C/2007 T5 (Gibbs)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 65935:C/2007 T5 (Gibbs) Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5 T 2008 May 24.2094 TT MPC q 4.049298 (2000.0) P Q z +0.021370 Peri. 34.4114 -0.6518650 -0.3509694 +/-0.000000 Node 109.8431 +0.4282210 -0.9019582 e 0.913465 Incl. 45.6155 +0.6258585 +0.2515789 From 275 observations 2007 Oct. 13-2009 Apr. 25, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2007 T5 (Gibbs) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2008 May 23.9873 TT MPC q 4.048838 (2000.0) P Q z +0.021569 Peri. 34.3831 -0.6516445 -0.3513674 +/-0.000000 Node 109.8381 +0.4287189 -0.9017176 e 0.912671 Incl. 45.6142 +0.6257472 +0.2518857An 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 m2 2009 06 08 13 44.55 +43 05.8 4.788 5.058 99.7 11.4 18.4 2009 06 13 13 44.39 +42 22.9 4.856 5.081 97.0 11.4 18.5 2009 06 18 13 44.56 +41 37.9 4.926 5.105 94.3 11.4 18.5 2009 06 23 13 45.08 +40 51.3 4.997 5.128 91.6 11.4 18.6 2009 06 28 13 45.91 +40 03.2 5.069 5.151 88.9 11.4 18.6 2009 07 03 13 47.06 +39 14.2 5.141 5.175 86.2 11.3 18.7 2009 07 08 13 48.51 +38 24.3 5.214 5.199 83.5 11.2 18.7 2009 07 13 13 50.23 +37 34.0 5.287 5.223 80.8 11.1 18.8 2009 07 18 13 52.22 +36 43.3 5.360 5.247 78.1 10.9 18.8 2009 07 23 13 54.46 +35 52.4 5.433 5.271 75.5 10.8 18.9 2009 07 28 13 56.94 +35 01.7 5.505 5.295 72.8 10.6 18.9 2009 08 02 13 59.63 +34 11.2 5.577 5.319 70.2 10.3 19.0 2009 08 07 14 02.52 +33 21.2 5.648 5.344 67.6 10.1 19.0 2009 08 12 14 05.61 +32 31.8 5.717 5.368 65.0 9.9 19.1 2009 08 17 14 08.86 +31 43.0 5.785 5.393 62.5 9.6 19.1 2009 08 22 14 12.28 +30 55.1 5.852 5.418 60.0 9.3 19.2 2009 08 27 14 15.85 +30 08.2 5.917 5.443 57.6 9.0 19.2 2009 09 01 14 19.55 +29 22.4 5.980 5.468 55.3 8.7 19.3 2009 09 06 14 23.37 +28 37.7 6.040 5.493 53.0 8.4 19.3 2009 09 11 14 27.30 +27 54.3 6.099 5.518 50.8 8.1 19.3 2009 09 16 14 31.33 +27 12.3 6.155 5.544 48.8 7.8 19.4 2009 09 21 14 35.45 +26 31.7 6.208 5.569 46.8 7.6 19.4 2009 09 26 14 39.66 +25 52.7 6.259 5.595 45.0 7.3 19.5 2009 10 01 14 43.92 +25 15.2 6.306 5.620 43.3 7.0 19.5 2009 10 06 14 48.25 +24 39.5 6.351 5.646 41.9 6.8 19.5 2009 10 11 14 52.62 +24 05.5 6.392 5.672 40.6 6.6 19.6 2009 10 16 14 57.03 +23 33.3 6.431 5.698 39.6 6.4 19.6 2009 10 21 15 01.47 +23 03.0 6.465 5.724 38.8 6.3 19.6 2009 10 26 15 05.93 +22 34.6 6.496 5.750 38.3 6.2 19.7 2009 10 31 15 10.39 +22 08.2 6.524 5.776 38.2 6.1 19.7 2009 11 05 15 14.85 +21 43.8 6.548 5.802 38.3 6.1 19.7 2009 11 10 15 19.30 +21 21.5 6.568 5.828 38.7 6.1 19.7 2009 11 15 15 23.72 +21 01.4 6.585 5.855 39.5 6.2 19.8 2009 11 20 15 28.11 +20 43.3 6.598 5.881 