79 +70 46.8 2.564 2.869 97.6 20.1 20.1 2010 03 15 06 11.92 +70 02.8 2.633 2.895 95.0 20.0 20.2 2010 03 20 06 20.81 +69 18.3 2.703 2.920 92.4 19.9 20.3 2010 03 25 06 30.31 +68 33.6 2.774 2.946 89.9 19.8 20.4 2010 03 30 06 40.27 +67 48.3 2.845 2.971 87.3 19.6 20.5 2010 04 04 06 50.57 +67 02.6 2.916 2.996 84.8 19.4 20.6 2010 04 09 07 01.13 +66 16.2 2.987 3.021 82.4 19.2 20.7 2010 04 14 07 11.88 +65 29.1 3.058 3.047 79.9 18.9 20.8 2010 04 19 07 22.74 +64 41.4 3.128 3.072 77.5 18.6 20.9 2010 04 24 07 33.64 +63 52.9 3.199 3.097 75.1 18.3 20.9 2010 04 29 07 44.55 +63 03.6 3.268 3.122 72.8 17.9 21.0 2010 05 04 07 55.41 +62 13.6 3.337 3.147 70.5 17.6 21.1 2010 05 09 08 06.20 +61 22.9 3.406 3.172 68.2 17.2 21.2 2010 05 14 08 16.90 +60 31.4 3.473 3.197 65.9 16.8 21.3 2010 05 19 08 27.48 +59 39.3 3.539 3.222 63.7 16.4 21.3 2010 05 24 08 37.92 +58 46.6 3.604 3.246 61.6 15.9 21.4 2010 05 29 08 48.21 +57 53.4 3.668 3.271 59.4 15.5 21.5 2010 06 03 08 58.34 +56 59.7 3.730 3.296 57.4 15.0 21.5 2010 06 08 09 08.31 +56 05.6 3.791 3.320 55.3 14.6 21.6 2010 06 13 09 18.12 +55 11.3 3.850 3.344 53.3 14.1 21.7 2010 06 18 09 27.76 +54 16.8 3.908 3.369 51.4 13.6 21.7 2010 06 23 09 37.23 +53 22.2 3.964 3.393 49.5 13.2 21.8 2010 06 28 09 46.53 +52 27.6 4.018 3.417 47.7 12.7 21.9 2010 07 03 09 55.67 +51 33.1 4.070 3.441 45.9 12.3 21.9 2010 07 08 10 04.64 +50 38.7 4.119 3.465 44.3 11.8 22.0 2010 07 13 10 13.47 +49 44.7 4.167 3.489 42.7 11.4 22.0This 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.
