P/2004 F3 (NEAT)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 57793:P/2004 F3 (NEAT) Epoch 2004 Dec. 21.0 TT = JDT 2453360.5 T 2005 Jan. 4.2996 TT MPC q 2.864067 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1225303 Peri. 176.1249 -0.2569912 +0.9278672 a 4.014583 Node 78.8314 -0.8939072 -0.1219683 e 0.286584 Incl. 15.9879 -0.3672675 -0.3524007 P 8.04 From 1021 observations 2004 Jan. 29-2006 Oct. 1, mean residual 0".5.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2004 F3 (NEAT) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2013 Jan. 28.7411 TT MPC q 2.871580 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1222061 Peri. 176.4358 -0.2521234 +0.9292344 a 4.021680 Node 78.8214 -0.8945125 -0.1173119 e 0.285975 Incl. 15.9817 -0.3691629 -0.3503732 P 8.07An 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 05 32.74 +24 47.8 6.146 5.140 6.8 1.3 20.1 2009 06 13 05 37.45 +24 55.4 6.151 5.138 3.3 0.7 20.1 2009 06 18 05 42.19 +25 02.5 6.151 5.135 1.9 0.4 20.1 2009 06 23 05 46.93 +25 09.2 6.145 5.133 4.8 1.0 20.0 2009 06 28 05 51.68 +25 15.4 6.134 5.130 8.4 1.7 20.0 2009 07 03 05 56.41 +25 21.3 6.117 5.128 12.1 2.4 20.0 2009 07 08 06 01.11 +25 26.7 6.096 5.125 15.7 3.1 20.0 2009 07 13 06 05.78 +25 31.8 6.070 5.122 19.4 3.8 20.0 2009 07 18 06 10.40 +25 36.5 6.038 5.119 23.1 4.5 20.0 2009 07 23 06 14.96 +25 40.9 6.002 5.116 26.9 5.2 20.0 2009 07 28 06 19.45 +25 45.0 5.961 5.113 30.6 5.8 20.0 2009 08 02 06 23.86 +25 48.9 5.915 5.110 34.4 6.4 19.9 2009 08 07 06 28.17 +25 52.6 5.865 5.107 38.2 7.1 19.9 2009 08 12 06 32.37 +25 56.1 5.811 5.104 42.1 7.6 19.9 2009 08 17 06 36.44 +25 59.6 5.752 5.101 46.0 8.2 19.9 2009 08 22 06 40.38 +26 03.1 5.690 5.097 49.9 8.7 19.8 2009 08 27 06 44.16 +26 06.7 5.624 5.094 53.9 9.2 19.8 2009 09 01 06 47.77 +26 10.4 5.554 5.090 57.9 9.7 19.8 2009 09 06 06 51.20 +26 14.4 5.482 5.087 62.0 10.1 19.8 2009 09 11 06 54.43 +26 18.6 5.407 5.083 66.1 10.4 19.7 2009 09 16 06 57.44 +26 23.2 5.329 5.079 70.3 10.7 19.7 2009 09 21 07 00.21 +26 28.3 5.249 5.075 74.6 11.0 19.7 2009 09 26 07 02.72 +26 33.9 5.168 5.071 78.9 11.2 19.6 2009 10 01 07 04.97 +26 40.1 5.085 5.067 83.3 11.3 19.6 2009 10 06 07 06.92 +26 47.1 5.002 5.063 87.8 11.4 19.5 2009 10 11 07 08.56 +26 54.7 4.918 5.059 92.4 11.4 19.5 2009 10 16 07 09.88 +27 03.2 4.835 5.055 97.0 11.3 19.5 2009 10 21 07 10.85 +27 12.5 4.752 5.051 101.8 11.1 19.4 2009 10 26 07 11.46 +27 22.7 4.671 5.046 106.6 10.9 19.4 2009 10 31 07 11.69 +27 33.7 4.591 5.042 111.6 10.6 19.3 2009 11 05 07 11.54 +27 45.6 4.514 5.037 116.6 10.1 19.3 2009 11 10 07 10.99 +27 58.2 4.441 5.032 121.7 9.6 19.3 2009 11 15 07 10.05 +28 11.6 4.371 5.028 126.9 9.0 19.2 2009 11 20 07 08.70 +28 25.6 4.305 