P/2006 T1 (Levy)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65937:P/2006 T1 (Levy) Epoch 2011 Dec. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455920.5 T 2012 Jan. 12.2880 TT MPC q 1.007426 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1865291 Peri. 179.6217 -0.1629819 -0.9370372 a 3.033693 Node 279.7393 +0.9043894 -0.0167605 e 0.667921 Incl. 18.2632 +0.3943562 -0.3488270 P 5.28 From 294 observations 2006 Oct. 2-Nov. 25, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
P/2006 T1 (Levy) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2012 Jan. 12.4685 TT MPC q 1.004018 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1869736 Peri. 179.6995 -0.1650727 -0.9365156 a 3.028883 Node 279.7868 +0.9042394 -0.0184662 e 0.668519 Incl. 18.2947 +0.3938300 -0.3501393 P 5.27An 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 19 07.91 -22 21.9 4.137 5.053 151.6 5.5 20.6 2009 06 13 19 04.56 -22 21.2 4.101 5.052 157.1 4.5 20.6 2009 06 18 19 01.00 -22 20.6 4.072 5.051 162.7 3.4 20.6 2009 06 23 18 57.26 -22 19.9 4.051 5.050 168.3 2.3 20.6 2009 06 28 18 53.40 -22 19.0 4.037 5.049 174.0 1.2 20.6 2009 07 03 18 49.48 -22 17.9 4.031 5.048 179.3 0.1 20.6 2009 07 08 18 45.55 -22 16.5 4.033 5.046 174.6 1.1 20.6 2009 07 13 18 41.68 -22 14.7 4.043 5.044 169.0 2.2 20.6 2009 07 18 18 37.92 -22 12.7 4.060 5.042 163.4 3.3 20.6 2009 07 23 18 34.32 -22 10.4 4.085 5.040 157.8 4.4 20.6 2009 07 28 18 30.94 -22 07.7 4.117 5.038 152.2 5.4 20.6 2009 08 02 18 27.81 -22 04.9 4.156 5.035 146.7 6.4 20.6 2009 08 07 18 24.98 -22 01.8 4.201 5.032 141.3 7.2 20.6 2009 08 12 18 22.47 -21 58.6 4.252 5.029 135.9 8.1 20.7 2009 08 17 18 20.31 -21 55.3 4.308 5.026 130.6 8.8 20.7 2009 08 22 18 18.52 -21 51.9 4.369 5.023 125.4 9.5 20.7 2009 08 27 18 17.11 -21 48.5 4.434 5.019 120.2 10.0 20.7 2009 09 01 18 16.08 -21 45.2 4.503 5.016 115.2 10.5 20.8 2009 09 06 18 15.43 -21 41.8 4.574 5.012 110.2 10.9 20.8 2009 09 11 18 15.17 -21 38.4 4.647 5.007 105.3 11.2 20.8 2009 09 16 18 15.27 -21 35.1 4.723 5.003 100.4 11.4 20.9 2009 09 21 18 15.74 -21 31.8 4.799 4.998 95.6 11.5 20.9 2009 09 26 18 16.56 -21 28.4 4.876 4.994 90.9 11.6 20.9 2009 10 01 18 17.72 -21 25.0 4.952 4.989 86.3 11.6 21.0 2009 10 06 18 19.19 -21 21.4 5.028 4.984 81.7 11.5 21.0 2009 10 11 18 20.98 -21 17.8 5.103 4.978 77.2 11.3 21.0 2009 10 16 18 23.04 -21 13.9 5.176 4.973 72.8 11.0 21.0 2009 10 21 18 25.39 -21 09.8 5.248 4.967 68.3 10.7 21.1 2009 10 26 18 27.98 -21 05.4 5.316 4.961 64.0 10.4 21.1 2009 10 31 18 30.81 -21 00.7 5.382 4.955 59.7 10.0 21.1 2009 11 05 18 33.86 -20 55.6 5.444 4.949 55.4 9.5 21.1 2009 11 10 18 37.11 -20 50.1 5.503 4.942 51.1 9.0 21.1 2009 11 15 18 40.55 -20 44.0 5.558 4.935 46.9 8.4 21.2 2009 11 