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 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2009 Jan. 10.6437 TT MPC q 1.212240 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000038 Peri. 136.8685 -0.9292076 -0.3694123 +/-0.000001 Node 338.5413 -0.3463136 +0.8606115 e 1.000046 Incl. 178.3737 -0.1289967 +0.3505457An 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 49.18 +22 04.6 3.337 2.447 24.2 9.8 13.0 2009 06 13 06 51.60 +22 00.9 3.433 2.502 20.0 8.0 13.2 2009 06 18 06 54.05 +21 57.0 3.520 2.557 15.8 6.2 13.3 2009 06 23 06 56.51 +21 52.9 3.600 2.613 11.6 4.5 13.5 2009 06 28 06 58.95 +21 48.6 3.672 2.668 7.4 2.8 13.6 2009 07 03 07 01.36 +21 44.2 3.737 2.723 3.3 1.2 13.7 2009 07 08 07 03.71 +21 39.6 3.794 2.777 1.4 0.5 13.8 2009 07 13 07 05.98 +21 35.0 3.843 2.832 5.4 1.9 13.9 2009 07 18 07 08.16 +21 30.3 3.884 2.887 9.6 3.4 14.1 2009 07 23 07 10.23 +21 25.6 3.917 2.941 13.9 4.8 14.2 2009 07 28 07 12.16 +21 20.9 3.943 2.995 18.2 6.1 14.2 2009 08 02 07 13.93 +21 16.4 3.962 3.050 22.6 7.3 14.3 2009 08 07 07 15.52 +21 12.0 3.973 3.104 27.0 8.5 14.4 2009 08 12 07 16.91 +21 07.9 3.978 3.157 31.4 9.6 14.5 2009 08 17 07 18.08 +21 04.0 3.975 3.211 35.9 10.7 14.6 2009 08 22 07 18.99 +21 00.5 3.966 3.265 40.5 11.6 14.6 2009 08 27 07 19.63 +20 57.3 3.951 3.318 45.2 12.5 14.7 2009 09 01 07 19.97 +20 54.7 3.931 3.371 50.0 13.2 14.7 2009 09 06 07 19.97 +20 52.5 3.905 3.424 54.8 13.9 14.8 2009 09 11 07 19.60 +20 51.0 3.874 3.477 59.7 14.5 14.9 2009 09 16 07 18.85 +20 50.0 3.839 3.529 64.8 14.9 14.9 2009 09 21 07 17.66 +20 49.8 3.800 3.582 69.9 15.3 14.9 2009 09 26 07 16.01 +20 50.3 3.758 3.634 75.2 15.5 15.0 2009 10 01 07 13.87 +20 51.5 3.714 3.686 80.6 15.5 15.0 2009 10 06 07 11.20 +20 53.4 3.669 3.738 86.1 15.5 15.0 2009 10 11 07 07.97 +20 56.0 3.624 3.789 91.8 15.3 15.1 2009 10 16 07 04.17 +20 59.2 3.578 3.841 97.7 14.9 15.1 2009 10 21 06 59.77 +21 02.9 3.535 3.892 103.7 14.4 15.1 2009 10 26 06 54.76 +21 06.9 3.494 3.943 109.8 13.7 15.2 2009 10 31 06 49.13 +21 11.2 3.456 3.994 116.1 12.9 15.2 2009 11 05 06 42.92 +21 15.4 3.424 4.045 122.6 11.9 15.2 2009 11 10 06 36.14 +21 19.4 3.397 4.095 129.1 10.8 15.3 2009 11 15 06 28.85 +21 22.8 3.378 4.145 135.9 9.6 15.3 2009 11 20 06 21.10 +21 25.4 3.367 4.196 142.7 8.2 15.4 2009 11 25 06 12.99 +21 27.0 3.364 4.246 149.6 6.8 15.4 2009 11 30 06 04.62 +21 27.5 3.372 4.295 156.6 5.2 15.5 2009 12 05 05 56.10 +21 26.5 3.391 4.345 163.6 3.7 15.5 2009 12 10 05 47.54 +21 24.3 3.420 4.395 170.6 2.1 15.6 2009 12 15 05 39.08 +21 20.7 3.460 4.444 177.1 0.6 15.7 2009 12 20 05 30.83 +21 15.9 3.512 4.493 174.7 1.2 15.8 2009 12 25 05 22.89 +21 10.1 3.575 4.542 168.0 2.6 15.8 2009 12 30 05 15.37 +21 03.6 3.649 4.591 161.2 4.0 15.9 2010 01 04 05 08.34 +20 56.7 3.732 4.639 154.5 5.2 16.0 2010 01 09 05 01.84 +20 49.5 3.825 4.688 147.9 6.4 16.1 2010 01 14 04 55.92 +20 42.4 3.927 4.736 141.4 7.4 16.2 2010 01 19 04 50.61 +20 35.7 4.037 4.784 135.1 8.3 16.3 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 18.8This 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.
