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 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2013 Jan. 29.1869 TT MPC q 2.873608 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1221603 Peri. 176.4275 -0.2523192 +0.9292007 a 4.022684 Node 78.8178 -0.8944792 -0.1175234 e 0.285649 Incl. 15.9778 -0.3691096 -0.3503917 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 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 19.5 2010 07 18 07 56.20 +28 53.6 5.708 4.704 8.0 1.7 19.5 2010 07 23 08 01.61 +28 44.0 5.697 4.695 8.7 1.9 19.5 2010 07 28 08 07.03 +28 34.1 5.681 4.687 10.6 2.3 19.5 2010 08 02 08 12.44 +28 24.0 5.660 4.678 13.3 2.9 19.5 2010 08 07 08 17.83 +28 13.9 5.634 4.669 16.3 3.5 19.4 2010 08 12 08 23.18 +28 03.6 5.604 4.660 19.5 4.2 19.4 2010 08 17 08 28.50 +27 53.4 5.568 4.652 22.8 4.8 19.4 2010 08 22 08 33.77 +27 43.3 5.529 4.643 26.2 5.5 19.4 2010 08 27 08 38.97 +27 33.3 5.484 4.634 29.7 6.2 19.4 2010 09 01 08 44.10 +27 23.6 5.435 4.625 33.3 6.9 19.3 2010 09 06 08 49.16 +27 14.3 5.382 4.616 36.9 7.5 19.3 2010 09 11 08 54.11 +27 05.3 5.325 4.606 40.5 8.2 19.3 2010 09 16 08 58.96 +26 57.0 5.264 4.597 44.2 8.8 19.2 2010 09 21 09 03.70 +26 49.3 5.200 4.588 47.9 9.4 19.2 2010 09 26 09 08.30 +26 42.3 5.131 4.579 51.7 9.9 19.2 2010 10 01 09 12.76 +26 36.3 5.060 4.569 55.6 10.4 19.1 2010 10 06 09 17.06 +26 31.3 4.985 4.560 59.5 10.9 19.1 2010 10 11 09 21.19 +26 27.5 4.908 4.550 63.5 11.3 19.0 2010 10 16 09 25.13 +26 25.0 4.828 4.540 67.5 11.7 19.0 2010 10 21 09 28.86 +26 23.9 4.746 4.531 71.6 12.0 18.9 2010 10 26 09 32.37 +26 24.4 4.662 4.521 75.7 12.3 18.9 2010 10 31 09 35.64 +26 26.6 4.577 4.511 79.9 12.5 18.8 2010 11 05 09 38.65 +26 30.6 4.491 4.501 84.2 12.7 18.8 2010 11 10 09 41.37 +26 36.6 4.405 4.491 88.6 12.7 18.7 2010 11 15 09 43.80 +26 44.7 4.318 4.481 93.0 12.7 18.7 2010 11 20 09 45.90 +26 55.0 4.232 4.471 97.6 12.7 18.6 2010 11 25 09 47.66 +27 07.5 4.147 4.461 102.2 12.5 18.6 2010 11 30 09 49.05 +27 22.3 4.063 4.451 106.9 12.2 18.5This 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.