20 18 44.15 -20 37.5 5.608 4.928 42.7 7.8 21.2 2009 11 25 18 47.91 -20 30.4 5.654 4.921 38.6 7.2 21.2 2009 11 30 18 51.80 -20 22.7 5.695 4.914 34.4 6.5 21.2 2009 12 05 18 55.82 -20 14.5 5.731 4.906 30.3 5.8 21.2 2009 12 10 18 59.93 -20 05.5 5.762 4.899 26.3 5.1 21.2 2009 12 15 19 04.14 -19 55.9 5.788 4.891 22.2 4.4 21.2 2009 12 20 19 08.43 -19 45.6 5.808 4.883 18.2 3.6 21.2 2009 12 25 19 12.78 -19 34.6 5.822 4.874 14.2 2.8 21.2 2009 12 30 19 17.17 -19 23.0 5.830 4.866 10.3 2.1 21.2 2010 01 04 19 21.59 -19 10.6 5.832 4.857 6.6 1.3 21.2 2010 01 09 19 26.04 -18 57.6 5.829 4.848 3.5 0.7 21.2 2010 01 14 19 30.49 -18 43.8 5.820 4.839 3.7 0.8 21.2 2010 01 19 19 34.93 -18 29.4 5.805 4.829 6.9 1.4 21.2 2010 01 24 19 39.35 -18 14.4 5.784 4.820 10.7 2.2 21.1 2010 01 29 19 43.74 -17 58.8 5.757 4.810 14.6 3.0 21.1 2010 02 03 19 48.07 -17 42.5 5.724 4.800 18.5 3.7 21.1 2010 02 08 19 52.35 -17 25.8 5.686 4.790 22.5 4.5 21.1 2010 02 13 19 56.56 -17 08.5 5.643 4.779 26.5 5.3 21.1 2010 02 18 20 00.67 -16 50.7 5.594 4.769 30.5 6.0 21.0 2010 02 23 20 04.69 -16 32.6 5.540 4.758 34.5 6.8 21.0 2010 02 28 20 08.59 -16 14.1 5.482 4.747 38.5 7.5 21.0 2010 03 05 20 12.37 -15 55.3 5.418 4.735 42.6 8.1 20.9 2010 03 10 20 16.00 -15 36.2 5.351 4.724 46.6 8.8 20.9 2010 03 15 20 19.48 -15 17.0 5.279 4.712 50.7 9.4 20.8 2010 03 20 20 22.79 -14 57.7 5.203 4.700 54.8 10.0 20.8 2010 03 25 20 25.91 -14 38.4 5.124 4.688 59.0 10.5 20.8 2010 03 30 20 28.84 -14 19.1 5.041 4.676 63.1 11.0 20.7 2010 04 04 20 31.54 -14 00.0 4.956 4.663 67.3 11.4 20.7 2010 04 09 20 34.02 -13 41.1 4.869 4.650 71.6 11.8 20.6 2010 04 14 20 36.25 -13 22.4 4.779 4.637 75.9 12.1 20.6 2010 04 19 20 38.22 -13 04.3 4.688 4.624 80.2 12.4 20.5 2010 04 24 20 39.90 -12 46.6 4.595 4.611 84.6 12.5 20.4 2010 04 29 20 41.28 -12 29.5 4.502 4.597 89.0 12.7 20.4 2010 05 04 20 42.35 -12 13.1 4.409 4.583 93.5 12.7 20.3 2010 05 09 20 43.09 -11 57.5 4.316 4.569 98.1 12.6 20.3 2010 05 14 20 43.48 -11 42.8 4.224 4.555 102.8 12.5 20.2 2010 05 19 20 43.51 -11 29.1 4.133 4.540 107.5 12.3 20.2 2010 05 24 20 43.16 -11 16.6 4.044 4.525 112.3 12.0 20.1 2010 05 29 20 42.43 -11 05.2 3.957 4.510 117.1 11.5 20.0 2010 06 03 20 41.30 -10 55.1 3.873 4.495 122.1 11.0 20.0 2010 06 08 20 39.78 -10 46.4 3.793 4.480 127.1 10.4 19.9 2010 06 13 20 37.86 -10 39.1 3.718 4.464 132.2 9.7 19.8 2010 06 18 20 35.56 -10 33.3 3.647 4.448 137.4 8.9 19.8 2010 06 23 20 32.88 -10 29.0 3.581 4.432 142.6 8.0 19.7 2010 06 28 20 29.85 -10 26.2 3.521 4.415 147.9 7.0 19.7 2010 07 03 20 26.51 -10 25.0 3.468 4.399 153.2 6.0 19.6 2010 07 08 20 22.87 -10 25.2 3.421 4.382 158.3 4.9 19.6 2010 07 13 20 19.00 -10 26.9 3.381 4.365 163.3 3.8 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.
