C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65054:C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5 T 2009 Jan. 10.6400 TT MPC q 1.212267 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000012 Peri. 136.8660 -0.9292047 -0.3694195 +/-0.000001 Node 338.5392 -0.3463210 +0.8606090 e 0.999986 Incl. 178.3736 -0.1289977 +0.3505443 From 1707 observations 2007 July 11-2009 Feb. 5, mean residual 0".5.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2009 Jan. 10.6469 TT MPC q 1.211828 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000001 Peri. 136.8603 -0.9291056 -0.3696688 +/-0.000001 Node 338.5489 -0.3465496 +0.8605164 e 0.999998 Incl. 178.3738 -0.1290971 +0.3505090An 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! 2010 01 24 04 45.90 +20 29.4 4.153 4.832 128.9 9.1 16.4 2010 01 29 04 41.80 +20 23.8 4.275 4.880 122.9 9.8 16.5 2010 02 03 04 38.28 +20 19.0 4.402 4.928 117.0 10.3 16.6 2010 02 08 04 35.32 +20 15.0 4.532 4.975 111.2 10.7 16.7 2010 02 13 04 32.89 +20 12.0 4.666 5.022 105.6 10.9 16.9 2010 02 18 04 30.96 +20 09.7 4.802 5.070 100.1 11.1 17.0 2010 02 23 04 29.51 +20 08.4 4.940 5.117 94.7 11.1 17.1 2010 02 28 04 28.49 +20 07.9 5.077 5.164 89.4 11.1 17.2 2010 03 05 04 27.87 +20 08.1 5.215 5.210 84.3 10.9 17.3 2010 03 10 04 27.61 +20 09.1 5.351 5.257 79.2 10.7 17.3 2010 03 15 04 27.69 +20 10.7 5.486 5.303 74.3 10.4 17.4 2010 03 20 04 28.07 +20 12.9 5.619 5.350 69.4 10.0 17.5 2010 03 25 04 28.73 +20 15.6 5.748 5.396 64.6 9.6 17.6 2010 03 30 04 29.63 +20 18.7 5.875 5.442 59.8 9.1 17.7 2010 04 04 04 30.76 +20 22.2 5.997 5.488 55.2 8.6 17.8 2010 04 09 04 32.07 +20 25.9 6.115 5.534 50.6 8.0 17.9 2010 04 14 04 33.57 +20 29.9 6.229 5.579 46.0 7.4 17.9 2010 04 19 04 35.21 +20 34.0 6.337 5.625 41.5 6.8 18.0 2010 04 24 04 36.99 +20 38.2 6.440 5.670 37.1 6.1 18.1 2010 04 29 04 38.87 +20 42.5 6.537 5.715 32.7 5.5 18.1 2010 05 04 04 40.84 +20 46.8 6.628 5.760 28.3 4.8 18.2 2010 05 09 04 42.89 +20 51.0 6.714 5.805 23.9 4.0 18.3 2010 05 14 04 45.00 +20 55.2 6.792 5.850 19.6 3.3 18.3 2010 05 19 04 47.15 +20 59.2 6.865 5.895 15.3 2.6 18.4 2010 05 24 04 49.33 +21 03.1 6.930 5.939 11.0 1.9 18.4 2010 05 29 04 51.52 +21 06.8 6.989 5.984 6.8 1.1 18.5 2010 06 03 04 53.70 +21 10.3 7.041 6.028 2.8 0.5 18.5 2010 06 08 04 55.87 +21 13.6 7.086 6.072 2.3 0.4 18.6 2010 06 13 04 58.00 +21 16.7 7.125 6.117 6.3 1.0 18.6 2010 06 18 05 00.10 +21 19.5 7.156 6.161 10.6 1.7 18.7 2010 06 23 05 02.13 +21 22.0 7.181 6.204 14.8 2.4 18.7 2010 06 28 05 04.08 +21 24.3 7.200 6.248 19.1 3.1 18.7 2010 07 03 05 05.96 +21 26.3 7.211 6.292 23.4 3.7 18.8 2010 07 08 05 07.73 +21 28.1 7.217 6.335 27.8 4.3 18.8 2010 07 13 05 09.40 +21 29.5 7.216 6.379 32.2 4.9 18.8 2010 07 18 05 10.93 +21 30.7 7.209 6.422 36.6 5.4 18.9 2010 07 23 05 12.32 +21 31.5 7.197 6.465 41.0 5.9 18.9 2010 07 28 05 13.57 +21 32.1 7.179 6.508 45.5 6.4 18.9 2010 08 02 05 14.64 +21 32.4 7.157 6.551 50.0 6.8 18.9 2010 08 07 05 15.53 +21 32.4 7.129 6.594 54.6 7.2 19.0 2010 08 12 05 16.23 +21 32.2 7.098 6.637 59.2 7.5 19.0 2010 08 17 05 16.72 +21 31.6 7.062 6.679 63.9 7.8 19.0 2010 08 22 05 16.99 +21 30.8 7.023 6.722 68.7 8.1 19.0 2010 08 27 05 17.03 +21 29.7 6.982 6.764 73.5 8.2 19.0 2010 09 01 05 16.83 +21 28.2 6.938 6.807 78.4 8.4 19.0 2010 09 06 05 16.37 +21 26.5 6.893 6.849 83.3 8.4 19.0 2010 09 11 05 15.64 +21 24.5 6.846 6.891 88.3 8.4 19.1 2010 09 16 05 14.64 +21 22.1 6.800 6.933 93.4 8.3 19.1 2010 09 21 05 13.37 +21 19.4 6.753 6.975 98.6 8.2 19.1 2010 09 26 05 11.81 +21 16.3 6.708 7.017 103.9 8.0 19.1 2010 10 01 05 09.98 +21 12.8 6.665 7.058 109.2 7.7 19.1 2010 10 06 05 07.86 +21 09.0 6.625 7.100 114.6 7.4 19.1 2010 10 11 05 05.48 +21 04.7 6.588 7.142 120.1 6.9 19.1 2010 10 16 05 02.83 +21 00.0 6.556 7.183 125.7 6.5 19.1 2010 10 21 04 59.93 +20 54.8 6.528 7.224 131.3 5.9 19.2 2010 10 26 04 56.81 +20 49.1 6.506 7.266 137.0 5.4 19.2 2010 10 31 04 53.48 +20 43.0 6.491 7.307 142.8 4.7 19.2 2010 11 05 04 49.97 +20 36.5 6.483 7.348 148.6 4.0 19.2 2010 11 10 04 46.32 +20 29.5 6.482 7.389 154.5 3.3 19.2 2010 11 15 04 42.55 +20 22.1 6.490 7.429 160.4 2.6 19.3 2010 11 20 04 38.71 +20 14.4 6.507 7.470 166.3 1.8 19.3 2010 11 25 04 34.84 +20 06.4 6.532 7.511 172.2 1.0 19.3 2010 11 30 04 30.97 +19 58.3 6.566 7.552 177.5 0.3 19.4 2010 12 05 04 27.14 +19 50.0 6.609 7.592 175.3 0.6 19.4 2010 12 10 04 23.39 +19 41.7 6.662 7.632 169.5 1.3 19.4 2010 12 15 04 19.76 +19 33.6 6.723 7.673 163.6 2.1 19.5 2010 12 20 04 16.28 +19 25.6 6.794 7.713 157.7 2.8 19.5 2010 12 25 04 12.98 +19 17.9 6.872 7.753 151.9 3.4 19.6 2010 12 30 04 09.88 +19 10.6 6.958 7.793 146.0 4.0 19.6 2011 01 04 04 07.01 +19 03.8 7.052 7.833 140.3 4.6 19.7 2011 01 09 04 04.38 +18 57.6 7.152 7.873 134.5 5.1 19.7 2011 01 14 04 02.01 +18 52.0 7.258 7.913 128.9 5.6 19.8 2011 01 19 03 59.90 +18 47.1 7.370 7.953 123.3 5.9 19.8 2011 01 24 03 58.05 +18 42.8 7.486 7.992 117.8 6.3 19.9 2011 01 29 03 56.47 +18 39.4 7.606 8.032 112.3 6.5 20.0 2011 02 03 03 55.16 +18 36.6 7.729 8.071 106.9 6.7 20.0 2011 02 08 03 54.11 +18 34.6 7.854 8.111 101.6 6.8 20.1 2011 02 13 03 53.32 +18 33.4 7.981 8.150 96.4 6.9 20.1 2011 02 18 03 52.77 +18 32.8 8.109 8.189 91.2 6.9 20.2 2011 02 23 03 52.45 +18 32.9 8.237 8.229 86.1 6.9 20.2 2011 02 28 03 52.35 +18 33.7 8.364 8.268 81.0 6.8 20.3This 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.
