P/2005 L1 (McNaught)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54559:P/2005 L1 (McNaught) Epoch 2005 Dec. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453720.5 T 2005 Dec. 12.9354 TT MPC q 3.143452 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1244470 Peri. 149.5149 +0.3095420 +0.9466643 a 3.973255 Node 138.3318 -0.8973347 +0.3219538 e 0.208847 Incl. 7.7370 -0.3146017 +0.0131341 P 7.92 From 193 observations 2005 May 16-July 14, mean residual 0".5.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2005 L1 (McNaught) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2005 Dec. 14.6315 TT MPC q 3.148391 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1241562 Peri. 149.9191 +0.3157372 +0.9446124 a 3.979457 Node 138.3031 -0.8951837 +0.3278367 e 0.208839 Incl. 7.7359 -0.3145731 +0.0151801 P 7.94An 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 06 02.99 +18 54.4 5.745 4.768 14.2 3.0 20.1 2009 06 13 06 07.96 +18 56.5 5.764 4.770 10.8 2.3 20.1 2009 06 18 06 12.95 +18 57.7 5.778 4.773 7.7 1.6 20.1 2009 06 23 06 17.95 +18 58.1 5.786 4.775 5.2 1.1 20.1 2009 06 28 06 22.96 +18 57.7 5.790 4.777 4.5 0.9 20.1 2009 07 03 06 27.96 +18 56.4 5.789 4.779 6.2 1.3 20.1 2009 07 08 06 32.94 +18 54.4 5.782 4.781 9.1 1.9 20.1 2009 07 13 06 37.89 +18 51.6 5.771 4.783 12.4 2.6 20.1 2009 07 18 06 42.79 +18 48.0 5.755 4.785 15.8 3.3 20.1 2009 07 23 06 47.65 +18 43.6 5.734 4.787 19.3 4.0 20.1 2009 07 28 06 52.45 +18 38.6 5.708 4.789 22.9 4.7 20.1 2009 08 02 06 57.17 +18 33.0 5.677 4.790 26.5 5.4 20.1 2009 08 07 07 01.80 +18 26.7 5.642 4.792 30.1 6.1 20.1 2009 08 12 07 06.33 +18 20.0 5.603 4.793 33.8 6.7 20.0 2009 08 17 07 10.76 +18 12.7 5.559 4.795 37.5 7.4 20.0 2009 08 22 07 15.06 +18 05.0 5.510 4.796 41.2 8.0 20.0 2009 08 27 07 19.23 +17 56.9 5.458 4.798 45.0 8.6 20.0 2009 09 01 07 23.24 +17 48.6 5.402 4.799 48.9 9.1 20.0 2009 09 06 07 27.10 +17 40.0 5.342 4.800 52.8 9.6 20.0 2009 09 11 07 30.78 +17 31.4 5.279 4.801 56.7 10.1 19.9 2009 09 16 07 34.27 +17 22.6 5.213 4.802 60.7 10.5 19.9 2009 09 21 07 37.55 +17 14.0 5.144 4.803 64.8 10.9 19.9 2009 09 26 07 40.60 +17 05.5 5.073 4.804 68.9 11.2 19.8 2009 10 01 07 43.42 +16 57.2 4.999 4.805 73.1 11.5 19.8 2009 10 06 07 45.98 +16 49.3 4.924 4.806 77.4 11.7 19.8 2009 10 11 07 48.28 +16 41.9 4.847 4.807 81.8 11.9 19.7 2009 10 16 07 50.28 +16 35.0 4.769 4.807 86.2 11.9 19.7 2009 10 21 07 51.98 +16 28.8 4.691 4.808 90.8 11.9 19.7 2009 10 26 07 53.36 +16 23.4 4.612 4.809 95.4 11.9 19.6 2009 10 31 07 54.40 +16 18.9 4.535 4.809 100.1 11.7 19.6 2009 11 05 07 55.10 +16 15.3 4.458 4.809 104.9 11.5 19.6 2009 11 10 07 55.44 +16 12.8 4.383 4.810 109.8 11.2 19.5 2009 11 15 07 55.41 +16 11.5 4.310 4.810 114.8 10.8 19.5 2009 11 20 07 55.00 +16 11.4 4.240 4.810 119.9 10.3 19.5 2009 11 25 07 54.22 +16 12.6 4.174 4.811 125.2 9.7 19.4 2009 11 30 07 53.07 +16 15.0 4.111 4.811 130.5 9.0 19.4 2009 12 05 07 51.56 +16 18.7 4.054 4.811 135.9 8.2 19.4 2009 12 10 07 49.71 +16 23.6 4.002 4.811 141.4 7.3 19.3 2009 12 15 07 47.53 +16 29.8 3.955 4.810 146.9 6.4 19.3 2009 12 20 07 45.06 +16 37.1 3.916 4.810 152.6 5.4 19.3 2009 12 25 07 42.34 +16 45.4 3.883 4.810 158.2 4.4 19.3 2009 12 30 07 39.41 +16 54.6 3.857 4.810 163.9 3.3 19.3 2010 01 04 07 36.32 +17 04.6 3.839 4.809 169.4 2.2 19.2 2010 01 09 07 33.14 +17 15.1 3.829 4.809 174.2 1.2 19.2 2010 01 14 07 29.91 +17 26.1 3.828 4.808 175.2 1.0 19.2 2010 01 19 07 26.70 +17 37.3 3.834 4.808 171.0 1.8 19.2 2010 01 24 07 23.57 +17 48.7 3.848 4.807 165.6 2.9 19.2 2010 01 29 07 20.58 +18 00.0 3.869 4.806 159.9 4.0 19.3 2010 02 03 07 17.78 +18 11.1 3.899 4.806 154.3 5.1 19.3 2010 02 08 07 15.23 +18 22.0 3.935 4.805 148.7 6.1 19.3 2010 02 13 07 12.95 +18 32.4 3.978 4.804 143.1 7.1 19.3 2010 02 18 07 11.00 +18 42.4 4.027 4.803 137.6 8.0 19.3 2010 02 23 07 09.39 +18 51.9 4.081 4.802 132.2 8.8 19.4 2010 02 28 07 08.15 +19 00.8 4.140 4.801 126.9 9.5 19.4 2010 03 05 07 07.29 +19 09.0 4.204 4.800 121.7 10.1 19.4 2010 03 10 07 06.80 +19 16.6 4.271 4.798 116.6 10.7 19.5 2010 03 15 07 06.71 +19 23.5 4.342 4.797 111.5 11.1 19.5 2010 03 20 07 06.99 +19 29.7 4.415 4.796 106.6 11.5 19.5 2010 03 25 07 07.65 +19 35.1 4.490 4.794 101.8 11.7 19.6 2010 03 30 07 08.67 +19 39.7 4.566 4.793 97.1 11.9 19.6 2010 04 04 07 10.04 +19 43.6 4.642 4.791 92.5 12.0 19.6 2010 04 09 07 11.74 +19 46.7 4.719 4.789 88.0 12.1 19.7 2010 04 14 07 13.75 +19 48.9 4.796 4.788 83.5 12.0 19.7 2010 04 19 07 16.06 +19 50.3 4.872 4.786 79.2 11.9 19.7 2010 04 24 07 18.65 +19 50.9 4.946 4.784 74.9 11.7 19.8 2010 04 29 07 21.50 +19 50.6 5.020 4.782 70.7 11.5 19.8 2010 05 04 07 24.59 +19 49.4 5.091 4.780 66.6 11.2 19.8 2010 05 09 07 27.90 +19 47.3 5.159 4.778 62.5 10.8 19.9 2010 05 14 07 31.42 +19 44.4 5.226 4.776 58.5 10.4 19.9 2010 05 19 07 35.13 +19 40.5 5.289 4.774 54.6 9.9 19.9 2010 05 24 07 39.01 +19 35.8 5.349 4.772 50.7 9.4 19.9 2010 05 29 07 43.04 +19 30.2 5.405 4.769 46.8 8.9 19.9 2010 06 03 07 47.22 +19 23.6 5.458 4.767 43.0 8.3 20.0 2010 06 08 07 51.52 +19 16.2 5.507 4.765 39.3 7.7 20.0 2010 06 13 07 55.93 +19 07.9 5.552 4.762 35.5 7.1 20.0 2010 06 18 08 00.45 +18 58.8 5.592 4.760 31.8 6.5 20.0 2010 06 23 08 05.05 +18 48.8 5.629 4.757 28.2 5.8 20.0 2010 06 28 08 09.72 +18 38.0 5.660 4.754 24.5 5.1 20.0 2010 07 03 08 14.46 +18 26.3 5.687 4.751 20.9 4.4 20.0 2010 07 08 08 19.24 +18 14.0 5.710 4.749 17.3 3.6 20.0 2010 07 13 08 24.07 +18 00.8 5.727 4.746 13.7 2.9 20.1This 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.
