C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66703:C/2009 K5 (McNaught) Epoch 2010 May 4.0 TT = JDT 2455320.5 T 2010 Apr. 30.0194 TT MPC q 1.422539 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000660 Peri. 66.1653 -0.2995773 +0.0976866 +/-0.000039 Node 257.8534 -0.6733112 +0.6831167 e 1.000940 Incl. 103.8821 +0.6759478 +0.7237465 From 118 observations 2009 May 27-Aug. 2, mean residual 0".4.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2009 K5 (McNaught) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Apr. 30.0188 TT MPC q 1.422558 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000640 Peri. 66.1637 -0.2995758 +0.0976858 +/-0.000039 Node 257.8531 -0.6733305 +0.6830968 e 1.000911 Incl. 103.8817 +0.6759293 +0.7237653An 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 16 21.54 -40 19.2 3.514 2.847 41.5 13.4 14.8 2009 10 31 16 26.88 -39 20.3 3.517 2.796 37.5 12.5 14.7 2009 11 05 16 32.36 -38 22.8 3.516 2.745 33.5 11.5 14.6 2009 11 10 16 37.98 -37 26.4 3.511 2.694 29.6 10.4 14.5 2009 11 15 16 43.71 -36 30.9 3.499 2.643 25.7 9.3 14.4 2009 11 20 16 49.56 -35 35.8 3.483 2.592 21.9 8.2 14.3 2009 11 25 16 55.49 -34 40.8 3.460 2.541 18.2 7.0 14.2 2009 11 30 17 01.50 -33 45.4 3.432 2.491 14.7 5.8 14.1 2009 12 05 17 07.58 -32 49.5 3.398 2.440 11.6 4.6 14.0 2009 12 10 17 13.71 -31 52.4 3.357 2.390 9.1 3.7 13.9 2009 12 15 17 19.89 -30 53.9 3.311 2.340 7.9 3.3 13.8 2009 12 20 17 26.10 -29 53.5 3.258 2.290 8.6 3.7 13.7 2009 12 25 17 32.34 -28 50.7 3.200 2.241 10.8 4.7 13.5 2009 12 30 17 38.60 -27 45.0 3.135 2.192 13.7 6.1 13.4 2010 01 04 17 44.86 -26 35.8 3.064 2.144 17.1 7.7 13.2 2010 01 09 17 51.13 -25 22.5 2.988 2.096 20.6 9.5 13.1 2010 01 14 17 57.41 -24 04.4 2.906 2.048 24.2 11.3 12.9 2010 01 19 18 03.67 -22 40.8 2.819 2.002 27.8 13.3 12.8 2010 01 24 18 09.92 -21 10.5 2.726 1.956 31.5 15.2 12.6 2010 01 29 18 16.16 -19 32.7 2.630 1.911 35.2 17.3 12.4 2010 02 03 18 22.39 -17 46.1 2.529 1.867 38.9 19.4 12.2 2010 02 08 18 28.61 -15 49.2 2.424 1.824 42.6 21.5 12.0 2010 02 13 18 34.83 -13 40.3 2.317 1.782 46.2 23.6 11.8 2010 02 18 18 41.05 -11 17.4 2.207 1.742 49.8 25.7 11.6 2010 02 23 18 47.28 -08 38.2 2.096 1.703 53.4 27.8 11.4 2010 02 28 18 53.54 -05 39.8 1.985 1.666 56.9 29.9 11.2 2010 03 05 18 59.87 -02 19.2 1.875 1.631 60.4 31.9 11.0 2010 03 10 19 06.29 +01 27.2 1.768 1.598 63.7 33.8 10.8 2010 03 15 19 12.85 +05 43.3 1.665 1.568 66.8 35.7 10.6 2010 03 20 19 19.60 +10 32.7 1.568 1.539 69.7 37.4 10.4 2010 03 25 19 26.64 +15 58.6 1.481 1.514 72.3 38.9 10.2 2010 03 30 19 34.09 +22 02.3 1.404 1.491 74.6 40.2 10.0 2010 04 04 19 42.13 +28 42.8 1.342 1.471 76.3 41.3 9.8 2010 04 09 19 51.02 +35 54.8 1.297 1.454 77.3 42.2 9.7 