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Minor Planet Center

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 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2008 May 23.8151 TT                                   MPC
q   4.048095             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.021664       Peri.   34.3636      -0.6514246      -0.3516855
 +/-0.000000       Node   109.8298      +0.4291125      -0.9015253
e   0.912302       Incl.   45.6152      +0.6257064      +0.2521297
An 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 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
2010 07 18    15 52.47   +21 55.1    6.820    7.201   108.2     7.7  20.7
2010 07 23    15 51.94   +21 23.9    6.903    7.229   104.8     7.8  20.8
2010 07 28    15 51.63   +20 51.9    6.988    7.258   101.4     7.9  20.8
2010 08 02    15 51.55   +20 19.1    7.075    7.286    98.0     7.9  20.9
2010 08 07    15 51.70   +19 45.8    7.164    7.314    94.5     7.9  20.9
2010 08 12    15 52.07   +19 12.2    7.253    7.342    91.0     7.9  21.0
2010 08 17    15 52.65   +18 38.4    7.344    7.370    87.5     7.9  21.0
2010 08 22    15 53.44   +18 04.8    7.435    7.398    84.0     7.8  21.0
2010 08 27    15 54.43   +17 31.3    7.526    7.426    80.5     7.7  21.1
2010 09 01    15 55.62   +16 58.1    7.616    7.455    77.0     7.6  21.1
2010 09 06    15 56.99   +16 25.4    7.705    7.483    73.6     7.4  21.2
2010 09 11    15 58.53   +15 53.3    7.794    7.511    70.1     7.2  21.2
2010 09 16    16 00.24   +15 21.9    7.880    7.539    66.7     7.0  21.3
2010 09 21    16 02.10   +14 51.3    7.965    7.567    63.3     6.8  21.3
2010 09 26    16 04.10   +14 21.7    8.047    7.596    60.0     6.6  21.3
2010 10 01    16 06.24   +13 53.0    8.127    7.624    56.7     6.3  21.4
2010 10 06    16 08.50   +13 25.3    8.204    7.652    53.5     6.0  21.4
2010 10 11    16 10.87   +12 58.8    8.278    7.680    50.4     5.7  21.4
2010 10 16    16 13.35   +12 33.4    8.348    7.708    47.4     5.5  21.5
2010 10 21    16 15.91   +12 09.4    8.414    7.737    44.5     5.2  21.5
2010 10 26    16 18.55   +11 46.6    8.477    7.765    41.9     4.9  21.5
2010 10 31    16 21.27   +11 25.2    8.535    7.793    39.4     4.6  21.6
2010 11 05    16 24.04   +11 05.1    8.589    7.821    37.1     4.4  21.6
2010 11 10    16 26.85   +10 46.5    8.638    7.849    35.2     4.2  21.6
2010 11 15    16 29.71   +10 29.4    8.682    7.877    33.6     4.0  21.7
2010 11 20    16 32.59   +10 13.7    8.722    7.906    32.5     3.8  21.7
2010 11 25    16 35.48   +09 59.5    8.756    7.934    31.8     3.8  21.7
2010 11 30    16 38.37   +09 46.9    8.786    7.962    31.6     3.7  21.7

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