P/2009 S1 (Gibbs) T 2009 Aug. 4.2005 TT MPC q 2.440262 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1268512 Peri. 224.0113 +0.9006499 -0.4020001 a 3.922892 Node 157.9810 +0.4049042 +0.9141981 e 0.377943 Incl. 26.1107 -0.1577415 +0.0513586 P 7.77 From 103 observations 2009 Sept. 20-Nov. 20.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.
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 11 25 03 43.12 -20 46.5 1.732 2.555 138.3 14.9 18.3 2009 11 30 03 39.97 -20 41.7 1.759 2.564 136.4 15.4 18.3 2009 12 05 03 37.10 -20 27.7 1.790 2.575 134.1 16.0 18.4 2009 12 10 03 34.60 -20 05.0 1.826 2.585 131.4 16.6 18.4 2009 12 15 03 32.56 -19 34.5 1.866 2.596 128.5 17.2 18.5 2009 12 20 03 31.03 -18 56.9 1.910 2.607 125.5 17.9 18.6 2009 12 25 03 30.06 -18 13.2 1.958 2.619 122.3 18.5 18.6 2009 12 30 03 29.67 -17 24.3 2.009 2.631 119.0 19.1 18.7 2010 01 04 03 29.86 -16 31.1 2.064 2.643 115.7 19.6 18.8 2010 01 09 03 30.63 -15 34.4 2.121 2.655 112.3 20.0 18.9 2010 01 14 03 31.96 -14 35.1 2.181 2.668 109.0 20.4 19.0 2010 01 19 03 33.84 -13 33.7 2.243 2.681 105.6 20.7 19.0 2010 01 24 03 36.24 -12 31.1 2.307 2.694 102.3 20.9 19.1 2010 01 29 03 39.14 -11 27.8 2.373 2.708 99.0 21.1 19.2 2010 02 03 03 42.49 -10 24.3 2.440 2.722 95.7 21.1 19.3 2010 02 08 03 46.28 -09 21.0 2.509 2.736 92.5 21.1 19.4 2010 02 13 03 50.46 -08 18.2 2.579 2.750 89.3 21.0 19.4 2010 02 18 03 55.02 -07 16.4 2.649 2.764 86.1 20.9 19.5 2010 02 23 03 59.93 -06 15.9 2.720 2.779 83.0 20.7 19.6 2010 02 28 04 05.14 -05 16.8 2.791 2.794 79.9 20.4 19.7 2010 03 05 04 10.65 -04 19.4 2.862 2.809 76.9 20.1 19.8 2010 03 10 04 16.42 -03 23.9 2.934 2.824 73.9 19.7 19.8 2010 03 15 04 22.43 -02 30.4 3.005 2.839 70.9 19.3 19.9 2010 03 20 04 28.66 -01 39.0 3.075 2.855 68.0 18.9 20.0 2010 03 25 04 35.09 -00 49.9 3.145 2.871 65.1 18.4 20.1 2010 03 30 04 41.70 -00 03.1 3.214 2.886 62.2 17.8 20.1 2010 04 04 04 48.47 +00 41.2 3.282 2.902 59.3 17.2 20.2 2010 04 09 04 55.39 +01 23.1 3.349 2.919 56.5 16.6 20.3 2010 04 14 05 02.43 +02 02.4 3.414 2.935 53.7 16.0 20.3 2010 04 19 05 09.59 +02 39.2 3.478 2.951 51.0 15.3 20.4 2010 04 24 05 16.85 +03 13.4 3.541 2.968 48.3 14.6 20.5 2010 04 29 05 24.19 +03 45.1 3.601 2.984 45.6 13.9 20.5 2010 05 04 05 31.60 +04 14.1 3.660 3.001 42.9 13.2 20.6 2010 05 09 05 39.07 +04 40.6 3.717 3.018 40.3 12.5 20.6 2010 05 14 05 46.58 +05 04.5 3.771 3.035 37.7 11.7 20.7 2010 05 19 05 54.13 +05 25.8 3.824 3.052 35.1 11.0 20.8 2010 05 24 06 01.70 +05 44.6 3.873 3.069 32.6 10.2 20.8