2010 04 14 20 01.17 +43 28.4 1.271 1.441 77.7 42.8 9.6 2010 04 19 20 13.23 +51 09.5 1.264 1.431 77.3 43.2 9.6 2010 04 24 20 28.35 +58 41.8 1.278 1.425 76.2 43.3 9.6 2010 04 29 20 48.75 +65 49.0 1.310 1.423 74.5 43.0 9.6 2010 05 04 21 19.03 +72 16.1 1.359 1.424 72.2 42.4 9.7 2010 05 09 22 09.86 +77 45.7 1.421 1.428 69.6 41.5 9.8 2010 05 14 23 45.04 +81 43.6 1.494 1.437 66.8 40.3 9.9 2010 05 19 02 16.89 +83 00.5 1.575 1.449 63.8 38.8 10.1 2010 05 24 04 24.77 +81 27.5 1.660 1.464 60.8 37.2 10.3 2010 05 29 05 34.30 +78 45.1 1.749 1.482 57.8 35.4 10.4 2010 06 03 06 12.86 +75 53.4 1.838 1.504 54.9 33.5 10.6 2010 06 08 06 37.12 +73 10.5 1.927 1.528 52.0 31.6 10.8 2010 06 13 06 54.06 +70 40.7 2.015 1.556 49.3 29.7 10.9 2010 06 18 07 06.83 +68 24.7 2.099 1.585 46.7 27.8 11.1 2010 06 23 07 17.02 +66 21.6 2.179 1.617 44.4 26.1 11.3 2010 06 28 07 25.47 +64 30.4 2.255 1.652 42.3 24.5 11.4 2010 07 03 07 32.70 +62 49.7 2.325 1.688 40.6 23.1 11.6 2010 07 08 07 39.02 +61 18.6 2.390 1.726 39.2 21.8 11.8 2010 07 13 07 44.63 +59 56.0 2.450 1.766 38.2 20.8 11.9 2010 07 18 07 49.64 +58 41.4 2.502 1.807 37.6 20.1 12.1 2010 07 23 07 54.15 +57 33.8 2.549 1.849 37.5 19.5 12.2 2010 07 28 07 58.19 +56 32.7 2.589 1.893 37.9 19.2 12.3 2010 08 02 08 01.81 +55 37.7 2.622 1.937 38.7 19.1 12.5 2010 08 07 08 05.03 +54 48.3 2.648 1.983 40.1 19.2 12.6 2010 08 12 08 07.84 +54 04.2 2.668 2.029 41.8 19.5 12.7 2010 08 17 08 10.23 +53 25.2 2.681 2.076 44.0 19.8 12.8 2010 08 22 08 12.17 +52 51.1 2.688 2.124 46.6 20.2 12.9 2010 08 27 08 13.66 +52 21.6 2.689 2.172 49.4 20.7 13.0 2010 09 01 08 14.65 +51 56.5 2.684 2.221 52.6 21.2 13.1 2010 09 06 08 15.10 +51 35.9 2.673 2.270 56.1 21.6 13.2 2010 09 11 08 14.96 +51 19.5 2.656 2.319 59.8 22.0 13.3 2010 09 16 08 14.15 +51 07.2 2.635 2.369 63.8 22.4 13.4 2010 09 21 08 12.61 +50 58.8 2.610 2.419 68.0 22.6 13.4 2010 09 26 08 10.27 +50 54.1 2.580 2.470 72.4 22.8 13.5 2010 10 01 08 07.03 +50 52.7 2.548 2.520 77.1 22.8 13.5 2010 10 06 08 02.80 +50 54.2 2.513 2.571 82.0 22.6 13.6 2010 10 11 07 57.48 +50 58.0 2.476 2.622 87.1 22.4 13.7 2010 10 16 07 50.95 +51 03.2 2.439 2.673 92.4 21.9 13.7 2010 10 21 07 43.15 +51 08.8 2.402 2.724 97.9 21.2 13.8 2010 10 26 07 34.00 +51 13.5 2.366 2.775 103.7 20.4 13.8 2010 10 31 07 23.48 +51 15.7 2.333 2.826 109.6 19.3 13.9 2010 11 05 07 11.59 +51 13.5 2.304 2.877 115.8 18.1 13.9 2010 11 10 06 58.43 +51 04.9 2.279 2.928 122.0 16.7 14.0 2010 11 15 06 44.19 +50 48.0 2.262 2.979 128.4 15.1 14.0 2010 11 20 06 29.14 +50 21.0 2.252 3.030 134.7 13.4 14.1 2010 11 25 06 13.64 +49 42.8 2.251 3.080 140.9 11.7 14.1 2010 11 30 05 58.07 +48 52.7 2.259 3.131 146.8 9.9 14.2This 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.