5.023 132.2 8.4 19.2 2009 11 25 07 06.97 +28 40.1 4.245 5.018 137.6 7.6 19.1 2009 11 30 07 04.87 +28 54.8 4.190 5.013 143.1 6.8 19.1 2009 12 05 07 02.42 +29 09.7 4.141 5.008 148.6 5.9 19.1 2009 12 10 06 59.65 +29 24.4 4.099 5.003 154.1 4.9 19.1 2009 12 15 06 56.59 +29 38.7 4.064 4.998 159.5 4.0 19.0 2009 12 20 06 53.31 +29 52.5 4.036 4.993 164.8 3.0 19.0 2009 12 25 06 49.85 +30 05.5 4.017 4.987 169.6 2.0 19.0 2009 12 30 06 46.28 +30 17.6 4.005 4.982 172.5 1.5 19.0 2010 01 04 06 42.67 +30 28.5 4.002 4.976 171.6 1.7 19.0 2010 01 09 06 39.07 +30 38.1 4.006 4.971 167.5 2.4 19.0 2010 01 14 06 35.56 +30 46.5 4.018 4.965 162.5 3.4 19.0 2010 01 19 06 32.19 +30 53.5 4.038 4.959 157.1 4.4 19.0 2010 01 24 06 29.04 +30 59.2 4.066 4.954 151.6 5.4 19.0 2010 01 29 06 26.16 +31 03.7 4.100 4.948 146.0 6.4 19.0 2010 02 03 06 23.60 +31 07.0 4.141 4.942 140.5 7.3 19.0 2010 02 08 06 21.38 +31 09.2 4.188 4.936 135.1 8.1 19.0 2010 02 13 06 19.54 +31 10.6 4.240 4.930 129.7 8.9 19.1 2010 02 18 06 18.11 +31 11.1 4.296 4.924 124.5 9.5 19.1 2010 02 23 06 17.09 +31 11.0 4.357 4.917 119.3 10.1 19.1 2010 02 28 06 16.50 +31 10.3 4.422 4.911 114.2 10.6 19.1 2010 03 05 06 16.32 +31 09.1 4.489 4.905 109.2 11.0 19.2 2010 03 10 06 16.57 +31 07.6 4.558 4.898 104.3 11.3 19.2 2010 03 15 06 17.22 +31 05.8 4.628 4.892 99.5 11.6 19.2 2010 03 20 06 18.27 +31 03.7 4.700 4.885 94.8 11.7 19.2 2010 03 25 06 19.70 +31 01.4 4.772 4.878 90.2 11.8 19.3 2010 03 30 06 21.49 +30 59.0 4.844 4.871 85.6 11.8 19.3 2010 04 04 06 23.63 +30 56.3 4.916 4.865 81.2 11.7 19.3 2010 04 09 06 26.09 +30 53.5 4.986 4.858 76.9 11.6 19.4 2010 04 14 06 28.85 +30 50.5 5.055 4.851 72.6 11.4 19.4 2010 04 19 06 31.91 +30 47.3 5.122 4.844 68.4 11.1 19.4 2010 04 24 06 35.23 +30 43.8 5.187 4.836 64.3 10.8 19.4 2010 04 29 06 38.79 +30 40.1 5.249 4.829 60.2 10.4 19.4 2010 05 04 06 42.59 +30 36.2 5.308 4.822 56.3 10.0 19.5 2010 05 09 06 46.59 +30 31.9 5.364 4.815 52.4 9.6 19.5 2010 05 14 06 50.79 +30 27.4 5.417 4.807 48.5 9.1 19.5 2010 05 19 06 55.17 +30 22.5 5.466 4.800 44.7 8.5 19.5 2010 05 24 06 59.70 +30 17.2 5.511 4.792 40.9 8.0 19.5 2010 05 29 07 04.38 +30 11.5 5.551 4.784 37.3 7.4 19.5 2010 06 03 07 09.19 +30 05.5 5.588 4.777 33.6 6.8 19.5 2010 06 08 07 14.12 +29 59.1 5.620 4.769 30.0 6.1 19.5 2010 06 13 07 19.15 +29 52.2 5.648 4.761 26.5 5.5 19.5 2010 06 18 07 24.27 +29 45.0 5.671 4.753 23.1 4.8 19.5 2010 06 23 07 29.47 +29 37.3 5.689 4.745 19.7 4.1 19.5 2010 06 28 07 34.73 +29 29.3 5.703 4.737 16.5 3.5 19.5 2010 07 03 07 40.04 +29 20.9 5.711 4.729 13.4 2.9 19.5 2010 07 08 07 45.40 +29 12.1 5.715 4.720 10.8 2.3 19.5 2010 07 13 07 50.79 +29 03.0 5.714 4.712 8.8 1.9 19.5This 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.
