C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)
T 2010 Jan. 12.0362 TT MPC
q 2.281244 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 32.4423 +0.8182914 +0.3579132
Node 60.0939 +0.3506961 -0.9308417
e 1.0 Incl. 148.7439 +0.4554245 +0.0737011
From 246 observations 2009 Oct. 14-Nov. 24.
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 02 09.04 +25 10.4 1.420 2.346 153.5 10.8 17.0 2009 11 30 01 43.55 +24 11.1 1.468 2.333 143.1 14.7 17.0 2009 12 05 01 21.03 +23 03.4 1.535 2.322 133.1 18.1 17.1 2009 12 10 01 01.70 +21 53.9 1.616 2.312 123.6 20.8 17.2 2009 12 15 00 45.45 +20 47.5 1.710 2.303 114.8 22.8 17.3 2009 12 20 00 31.99 +19 47.3 1.813 2.296 106.6 24.2 17.4 2009 12 25 00 20.96 +18 54.8 1.921 2.290 99.0 25.1 17.5 2009 12 30 00 11.99 +18 10.5 2.033 2.286 91.8 25.5 17.6 2010 01 04 00 04.74 +17 34.2 2.147 2.283 85.1 25.4 17.7 2010 01 09 23 58.92 +17 05.3 2.260 2.282 78.7 25.0 17.9 2010 01 14 23 54.30 +16 43.4 2.372 2.281 72.7 24.3 18.0 2010 01 19 23 50.67 +16 27.7 2.481 2.283 66.9 23.4 18.1 2010 01 24 23 47.86 +16 17.7 2.586 2.285 61.4 22.2 18.2 2010 01 29 23 45.72 +16 12.6 2.687 2.289 56.1 20.9 18.2 2010 02 03 23 44.14 +16 12.1 2.782 2.295 51.1 19.5 18.3 2010 02 08 23 43.01 +16 15.5 2.871 2.302 46.2 18.0 18.4 2010 02 13 23 42.26 +16 22.7 2.954 2.310 41.6 16.5 18.5 2010 02 18 23 41.81 +16 33.1 3.030 2.320 37.1 14.9 18.6 2010 02 23 23 41.60 +16 46.5 3.098 2.331 32.9 13.3 18.6 2010 04 24 23 40.84 +22 16.5 3.303 2.554 35.7 13.3 19.2 2010 04 29 23 39.69 +22 54.6 3.272 2.580 39.8 14.5 19.2 2010 05 04 23 38.17 +23 33.8 3.234 2.606 44.1 15.6 19.2 2010 05 09 23 36.23 +24 14.2 3.191 2.633 48.5 16.7 19.2 2010 05 14 23 33.79 +24 55.4 3.142 2.661 53.1 17.7 19.2 2010 05 19 23 30.79 +25 37.3 3.089 2.689 57.8 18.6 19.2 2010 05 24 23 27.17 +26 19.4 3.032 2.719 62.6 19.3 19.3 2010 05 29 23 22.84 +27 01.5 2.972 2.748 67.5 19.9 19.3 2010 06 03 23 17.73 +27 42.9 2.910 2.779 72.5 20.4 19.3 2010 06 08 23 11.75 +28 23.2 2.846 2.810 77.7 20.7 19.3 2010 06 13 23 04.83 +29 01.4 2.783 2.842 82.9 20.8 19.3 2010 06 18 22 56.89 +29 36.5 2.720 2.874 88.3 20.7 19.3 2010 06 23 22 47.87 +30 07.2 2.659 2.907 93.7 20.4 19.3 2010 06 28 22 37.75 +30 32.1 2.601 2.941 99.2 20.0 19.3 2010 07 03 22 26.53 +30 49.8 2.548 2.974 104.8 19.3 19.3 2010 07 08 22 14.25 +30 58.3 2.501 3.009 110.3 18.5 19.3 2010 07 13 22 01.01 +30 56.1 2.461 3.043 115.7 17.5 19.3 2010 07 18 21 47.00 +30 41.5 2.430 3.078 120.9 16.5 19.3 2010 07 23 21 32.44 +30 13.6 2.410 3.114 125.7 15.4 19.3 2010 07 28 21 17.62 +29 31.9 2.400 3.150 129.9 14.3 19.4 2010 08 02 21 02.83 +28 36.5 2.402 3.186 133.4 13.4 19.4 2010 08 07 20 48.39 +27 28.6 2.417 3.222 135.7 12.7 19.5 2010 08 12 20 34.56 +26 09.6 2.445 3.259 136.9 12.3 19.6 2010 08 17 20 21.57 +24 42.0 2.485 3.296 136.7 12.2 19.7 2010 08 22 20 09.61 +23 08.2 2.538 3.333 135.2 12.3 19.8 2010 08 27 19 58.77 +21 30.7 2.603 3.371 132.7 12.7 19.9 2010 09 01 19 49.09 +19 52.0 2.678 3.409 129.3 13.2 20.0 2010 09 06 19 40.57 +18 13.8 2.764 3.447 125.4 13.8 20.1 2010 09 11 19 33.18 +16 38.0 2.858 3.485 121.0 14.3 20.2 2010 09 16 19 26.87 +15 05.8 2.960 3.523 116.3 14.8 20.3 2010 09 21 19 21.56 +13 38.0 3.068 3.562 111.5 15.2 20.5 2010 09 26 19 17.17 +12 15.1 3.182 3.601 106.7 15.5 20.6 2010 10 01 19 13.61 +10 57.6 3.300 3.639 101.8 15.6 20.7 2010 10 06 19 10.80 +09 45.4 3.421 3.678 96.9 15.7 20.8 2010 10 11 19 08.68 +08 38.6 3.544 3.718 92.1 15.6 21.0