P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54823:P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Epoch 2004 Aug. 23.0 TT = JDT 2453240.5 T 2004 Aug. 7.0914 TT MPC q 4.106083 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0895820 Peri. 239.7903 -0.8901943 +0.4551389 a 4.946776 Node 327.2715 -0.4041906 -0.8093360 e 0.169948 Incl. 2.1272 -0.2102001 -0.3712464 P 11.0 From 52 observations 2004 Mar. 27-July 12, mean residual 0".4.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2004 July 31.5664 TT MPC q 4.110941 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0899093 Peri. 239.4604 -0.8935221 +0.4485684 a 4.934764 Node 327.1793 -0.3982089 -0.8123152 e 0.166943 Incl. 2.1266 -0.2074798 -0.3727337 P 11.0An 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 01 04.52 +09 05.8 4.784 5.753 165.6 2.5 20.0 2009 10 31 01 02.31 +08 52.1 4.810 5.753 160.1 3.4 20.0 2009 11 05 01 00.24 +08 39.0 4.843 5.754 154.6 4.2 20.1 2009 11 10 00 58.35 +08 26.7 4.883 5.754 149.0 5.1 20.2 2009 11 15 00 56.67 +08 15.6 4.929 5.755 143.6 5.9 20.2 2009 11 20 00 55.21 +08 05.7 4.982 5.755 138.1 6.6 20.3 2009 11 25 00 54.01 +07 57.2 5.040 5.756 132.8 7.2 20.3 2009 11 30 00 53.07 +07 50.2 5.103 5.756 127.4 7.8 20.4 2009 12 05 00 52.40 +07 44.8 5.171 5.757 122.2 8.3 20.4 2009 12 10 00 52.01 +07 41.2 5.242 5.757 117.0 8.8 20.5 2009 12 15 00 51.91 +07 39.2 5.317 5.757 111.9 9.1 20.5 2009 12 20 00 52.09 +07 39.0 5.395 5.758 106.9 9.4 20.6 2009 12 25 00 52.55 +07 40.5 5.474 5.758 101.9 9.6 20.6 2009 12 30 00 53.29 +07 43.8 5.555 5.758 97.0 9.8 20.7 2010 01 04 00 54.28 +07 48.6 5.637 5.758 92.1 9.8 20.7 2010 01 09 00 55.54 +07 55.1 5.719 5.758 87.4 9.8 20.7 2010 01 14 00 57.04 +08 03.2 5.801 5.759 82.7 9.8 20.8 2010 01 19 00 58.77 +08 12.7 5.881 5.759 78.0 9.6 20.8 2010 01 24 01 00.72 +08 23.6 5.961 5.759 73.5 9.4 20.8 2010 01 29 01 02.88 +08 35.9 6.038 5.759 69.0 9.2 20.8 2010 02 03 01 05.24 +08 49.3 6.113 5.758 64.5 8.9 20.8 2010 02 08 01 07.78 +09 03.8 6.186 5.758 60.1 8.5 20.8 2010 02 13 01 10.48 +09 19.4 6.255 5.758 55.8 8.2 20.9 2010 02 18 01 13.35 +09 35.9 6.321 5.758 51.5 7.7 20.9 2010 02 23 01 16.36 +09 53.3 6.383 5.758 47.3 7.2 20.9 2010 02 28 01 19.50 +10 11.4 6.441 5.758 43.1 6.7 20.9 2010 03 05 01 22.76 +10 30.2 6.495 5.757 38.9 6.2 20.8 2010 03 10 01 26.13 +10 49.5 6.544 5.757 34.8 5.6 20.8 2010 03 15 01 29.59 +11 09.4 6.589 5.757 30.7 5.1 20.8 2010 03 20 01 33.15 +11 29.7 6.628 5.756 26.7 4.5 20.8 2010 03 25 01 36.77 +11 50.3 6.663 5.756 22.7 3.8 20.8 2010 03 30 01 40.47 +12 11.1 6.692 5.755 18.7 3.2 20.7 2010 04 04 01 44.21 +12 32.1 6.716 5.755 14.8 2.5 20.7 2010 04 09 01 48.01 +12 53.2 6.735 5.754 10.9 1.9 20.7 