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Minor Planet Center

C/2009 T1 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 67973:
C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5
T 2009 Oct. 8.3956 TT                                   MPC
q   6.220716             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000190       Peri.  282.5410      +0.1278281      +0.5679857
 +/-0.000035       Node    54.3953      +0.5493349      +0.6419969
e   0.998821       Incl.   89.8980      -0.8257670      +0.5150070
From 58 observations 2009 Oct. 9-Dec. 16, mean residual 0".4.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2009 T1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2009 Oct. 8.4396 TT                                   MPC
q   6.220732             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000193       Peri.  282.5450      +0.1278713      +0.5679284
 +/-0.000035       Node    54.3985      +0.5493771      +0.6419906
e   0.998802       Incl.   89.8971      -0.8257322      +0.5150782
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
2010 01 24    03 59.10   -51 52.6    6.212    6.265    88.5     9.0  18.4
2010 01 29    03 56.42   -50 46.3    6.246    6.269    86.8     9.0  18.4
2010 02 03    03 54.28   -49 38.8    6.282    6.273    85.0     9.0  18.5
2010 02 08    03 52.64   -48 30.5    6.319    6.278    83.1     9.0  18.5
2010 02 13    03 51.48   -47 22.0    6.359    6.282    81.1     8.9  18.5
2010 02 18    03 50.77   -46 13.5    6.399    6.287    79.1     8.9  18.5
2010 02 23    03 50.47   -45 05.5    6.440    6.292    77.0     8.8  18.5
2010 02 28    03 50.54   -43 58.3    6.482    6.298    74.9     8.7  18.6
2010 03 05    03 50.95   -42 52.2    6.524    6.303    72.8     8.6  18.6
2010 03 10    03 51.68   -41 47.4    6.566    6.309    70.7     8.5  18.6
2010 03 15    03 52.69   -40 44.2    6.608    6.315    68.7     8.4  18.6
2010 03 20    03 53.95   -39 42.6    6.649    6.321    66.6     8.3  18.6
2010 03 25    03 55.45   -38 43.1    6.689    6.327    64.6     8.2  18.6
2010 03 30    03 57.15   -37 45.6    6.728    6.333    62.7     8.1  18.7
2010 04 04    03 59.02   -36 50.2    6.766    6.340    60.9     7.9  18.7
2010 04 09    04 01.06   -35 57.1    6.802    6.346    59.1     7.8  18.7
2010 04 14    04 03.24   -35 06.4    6.835    6.353    57.5     7.7  18.7
2010 04 19    04 05.54   -34 18.2    6.867    6.360    56.0     7.5  18.7
2010 04 24    04 07.93   -33 32.4    6.896    6.367    54.7     7.4  18.7
2010 04 29    04 10.41   -32 49.1    6.922    6.375    53.5     7.3  18.7
2010 05 04    04 12.96   -32 08.4    6.945    6.382    52.5     7.2  18.8
2010 05 09    04 15.55   -31 30.3    6.965    6.390    51.8     7.1  18.8
2010 05 14    04 18.19   -30 54.7    6.982    6.398    51.2     7.1  18.8
2010 05 19    04 20.84   -30 21.8    6.996    6.406    50.9     7.0  18.8
2010 05 24    04 23.50   -29 51.5    7.006    6.414    50.8     7.0  18.8
2010 05 29    04 26.14   -29 23.7    7.013    6.423    50.9     7.0  18.8
2010 06 03    04 28.77   -28 58.5    7.016    6.431    51.3     7.1  18.8
2010 06 08    04 31.36   -28 35.9    7.015    6.440    52.0     7.1  18.8
2010 06 13    04 33.90   -28 15.7    7.011    6.449    52.8     7.2  18.8
2010 06 18    04 36.38   -27 58.2    7.003    6.458    54.0     7.3  18.8
2010 06 23    04 38.78   -27 43.0    6.992    6.467    55.3     7.4  18.8
2010 06 28    04 41.08   -27 30.3    6.977    6.477    56.8     7.5  18.8
2010 07 03    04 43.29   -27 19.9    6.959    6.486    58.5     7.7  18.8