40.5 6.3 19.8 2009 11 25 15 32.45 +20 27.5 6.607 5.908 41.8 6.4 19.8 2009 11 30 15 36.73 +20 13.9 6.612 5.934 43.4 6.6 19.8 2009 12 05 15 40.94 +20 02.5 6.614 5.961 45.2 6.7 19.9 2009 12 10 15 45.07 +19 53.4 6.612 5.988 47.3 6.9 19.9 2009 12 15 15 49.11 +19 46.4 6.607 6.014 49.5 7.1 19.9 2009 12 20 15 53.05 +19 41.8 6.598 6.041 51.9 7.4 19.9 2009 12 25 15 56.86 +19 39.3 6.586 6.068 54.5 7.6 19.9 2009 12 30 16 00.55 +19 39.1 6.571 6.095 57.2 7.8 19.9 2010 01 04 16 04.09 +19 41.0 6.553 6.122 60.0 8.0 20.0 2010 01 09 16 07.47 +19 45.1 6.533 6.149 63.0 8.2 20.0 2010 01 14 16 10.68 +19 51.2 6.510 6.176 66.0 8.4 20.0 2010 01 19 16 13.71 +19 59.3 6.485 6.203 69.2 8.5 20.0 2010 01 24 16 16.55 +20 09.3 6.457 6.230 72.4 8.7 20.0 2010 01 29 16 19.17 +20 21.2 6.429 6.257 75.6 8.8 20.0 2010 02 03 16 21.57 +20 34.7 6.399 6.285 78.9 8.9 20.0 2010 02 08 16 23.74 +20 49.8 6.368 6.312 82.3 8.9 20.0 2010 02 13 16 25.66 +21 06.3 6.336 6.339 85.7 8.9 20.0 2010 02 18 16 27.33 +21 24.1 6.304 6.367 89.2 8.9 20.0 2010 02 23 16 28.73 +21 42.9 6.272 6.394 92.6 8.9 20.0 2010 02 28 16 29.86 +22 02.6 6.241 6.422 96.1 8.8 20.1 2010 03 05 16 30.71 +22 22.9 6.211 6.449 99.5 8.7 20.1 2010 03 10 16 31.28 +22 43.5 6.182 6.477 102.9 8.6 20.1 2010 03 15 16 31.56 +23 04.4 6.155 6.504 106.3 8.4 20.1 2010 03 20 16 31.55 +23 25.1 6.129 6.532 109.6 8.3 20.1 2010 03 25 16 31.25 +23 45.3 6.107 6.559 112.9 8.1 20.1 2010 03 30 16 30.68 +24 04.9 6.087 6.587 116.0 7.8 20.1 2010 04 04 16 29.85 +24 23.4 6.071 6.615 119.0 7.6 20.1 2010 04 09 16 28.75 +24 40.7 6.059 6.642 121.9 7.4 20.1 2010 04 14 16 27.42 +24 56.4 6.050 6.670 124.6 7.1 20.2 2010 04 19 16 25.86 +25 10.2 6.046 6.698 127.0 6.9 20.2 2010 04 24 16 24.10 +25 21.9 6.046 6.726 129.1 6.7 20.2 2010 04 29 16 22.17 +25 31.2 6.051 6.754 130.9 6.5 20.2 2010 05 04 16 20.09 +25 38.0 6.062 6.781 132.3 6.3 20.2 2010 05 09 16 17.90 +25 42.2 6.077 6.809 133.3 6.2 20.2 2010 05 14 16 15.63 +25 43.4 6.098 6.837 133.9 6.1 20.3 2010 05 19 16 13.31 +25 41.8 6.124 6.865 134.0 6.1 20.3 2010 05 24 16 10.98 +25 37.1 6.155 6.893 133.7 6.1 20.3 2010 05 29 16 08.66 +25 29.5 6.192 6.921 132.8 6.2 20.4 2010 06 03 16 06.40 +25 19.0 6.234 6.949 131.6 6.3 20.4 2010 06 08 16 04.22 +25 05.7 6.281 6.977 130.0 6.4 20.4 2010 06 13 16 02.14 +24 49.6 6.333 7.005 128.0 6.6 20.5 2010 06 18 16 00.21 +24 30.8 6.390 7.033 125.8 6.7 20.5 2010 06 23 15 58.43 +24 09.7 6.452 7.061 123.3 6.9 20.5 2010 06 28 15 56.83 +23 46.4 6.518 7.089 120.5 7.1 20.6 2010 07 03 15 55.42 +23 21.1 6.588 7.117 117.6 7.3 20.6 2010 07 08 15 54.22 +22 53.9 6.662 7.145 114.6 7.4 20.7 2010 07 13 15 53.23 +22 25.2 6.739 7.173 111.4 7.6 20.7
