C/2008 S3 (Boattini)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66921:C/2008 S3 (Boattini) Epoch 2011 June 8.0 TT = JDT 2455720.5 T 2011 June 7.3841 TT MPC q 8.018001 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000124 Peri. 39.9628 +0.9422479 +0.2300901 +/-0.000007 Node 54.9415 +0.1764801 -0.9586862 e 1.000993 Incl. 162.7040 +0.2846467 -0.1672703 From 226 observations 2008 Sept. 29-2009 Aug. 25, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2008 S3 (Boattini) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2011 June 5.0724 TT MPC q 8.020098 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000105 Peri. 39.8102 +0.9416704 +0.2324368 +/-0.000007 Node 54.9322 +0.1788858 -0.9582548 e 1.000839 Incl. 162.7015 +0.2850557 -0.1664961An 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 10 26 03 13.77 +20 00.3 7.820 8.767 161.1 2.1 17.9 2009 10 31 03 10.03 +19 51.4 7.785 8.755 166.9 1.5 17.9 2009 11 05 03 06.22 +19 41.9 7.759 8.743 172.6 0.8 17.9 2009 11 10 03 02.37 +19 31.7 7.741 8.731 177.5 0.3 17.9 2009 11 15 02 58.51 +19 21.1 7.734 8.719 174.6 0.6 17.8 2009 11 20 02 54.68 +19 10.1 7.736 8.708 168.9 1.2 17.8 2009 11 25 02 50.91 +18 58.9 7.747 8.696 163.1 1.9 17.8 2009 11 30 02 47.24 +18 47.6 7.767 8.685 157.2 2.5 17.8 2009 12 05 02 43.68 +18 36.4 7.796 8.673 151.3 3.1 17.8 2009 12 10 02 40.27 +18 25.4 7.834 8.662 145.4 3.7 17.8 2009 12 15 02 37.03 +18 14.7 7.879 8.651 139.5 4.2 17.9 2009 12 20 02 33.99 +18 04.6 7.931 8.640 133.7 4.7 17.9 2009 12 25 02 31.15 +17 55.0 7.989 8.629 127.9 5.2 17.9 2009 12 30 02 28.54 +17 46.1 8.053 8.618 122.2 5.5 17.9 2010 01 04 02 26.15 +17 38.1 8.123 8.607 116.5 5.9 17.9 2010 01 09 02 24.00 +17 30.9 8.196 8.596 110.9 6.1 17.9 2010 01 14 02 22.09 +17 24.7 8.272 8.585 105.4 6.3 17.9 2010 01 19 02 20.42 +17 19.5 8.351 8.575 99.9 6.5 17.9 2010 01 24 02 18.98 +17 15.3 8.431 8.564 94.4 6.6 18.0 2010 01 29 02 17.77 +17 12.2 8.513 8.554 89.1 6.6 18.0 2010 02 03 02 16.79 +17 10.1 8.594 8.543 83.8 6.6 18.0 2010 02 08 02 16.02 +17 09.0 8.674 8.533 78.5 6.5 18.0 2010 02 13 02 15.46 +17 08.9 8.753 8.523 73.4 6.4 18.0 2010 02 18 02 15.10 +17 09.9 8.829 8.513 68.2 6.2 18.0 2010 02 23 02 14.91 +17 11.7 8.903 8.503 63.2 6.0 18.0 2010 02 28 02 14.90 +17 14.5 8.973 8.493 58.2 5.7 18.1 2010 03 05 02 15.05 +17 18.1 9.039 8.483 53.2 5.4 18.1 2010 03 10 02 15.34 +17 22.4 9.101 8.473 48.3 5.0 18.1 2010 03 15 02 15.76 +17 27.6 9.157 8.464 43.5 4.6 18.1 2010 03 20 02 16.30 +17 33.4 9.208 8.454 38.7 4.2 18.1 2010 03 25 02 16.95 +17 39.9 9.254 8.445 34.0 3.8 18.1 2010 03 30 02 17.69 +17 46.9 9.293 8.435 29.3 3.3 18.1 2010 04 04 02 18.51 +17 54.5 9.325 8.426 24.6 2.8 18.1 2010 04 09 02 19.39 +18 02.5 9.351 