2010 07 08    04 45.37   -27 11.9    6.937    6.496    60.5     7.8  18.8
2010 07 13    04 47.33   -27 06.1    6.912    6.506    62.6     8.0  18.8
2010 07 18    04 49.13   -27 02.6    6.883    6.516    64.8     8.1  18.8
2010 07 23    04 50.77   -27 01.1    6.852    6.526    67.2     8.3  18.8
2010 07 28    04 52.24   -27 01.7    6.819    6.537    69.7     8.4  18.8
2010 08 02    04 53.51   -27 04.2    6.782    6.547    72.4     8.5  18.8
2010 08 07    04 54.58   -27 08.4    6.744    6.558    75.2     8.6  18.8
2010 08 12    04 55.43   -27 14.4    6.704    6.569    78.0     8.7  18.8
2010 08 17    04 56.04   -27 22.0    6.662    6.580    81.0     8.7  18.8
2010 08 22    04 56.41   -27 30.9    6.619    6.591    84.0     8.8  18.8
2010 08 27    04 56.50   -27 41.0    6.575    6.602    87.2     8.8  18.8
2010 09 01    04 56.32   -27 52.1    6.530    6.613    90.3     8.8  18.8
2010 09 06    04 55.86   -28 03.9    6.486    6.625    93.6     8.7  18.8
2010 09 11    04 55.09   -28 16.3    6.441    6.637    96.8     8.7  18.8
2010 09 16    04 54.02   -28 29.0    6.398    6.649   100.1     8.6  18.8
2010 09 21    04 52.63   -28 41.6    6.356    6.661   103.4     8.4  18.8
2010 09 26    04 50.92   -28 53.9    6.316    6.673   106.6     8.3  18.7
2010 10 01    04 48.90   -29 05.5    6.279    6.685   109.8     8.1  18.7
2010 10 06    04 46.57   -29 16.2    6.244    6.698   113.0     7.9  18.7
2010 10 11    04 43.94   -29 25.5    6.212    6.710   116.0     7.7  18.7
2010 10 16    04 41.01   -29 33.0    6.184    6.723   118.9     7.5  18.7
2010 10 21    04 37.82   -29 38.5    6.161    6.736   121.6     7.2  18.7
2010 10 26    04 34.39   -29 41.7    6.142    6.749   124.0     7.0  18.7
2010 10 31    04 30.74   -29 42.1    6.129    6.762   126.1     6.8  18.7
2010 11 05    04 26.90   -29 39.6    6.121    6.775   127.9     6.6  18.7
2010 11 10    04 22.93   -29 33.8    6.118    6.789   129.3     6.5  18.8
2010 11 15    04 18.85   -29 24.7    6.122    6.802   130.2     6.4  18.8
2010 11 20    04 14.73   -29 12.0    6.132    6.816   130.5     6.3  18.8
2010 11 25    04 10.59   -28 55.8    6.149    6.830   130.4     6.3  18.8
2010 11 30    04 06.50   -28 36.0    6.172    6.844   129.7     6.4  18.8
2010 12 05    04 02.48   -28 12.8    6.201    6.858   128.5     6.5  18.8
2010 12 10    03 58.59   -27 46.1    6.237    6.872   126.8     6.6  18.8
2010 12 15    03 54.87   -27 16.2    6.279    6.886   124.7     6.8  18.9
2010 12 20    03 51.35   -26 43.4    6.326    6.901   122.2     6.9  18.9
2010 12 25    03 48.05   -26 07.8    6.380    6.915   119.4     7.1  18.9
2010 12 30    03 45.01   -25 29.9    6.439    6.930   116.3     7.3  19.0
2011 01 04    03 42.24   -24 49.8    6.502    6.945   112.9     7.5  19.0
2011 01 09    03 39.76   -24 07.9    6.570    6.960   109.4     7.7  19.0
2011 01 14    03 37.58   -23 24.6    6.643    6.975   105.8     7.8  19.0
2011 01 19    03 35.70   -22 40.1    6.718    6.990   102.0     7.9  19.1
2011 01 24    03 34.11   -21 54.8    6.797    7.005    98.2     8.0  19.1
2011 01 29    03 32.82   -21 08.9    6.877    7.021    94.3     8.0  19.2
2011 02 03    03 31.83   -20 22.6    6.960    7.036    90.4     8.1  19.2
2011 02 08    03 31.12   -19 36.3    7.044    7.052    86.4     8.0  19.2
2011 02 13    03 30.68   -18 50.2    7.129    7.068    82.5     8.0  19.3
2011 02 18    03 30.50   -18 04.4    7.213    7.084    78.5     7.9  19.3
2011 02 23    03 30.56   -17 19.1    7.298    7.100    74.6     7.7  19.3
2011 02 28    03 30.86   -16 34.5    7.381    7.116    70.7     7.5  19.4

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