P/2005 S2 (Skiff)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 54987:P/2005 S2 (Skiff) Epoch 2006 July 4.0 TT = JDT 2453920.5 T 2006 June 29.0656 TT MPC q 6.398388 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0438417 Peri. 229.8241 +0.8559599 -0.5167428 a 7.965465 Node 161.2691 +0.4894719 +0.7988844 e 0.196734 Incl. 3.1408 +0.1665831 +0.3078322 P 22.5 From 66 observations 2004 Sept. 7-2005 Oct. 8, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2005 S2 (Skiff) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2006 June 28.8926 TT MPC q 6.397025 (2000.0) P Q n 0.0437286 Peri. 229.8341 +0.8563943 -0.5160208 a 7.979190 Node 161.2107 +0.4888108 +0.7992810 e 0.198286 Incl. 3.1407 +0.1662915 +0.3080136 P 22.5An 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 21.99 +20 51.8 8.063 7.106 18.1 2.5 20.5 2009 06 13 06 25.48 +20 50.5 8.092 7.111 14.2 2.0 20.6 2009 06 18 06 29.00 +20 48.8 8.114 7.117 10.3 1.5 20.6 2009 06 23 06 32.53 +20 46.7 8.131 7.123 6.5 0.9 20.6 2009 06 28 06 36.08 +20 44.2 8.143 7.128 3.2 0.5 20.6 2009 07 03 06 39.62 +20 41.3 8.149 7.134 3.0 0.4 20.6 2009 07 08 06 43.15 +20 38.0 8.149 7.140 6.2 0.9 20.6 2009 07 13 06 46.65 +20 34.3 8.144 7.145 10.0 1.4 20.6 2009 07 18 06 50.13 +20 30.3 8.134 7.151 13.9 2.0 20.6 2009 07 23 06 53.56 +20 26.0 8.118 7.157 17.8 2.5 20.6 2009 07 28 06 56.94 +20 21.3 8.096 7.163 21.7 3.0 20.6 2009 08 02 07 00.25 +20 16.4 8.069 7.168 25.7 3.5 20.6 2009 08 07 07 03.49 +20 11.2 8.037 7.174 29.7 4.0 20.6 2009 08 12 07 06.65 +20 05.8 8.000 7.180 33.7 4.5 20.6 2009 08 17 07 09.71 +20 00.2 7.959 7.186 37.8 5.0 20.6 2009 08 22 07 12.66 +19 54.5 7.912 7.192 41.9 5.4 20.6 2009 08 27 07 15.50 +19 48.7 7.862 7.197 46.1 5.8 20.5 2009 09 01 07 18.22 +19 42.9 7.807 7.203 50.2 6.2 20.5 2009 09 06 07 20.79 +19 37.1 7.748 7.209 54.5 6.5 20.5 2009 09 11 07 23.22 +19 31.3 7.686 7.215 58.7 6.8 20.5 2009 09 16 07 25.49 +19 25.7 7.621 7.221 63.0 7.1 20.5 2009 09 21 07 27.59 +19 20.2 7.552 7.227 67.4 7.4 20.5 2009 09 26 07 29.51 +19 15.0 7.482 7.232 71.8 7.6 20.5 2009 10 01 07 31.23 +19 10.0 7.409 7.238 76.3 7.7 20.4 2009 10 06 07 32.76 +19 05.3 7.335 7.244 80.9 7.8 20.4 2009 10 11 07 34.07 +19 01.0 7.260 7.250 85.5 7.9 20.4 2009 10 16 07 35.17 +18 57.2 7.184 7.256 90.2 7.9 20.4 2009 10 21 07 36.04 +18 53.8 7.108 7.262 94.9 7.9 20.4 2009 10 26 07 36.68 +18 50.9 7.033 7.268 99.7 7.7 20.3 2009 10 31 07 37.07 +18 48.6 6.959 7.274 104.6 7.6 20.3 2009 11 05 07 37.23 +18 46.9 6.887 7.280 109.6 7.4 20.3 2009 11 10 07 37.14 +18 45.8 6.817 7.286 114.6 7.1 20.3 2009 11 15 07 36.81 +18 45.3 6.751 7.292 119.7 6.8 20.3 2009 11 20 07 36.24 +18 45.4 6.687 7.298 124.9 6.4 20.3 2009 11 25 