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C/2008 J2 (Beshore)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2008-J50:
C/2008 J2 (Beshore)
T 2008 Nov.  9.569 TT                                   MPC
q   1.37158              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  250.952       +0.881527       +0.363314
                   Node    86.806       -0.231489       +0.889195
e   1.0            Incl.   17.577       -0.411488       +0.278092
From 113 observations 2008 May 6-9.
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
2008 05 04    17 07.30   -13 30.1    1.994    2.883   145.6    11.4  14.1
2008 05 09    17 05.22   -13 37.5    1.907    2.831   150.8    10.0  13.9
2008 05 14    17 02.52   -13 46.8    1.826    2.780   156.0     8.5  13.7
2008 05 19    16 59.21   -13 58.2    1.750    2.728   161.1     6.9  13.6
2008 05 24    16 55.32   -14 11.9    1.681    2.676   166.2     5.2  13.4
2008 05 29    16 50.90   -14 28.2    1.619    2.624   170.5     3.7  13.2
2008 06 03    16 46.01   -14 47.3    1.563    2.572   172.5     3.0  13.1
2008 06 08    16 40.76   -15 09.3    1.514    2.520   170.3     3.9  12.9
2008 06 13    16 35.27   -15 34.3    1.471    2.468   165.8     5.8  12.8
2008 06 18    16 29.70   -16 02.3    1.436    2.417   160.4     8.1  12.6
2008 06 23    16 24.17   -16 33.3    1.406    2.366   154.7    10.6  12.5
2008 06 28    16 18.86   -17 07.4    1.383    2.314   149.0    13.1  12.3
2008 07 03    16 13.91   -17 44.5    1.365    2.264   143.3    15.6  12.2
2008 07 08    16 09.49   -18 24.6    1.352    2.213   137.7    18.0  12.1
2008 07 13    16 05.74   -19 07.5    1.344    2.163   132.2    20.4  12.0
2008 07 18    16 02.75   -19 53.3    1.340    2.113   127.0    22.6  11.9
2008 07 23    16 00.64   -20 41.7    1.338    2.064   121.9    24.7  11.8
2008 07 28    15 59.46   -21 32.8    1.340    2.015   117.0    26.7  11.7
2008 08 02    15 59.27   -22 26.5    1.343    1.967   112.3    28.5  11.6
2008 08 07    16 00.14   -23 22.6    1.347    1.919   107.9    30.2  11.5
2008 08 12    16 02.08   -24 20.9    1.353    1.873   103.7    31.7  11.4
2008 08 17    16 05.12   -25 21.3    1.359    1.828    99.8    33.1  11.3
2008 08 22    16 09.26   -26 23.4    1.365    1.783    96.1    34.3  11.2
2008 08 27    16 14.52   -27 27.0    1.371    1.740    92.7    35.5  11.1
2008 09 01    16 20.94   -28 31.7    1.376    1.698    89.4    36.5  11.0
2008 09 06    16 28.53   -29 37.0    1.381    1.658    86.4    37.4  10.9
2008 09 11    16 37.30   -30 42.3    1.385    1.620    83.7    38.1  10.8
2008 09 16    16 47.29   -31 46.9    1.388    1.583    81.1    38.9  10.7
2008 09 21    16 58.50   -32 50.0    1.390    1.549    78.8    39.5  10.6
2008 09 26    17 10.97   -33 50.5    1.392    1.517    76.7    40.0  10.5
2008 10 01    17 24.73   -34 47.3    1.393    1.488    74.9    40.5  10.4
2008 10 06    17 39.77   -35 39.2    1.393    1.462    73.2    40.9  10.4
2008 10 11    17 56.10   -36 24.6    1.394    1.438    71.8    41.2  10.3
2008 10 16    18 13.66   -37 01.9    1.394    1.418    70.5    41.5  10.2
2008 10 21    18 32.40   -37 29.5    1.395    1.401    69.5    41.7  10.2
2008 10 26    18 52.21   -37 45.7    1.397    1.388    68.6    41.8  10.2
2008 10 31    19 12.96   -37 49.0    1.401    1.379    67.9    41.8  10.1
2008 11 05    19 34.46   -37 37.8    1.406    1.373    67.4    41.8  10.1
2008 11 10    19 56.47   -37 11.4    1.413    1.372    67.0    41.6  10.1
2008 11 15    20 18.76   -36 29.1    1.422    1.374    66.7    41.4  10.1
2008 11 20    20 41.08   -35 30.8    1.435    1.380    66.5    41.0  10.2
2008 11 25    21 03.19   -34 17.1    1.452    1.390    66.4    40.6  10.2
2008 11 30    21 24.89   -32 49.0    1.472    1.404    66.3    40.0  10.3
2008 12 05    21 46.01   -31 08.0    1.497    1.421    66.2    39.4  10.4
2008 12 10    22 06.42   -29 16.0    1.526    1.442    66.1    38.6  10.5
2008 12 15    22 26.03   -27 15.2    1.560    1.466    65.9    37.8  10.6
2008 12 20    22 44.80   -25 07.6    1.599    1.493    65.7    36.9  10.8
2008 12 25    23 02.74   -22 55.4    1.642    1.523    65.4    36.0  10.9
2008 12 30    23 19.86   -20 40.4    1.691    1.555    64.9    35.0  11.1
2009 01 04    23 36.19   -18 24.5    1.744    1.589    64.4    33.9  11.2
2009 01 09    23 51.79   -16 09.2    1.802    1.626    63.7    32.8  11.4
2009 01 14    00 06.69   -13 55.8    1.864    1.665    62.9    31.7  11.6
2009 01 19    00 20.97   -11 45.4    1.931    1.705    61.9    30.6  11.7
2009 01 24    00 34.67   -09 38.6    2.001    1.747    60.8    29.5  11.9
2009 01 29    00 47.85   -07 36.2    2.074    1.791    59.6    28.3  12.1
2009 02 03    01 00.56   -05 38.4    2.151    1.835    58.2    27.2  12.3
2009 02 08    01 12.83   -03 45.6    2.231    1.881    56.8    26.0  12.5
2009 02 13    01 24.72   -01 57.9    2.313    1.927    55.2    24.9  12.7
2009 02 18    01 36.26   -00 15.4    2.397    1.975    53.5    23.7  12.9
2009 02 23    01 47.48   +01 22.0    2.482    2.023    51.6    22.5  13.0
2009 02 28    01 58.42   +02 54.3    2.570    2.072    49.7    21.4  13.2
2009 03 05    02 09.10   +04 21.7    2.658    2.121    47.7    20.2  13.4
2009 03 10    02 19.53   +05 44.2    2.746    2.171    45.6    19.1  13.6
2009 03 15    02 29.74   +07 02.1    2.835    2.221    43.5    17.9  13.7
2009 03 20    02 39.75   +08 15.5    2.924    2.272    41.2    16.8  13.9
2009 03 25    02 49.57   +09 24.6    3.012    2.323    38.9    15.7  14.1
2009 03 30    02 59.21   +10 29.5    3.100    2.374    36.6    14.5  14.2
2009 04 04    03 08.68   +11 30.5    3.187    2.426    34.2    13.4  14.4
2009 04 09    03 17.99   +12 27.6    3.273    2.477    31.7    12.3  14.5

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