8.417 20.0 2.3 18.1 2010 04 14 02 20.33 +18 11.0 9.370 8.408 15.5 1.8 18.1 2010 04 19 02 21.31 +18 19.7 9.382 8.399 11.1 1.3 18.1 2010 04 24 02 22.32 +18 28.8 9.387 8.390 7.1 0.8 18.1 2010 04 29 02 23.34 +18 38.1 9.385 8.381 4.3 0.5 18.1 2010 05 04 02 24.36 +18 47.7 9.376 8.373 5.4 0.7 18.1 2010 05 09 02 25.37 +18 57.3 9.360 8.364 9.0 1.1 18.1 2010 05 14 02 26.37 +19 07.1 9.336 8.356 13.2 1.6 18.1 2010 05 19 02 27.32 +19 16.8 9.306 8.347 17.6 2.1 18.1 2010 05 24 02 28.23 +19 26.6 9.269 8.339 22.1 2.6 18.0 2010 05 29 02 29.08 +19 36.3 9.225 8.331 26.6 3.1 18.0 2010 06 03 02 29.85 +19 45.9 9.175 8.323 31.1 3.6 18.0 2010 06 08 02 30.53 +19 55.4 9.119 8.315 35.6 4.1 18.0 2010 06 13 02 31.12 +20 04.7 9.057 8.307 40.2 4.5 18.0 2010 06 18 02 31.59 +20 13.7 8.989 8.299 44.8 4.9 18.0 2010 06 23 02 31.94 +20 22.4 8.917 8.291 49.4 5.3 17.9 2010 06 28 02 32.15 +20 30.7 8.839 8.284 54.1 5.7 17.9 2010 07 03 02 32.20 +20 38.6 8.758 8.276 58.7 6.0 17.9 2010 07 08 02 32.10 +20 46.0 8.673 8.269 63.5 6.3 17.9 2010 07 13 02 31.81 +20 52.9 8.584 8.261 68.2 6.6 17.8 2010 07 18 02 31.33 +20 59.2 8.493 8.254 73.1 6.8 17.8 2010 07 23 02 30.65 +21 04.8 8.399 8.247 77.9 6.9 17.8 2010 07 28 02 29.75 +21 09.7 8.304 8.240 82.9 7.0 17.8 2010 08 02 02 28.63 +21 13.8 8.209 8.233 87.8 7.1 17.7 2010 08 07 02 27.28 +21 17.0 8.113 8.226 92.9 7.1 17.7 2010 08 12 02 25.69 +21 19.2 8.017 8.220 98.0 7.0 17.7 2010 08 17 02 23.84 +21 20.3 7.923 8.213 103.2 6.9 17.6 2010 08 22 02 21.75 +21 20.3 7.831 8.207 108.4 6.7 17.6 2010 08 27 02 19.41 +21 19.1 7.742 8.200 113.7 6.5 17.6 2010 09 01 02 16.82 +21 16.6 7.657 8.194 119.0 6.2 17.6 2010 09 06 02 13.98 +21 12.8 7.575 8.188 124.4 5.8 17.5 2010 09 11 02 10.91 +21 07.5 7.499 8.182 129.9 5.4 17.5 2010 09 16 02 07.62 +21 00.7 7.429 8.176 135.5 4.9 17.5 2010 09 21 02 04.12 +20 52.5 7.365 8.170 141.0 4.4 17.5 2010 09 26 02 00.44 +20 42.8 7.309 8.164 146.6 3.9 17.4 2010 10 01 01 56.60 +20 31.6 7.260 8.159 152.2 3.3 17.4 2010 10 06 01 52.63 +20 18.9 7.219 8.153 157.7 2.7 17.4 2010 10 11 01 48.55 +20 04.9 7.188 8.148 163.0 2.1 17.4 2010 10 16 01 44.41 +19 49.7 7.165 8.142 167.7 1.5 17.4 2010 10 21 01 40.24 +19 33.3 7.152 8.137 171.0 1.1 17.4 2010 10 26 01 36.08 +19 16.0 7.149 8.132 170.9 1.1 17.4 2010 10 31 01 31.96 +18 57.9 7.155 8.127 167.5 1.5 17.4 2010 11 05 01 27.92 +18 39.2 7.170 8.122 162.6 2.1 17.4 2010 11 10 01 23.99 +18 20.2 7.195 8.117 157.2 2.7 17.4 2010 11 15 01 20.20 +18 01.1 7.229 8.113 151.6 3.3 17.4 2010 11 20 01 16.59 +17 42.0 7.271 8.108 145.9 3.9 17.4 2010 11 25 01 13.17 +17 23.3 7.321 8.104 140.2 4.5 17.4 2010 11 30 01 09.96 +17 05.1 7.378 8.100 134.4 5.0 17.4This 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.