07 35.43 +18 46.2 6.628 7.304 130.1 5.9 20.2 2009 11 30 07 34.41 +18 47.5 6.574 7.310 135.4 5.4 20.2 2009 12 05 07 33.17 +18 49.5 6.526 7.316 140.7 4.9 20.2 2009 12 10 07 31.74 +18 52.0 6.483 7.322 146.1 4.3 20.2 2009 12 15 07 30.14 +18 55.0 6.447 7.328 151.6 3.7 20.2 2009 12 20 07 28.39 +18 58.4 6.417 7.334 157.1 3.0 20.2 2009 12 25 07 26.51 +19 02.2 6.395 7.340 162.5 2.3 20.2 2009 12 30 07 24.54 +19 06.4 6.381 7.346 168.0 1.6 20.2 2010 01 04 07 22.51 +19 10.8 6.374 7.352 173.3 0.9 20.2 2010 01 09 07 20.44 +19 15.3 6.375 7.358 177.1 0.4 20.2 2010 01 14 07 18.37 +19 20.0 6.384 7.364 174.2 0.8 20.2 2010 01 19 07 16.34 +19 24.8 6.401 7.370 169.0 1.5 20.2 2010 01 24 07 14.37 +19 29.5 6.426 7.376 163.5 2.2 20.2 2010 01 29 07 12.50 +19 34.1 6.459 7.382 158.1 2.9 20.2 2010 02 03 07 10.76 +19 38.7 6.499 7.388 152.6 3.5 20.2 2010 02 08 07 09.16 +19 43.0 6.545 7.394 147.2 4.1 20.3 2010 02 13 07 07.74 +19 47.2 6.599 7.400 141.8 4.7 20.3 2010 02 18 07 06.52 +19 51.1 6.658 7.406 136.5 5.3 20.3 2010 02 23 07 05.50 +19 54.8 6.723 7.412 131.2 5.8 20.3 2010 02 28 07 04.71 +19 58.1 6.792 7.418 126.0 6.2 20.4 2010 03 05 07 04.15 +20 01.1 6.866 7.424 120.9 6.6 20.4 2010 03 10 07 03.82 +20 03.8 6.944 7.430 115.8 6.9 20.4 2010 03 15 07 03.74 +20 06.2 7.025 7.436 110.8 7.2 20.4 2010 03 20 07 03.89 +20 08.2 7.109 7.442 105.8 7.4 20.5 2010 03 25 07 04.29 +20 09.8 7.194 7.449 101.0 7.6 20.5 2010 03 30 07 04.92 +20 11.0 7.281 7.455 96.2 7.7 20.5 2010 04 04 07 05.77 +20 11.8 7.368 7.461 91.4 7.7 20.6 2010 04 09 07 06.84 +20 12.1 7.456 7.467 86.8 7.7 20.6 2010 04 14 07 08.13 +20 12.1 7.543 7.473 82.2 7.6 20.6 2010 04 19 07 09.62 +20 11.6 7.630 7.479 77.6 7.5 20.7 2010 04 24 07 11.30 +20 10.7 7.715 7.485 73.1 7.4 20.7 2010 04 29 07 13.16 +20 09.3 7.798 7.491 68.7 7.2 20.7 2010 05 04 07 15.18 +20 07.4 7.879 7.498 64.4 7.0 20.7 2010 05 09 07 17.37 +20 05.1 7.957 7.504 60.0 6.7 20.8 2010 05 14 07 19.70 +20 02.3 8.032 7.510 55.7 6.4 20.8 2010 05 19 07 22.16 +19 59.0 8.104 7.516 51.5 6.0 20.8 2010 05 24 07 24.75 +19 55.2 8.172 7.522 47.3 5.7 20.8 2010 05 29 07 27.44 +19 51.0 8.236 7.528 43.2 5.3 20.8 2010 06 03 07 30.24 +19 46.3 8.295 7.534 39.0 4.9 20.9 2010 06 08 07 33.12 +19 41.2 8.350 7.541 34.9 4.4 20.9 2010 06 13 07 36.08 +19 35.5 8.400 7.547 30.9 4.0 20.9 2010 06 18 07 39.11 +19 29.4 8.446 7.553 26.8 3.5 20.9 2010 06 23 07 42.19 +19 22.9 8.486 7.559 22.8 3.0 20.9 2010 06 28 07 45.32 +19 16.0 8.520 7.565 18.8 2.5 20.9 2010 07 03 07 48.48 +19 08.7 8.550 7.571 14.8 2.0 21.0 2010 07 08 07 51.66 +19 01.0 8.574 7.577 10.8 1.4 21.0 2010 07 13 07 54.86 +18 52.9 8.592 7.584 6.9 0.9 21.0This 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.