2010 04 14 01 51.83 +13 14.4 6.748 5.754 7.1 1.2 20.6 2010 04 19 01 55.69 +13 35.6 6.755 5.753 3.4 0.6 20.6 2010 04 24 01 59.56 +13 56.6 6.757 5.752 1.9 0.3 20.5 2010 04 29 02 03.43 +14 17.5 6.754 5.752 5.0 0.9 20.6 2010 05 04 02 07.30 +14 38.3 6.745 5.751 8.8 1.5 20.6 2010 05 09 02 11.16 +14 58.7 6.731 5.750 12.6 2.2 20.7 2010 05 14 02 15.00 +15 18.9 6.712 5.749 16.4 2.8 20.7 2010 05 19 02 18.80 +15 38.7 6.687 5.749 20.2 3.5 20.8 2010 05 24 02 22.56 +15 58.0 6.657 5.748 24.1 4.1 20.8 2010 05 29 02 26.26 +16 17.0 6.623 5.747 27.9 4.7 20.8 2010 06 03 02 29.91 +16 35.4 6.583 5.746 31.8 5.3 20.8 2010 06 08 02 33.48 +16 53.3 6.539 5.745 35.7 5.9 20.8 2010 06 13 02 36.96 +17 10.7 6.490 5.744 39.5 6.5 20.9 2010 06 18 02 40.35 +17 27.4 6.437 5.743 43.5 7.0 20.9 2010 06 23 02 43.62 +17 43.5 6.380 5.742 47.4 7.5 20.9 2010 06 28 02 46.78 +17 58.9 6.320 5.740 51.4 8.0 20.9 2010 07 03 02 49.80 +18 13.6 6.255 5.739 55.4 8.4 20.9 2010 07 08 02 52.67 +18 27.6 6.188 5.738 59.4 8.8 20.8 2010 07 13 02 55.39 +18 40.8 6.117 5.737 63.5 9.1 20.8 2010 07 18 02 57.93 +18 53.2 6.044 5.735 67.6 9.4 20.8 2010 07 23 03 00.28 +19 04.7 5.969 5.734 71.8 9.7 20.8 2010 07 28 03 02.43 +19 15.4 5.892 5.733 76.1 9.9 20.8 2010 08 02 03 04.36 +19 25.1 5.813 5.731 80.4 10.1 20.8 2010 08 07 03 06.06 +19 34.0 5.734 5.730 84.7 10.2 20.7 2010 08 12 03 07.52 +19 41.8 5.653 5.728 89.1 10.2 20.7 2010 08 17 03 08.72 +19 48.6 5.573 5.727 93.6 10.2 20.7 2010 08 22 03 09.65 +19 54.4 5.493 5.725 98.2 10.1 20.6 2010 08 27 03 10.31 +19 59.1 5.413 5.724 102.9 9.9 20.6 2010 09 01 03 10.67 +20 02.7 5.336 5.722 107.6 9.7 20.6 2010 09 06 03 10.74 +20 05.1 5.260 5.720 112.4 9.4 20.5 2010 09 11 03 10.51 +20 06.4 5.187 5.719 117.3 9.0 20.5 2010 09 16 03 09.98 +20 06.4 5.116 5.717 122.3 8.6 20.4 2010 09 21 03 09.15 +20 05.2 5.050 5.715 127.3 8.0 20.4 2010 09 26 03 08.03 +20 02.7 4.988 5.713 132.5 7.4 20.3 2010 10 01 03 06.63 +19 59.0 4.931 5.712 137.7 6.8 20.3 2010 10 06 03 04.96 +19 54.0 4.879 5.710 143.0 6.0 20.2 2010 10 11 03 03.05 +19 47.9 4.833 5.708 148.4 5.3 20.1 2010 10 16 03 00.93 +19 40.6 4.794 5.706 153.9 4.4 20.1 2010 10 21 02 58.62 +19 32.2 4.761 5.704 159.3 3.5 20.0 2010 10 26 02 56.17 +19 22.9 4.736 5.702 164.9 2.6 19.9 2010 10 31 02 53.61 +19 12.7 4.718 5.700 170.3 1.7 19.9 2010 11 05 02 50.98 +19 01.9 4.708 5.698 175.6 0.8 19.8 2010 11 10 02 48.33 +18 50.5 4.706 5.695 176.8 0.6 19.7 2010 11 15 02 45.71 +18 38.9 4.712 5.693 171.9 1.4 19.8 2010 11 20 02 43.16 +18 27.2 4.726 5.691 166.4 2.3 19.9 2010 11 25 02 40.73 +18 15.5 4.747 5.689 160.8 3.3 20.0 2010 11 30 02 38.45 +18 04.3 4.776 5.686 155.2 4.2 20.0This 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.
