C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 67147:C/2009 O2 (Catalina) Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5 T 2010 Mar. 24.2211 TT MPC q 0.693186 (2000.0) P Q z +0.003998 Peri. 133.4944 -0.6143228 -0.3072765 +/-0.000080 Node 310.2211 +0.0757124 +0.8938538 e 0.997229 Incl. 107.8588 +0.7854140 -0.3265065 From 183 observations 2009 July 27-Sept. 21, mean residual 0".7.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2009 O2 (Catalina) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Mar. 24.2211 TT MPC q 0.693200 (2000.0) P Q z +0.004008 Peri. 133.4932 -0.6143200 -0.3072877 +/-0.000080 Node 310.2212 +0.0756918 +0.8938563 e 0.997221 Incl. 107.8591 +0.7854182 -0.3264892An 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 18 51.29 -08 34.8 2.718 2.575 71.1 21.4 17.3 2009 10 31 18 50.74 -08 17.7 2.739 2.510 66.2 21.2 17.2 2009 11 05 18 50.72 -07 59.2 2.757 2.445 61.5 20.9 17.1 2009 11 10 18 51.20 -07 39.1 2.770 2.379 56.9 20.4 17.0 2009 11 15 18 52.14 -07 17.2 2.777 2.312 52.5 19.8 16.9 2009 11 20 18 53.52 -06 53.3 2.779 2.245 48.2 19.2 16.7 2009 11 25 18 55.31 -06 27.1 2.775 2.178 44.1 18.4 16.6 2009 11 30 18 57.46 -05 58.4 2.764 2.109 40.2 17.6 16.4 2009 12 05 18 59.97 -05 26.9 2.746 2.041 36.6 16.7 16.3 2009 12 10 19 02.79 -04 52.3 2.721 1.971 33.2 15.9 16.1 2009 12 15 19 05.93 -04 14.1 2.688 1.902 30.1 15.0 15.9 2009 12 20 19 09.37 -03 32.0 2.648 1.831 27.4 14.3 15.7 2009 12 25 19 13.09 -02 45.5 2.600 1.760 25.1 13.7 15.5 2009 12 30 19 17.09 -01 54.1 2.544 1.689 23.5 13.4 15.3 2010 01 04 19 21.37 -00 57.0 2.480 1.617 22.5 13.5 15.1 2010 01 09 19 25.94 +00 06.4 2.408 1.544 22.3 14.0 14.8 2010 01 14 19 30.82 +01 17.2 2.328 1.472 22.8 15.0 14.5 2010 01 19 19 36.06 +02 36.4 2.240 1.399 24.0 16.6 14.2 2010 01 24 19 41.71 +04 05.5 2.143 1.326 25.6 18.7 13.9 2010 01 29 19 47.84 +05 46.2 2.039 1.253 27.7 21.4 13.5 2010 02 03 19 54.59 +07 40.6 1.927 1.181 30.0 24.6 13.1 2010 02 08 20 02.16 +09 51.6 1.808 1.110 32.4 28.5 12.7 2010 02 13 20 10.86 +12 22.8 1.683 1.040 34.9 32.9 12.3 2010 02 18 20 21.15 +15 18.7 1.552 0.973 37.3 38.0 11.8 2010 02 23 20 33.78 +18 44.7 1.417 0.909 39.6 43.9 11.3 2010 02 28 20 49.98 +22 47.0 1.281 0.849 41.5 50.6 10.8 2010 03 05 21 11.82 +27 30.7 1.148 0.796 42.9 58.0 10.3 2010 03 10 21 42.76 +32 53.5 1.023 0.752 43.8 66.0 9.8 2010 03 15 22 28.07 +38 29.9 0.917 0.719 43.9 73.7 9.4 2010 03 20 23 33.19 +43 02.0 0.842 0.699 43.7 80.0 9.1 2010 03 25 00 55.19 +44 19.8 0.809 0.693 43.6 82.8 8.9 2010 03 30 02 15.48 +41 15.5 0.825 0.703 44.1 81.2 9.1 2010 04 04 03 17.36 +35 20.5 0.886 0.728 44.9 75.9 9.4 2010 04 09 03 59.98 +28 49.2 0.979 0.765 45.4 68.9 9.8 2010 04 14 04 29.11 +22 53.6 1.092 0.812 45.4 61.5 10.3 2010 04 19 04 49.78 +17 52.1 1.215 0.867 44.8 54.6 10.8 2010 04 24 05 05.22 +13 40.8 1.341 0.928 43.7 48.5 11.3 2010 04 29 05 17.35 +10 10.4 1.468 0.993 42.4 43.2 11.8 2010 05 04 05 27.33 +07 11.9 1.591 1.061 41.0 38.6 12.3 2010 05 09 05 35.87 +04 37.6 1.710 1.132 39.6 34.6 12.7 2010 05 14 05 43.44 +02 21.7 1.823 1.203 38.1 31.2 13.1 2010 05 19 05 50.30 +00 19.8 1.931 1.276 36.9 28.4 13.5 2010 05 24 05 56.66 -01 31.7 2.033 1.348 35.8 26.0 13.8 2010 05 29 06 02.63 -03 15.2 2.129 1.421 34.9 24.1 14.2 2010 06 03 06 08.30 -04 52.9 2.219 1.494 34.3 22.5 14.5 2010 06 08 06 13.74 -06 26.3 2.303 1.567 33.9 21.2 14.8 2010 06 13 06 18.99 -07 56.9 2.381 1.639 33.9 20.2 15.0 2010 06 18 06 24.06 -09 25.6 2.453 1.711 34.2 19.5 15.3 2010 06 23 06 28.97 -10 53.4 2.520 1.782 34.8 19.0 15.5 2010 06 28 06 33.74 -12 20.9 2.581 1.853 35.7 18.7 15.7 2010 07 03 06 38.36 -13 48.7 2.637 1.923 36.9 18.5 15.9 2010 07 08 06 42.83 -15 17.4 2.688 1.993 38.3 18.4 16.1 2010 07 13 06 47.15 -16 47.4 2.735 2.062 40.0 18.5 16.3 2010 07 18 06 51.31 -18 19.1 2.777 2.130 41.8 18.6 16.5 2010 07 23 06 55.30 -19 52.7 2.815 2.198 43.9 18.7 16.7 2010 07 28 06 59.10 -21 28.5 2.849 2.266 46.0 18.8 16.8 2010 08 02 07 02.69 -23 06.6 2.880 2.332 48.3 19.0 17.0 2010 08 07 07 06.06 -24 47.3 2.908 2.399 50.8 19.1 17.1 2010 08 12 07 09.18 -26 30.7 2.933 2.465 53.3 19.2 17.3 2010 08 17 07 12.03 -28 16.8 2.956 2.530 55.8 19.3 17.4 2010 08 22 07 14.57 -30 05.5 2.977 2.594 58.4 19.4 17.5 2010 08 27 07 16.76 -31 56.8 2.996 2.659 61.1 19.4 17.6 2010 09 01 07 18.58 -33 50.6 3.014 2.722 63.7 19.4 17.7 2010 09 06 07 19.97 -35 46.8 3.032 2.785 66.4 19.4 17.9 2010 09 11 07 20.88 -37 44.9 3.049 2.848 69.0 19.3 18.0 2010 09 16 07 21.24 -39 44.7 3.067 2.910 71.6 19.1 18.1 2010 09 21 07 21.01 -41 45.6 3.085 2.972 74.2 19.0 18.2 2010 09 26 07 20.09 -43 47.1 3.104 3.034 76.7 18.8 18.3 2010 10 01 07 18.42 -45 48.5 3.124 3.094 79.0 18.5 18.4 2010 10 06 07 15.89 -47 49.1 3.147 3.155 81.3 18.3 18.5 2010 10 11 07 12.40 -49 47.9 3.172 3.215 83.5 18.0 18.6 2010 10 16 07 07.86 -51 43.8 3.199 3.275 85.5 17.7 18.7 2010 10 21 07 02.15 -53 35.7 3.229 3.334 87.3 17.4 18.8 2010 10 26 06 55.19 -55 22.3 3.262 3.393 88.9 17.0 18.9 2010 10 31 06 46.88 -57 02.3 3.299 3.451 90.3 16.7 19.0 2010 11 05 06 37.17 -58 34.1 3.339 3.509 91.6 16.4 19.1 2010 11 10 06 26.06 -59 56.4 3.383 3.567 92.5 16.1 19.2 2010 11 15 06 13.61 -61 07.7 3.431 3.624 93.3 15.8 19.3 2010 11 20 05 59.99 -62 06.8 3.482 3.681 93.7 15.5 19.4 2010 11 25 05 45.42 -62 52.7 3.537 3.738 94.0 15.3 19.5 2010 11 30 05 30.24 -63 24.9 3.596 3.794 94.0 15.0 19.6This 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.
