C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 67973:C/2009 U5 (Grauer) Epoch 2010 June 13.0 TT = JDT 2455360.5 T 2010 June 22.7574 TT MPC q 6.093587 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000054 Peri. 23.8411 -0.7856727 -0.4973121 +/-0.000039 Node 121.1725 +0.4755792 -0.8659319 e 0.999672 Incl. 25.4715 +0.3956550 +0.0533160 From 78 observations 2009 Oct. 23-Dec. 21, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2009 U5 (Grauer) Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 June 22.9169 TT MPC q 6.093475 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000100 Peri. 23.8537 -0.7857940 -0.4970974 +/-0.000039 Node 121.1744 +0.4753621 -0.8660584 e 0.999392 Incl. 25.4743 +0.3956749 +0.0532638An 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! 2010 01 24 09 02.15 +22 14.8 5.209 6.182 170.7 1.5 18.5 2010 01 29 09 00.48 +22 36.4 5.196 6.176 174.2 0.9 18.5 2010 02 03 08 58.78 +22 57.6 5.191 6.171 173.5 1.0 18.5 2010 02 08 08 57.07 +23 18.2 5.193 6.165 169.4 1.7 18.5 2010 02 13 08 55.41 +23 38.0 5.203 6.160 164.4 2.5 18.5 2010 02 18 08 53.82 +23 56.8 5.221 6.155 159.2 3.3 18.5 2010 02 23 08 52.34 +24 14.4 5.246 6.150 153.9 4.1 18.5 2010 02 28 08 51.01 +24 30.8 5.278 6.146 148.7 4.8 18.5 2010 03 05 08 49.86 +24 45.7 5.316 6.141 143.4 5.5 18.5 2010 03 10 08 48.92 +24 59.2 5.361 6.137 138.2 6.2 18.5 2010 03 15 08 48.19 +25 11.2 5.411 6.133 133.1 6.8 18.5 2010 03 20 08 47.72 +25 21.7 5.466 6.129 128.0 7.4 18.6 2010 03 25 08 47.50 +25 30.6 5.525 6.126 123.0 7.8 18.6 2010 03 30 08 47.56 +25 38.0 5.588 6.122 118.1 8.3 18.6 2010 04 04 08 47.89 +25 43.9 5.655 6.119 113.2 8.6 18.6 2010 04 09 08 48.49 +25 48.3 5.724 6.116 108.5 8.9 18.7 2010 04 14 08 49.37 +25 51.4 5.796 6.113 103.8 9.2 18.7 2010 04 19 08 50.53 +25 53.0 5.869 6.110 99.2 9.3 18.7 2010 04 24 08 51.95 +25 53.4 5.943 6.108 94.7 9.4 18.7 2010 04 29 08 53.63 +25 52.5 6.018 6.106 90.2 9.5 18.8 2010 05 04 08 55.56 +25 50.4 6.093 6.103 85.8 9.5 18.8 2010 05 09 08 57.73 +25 47.2 6.168 6.102 81.5 9.4 18.8 2010 05 14 09 00.13 +25 42.9 6.242 6.100 77.3 9.3 18.8 2010 05 19 09 02.74 +25 37.5 6.315 6.098 73.1 9.1 18.9 2010 05 24 09 05.55 +25 31.2 6.386 6.097 69.0 8.9 18.9 2010 05 29 09 08.56 +25 24.0 6.456 6.096 64.9 8.7 18.9 2010 06 03 09 11.74 +25 15.9 6.523 6.095 61.0 8.4 18.9 2010 06 08 09 15.08 +25 07.1 6.587 6.094 57.0 8.0 18.9 2010 06 13 09 18.57 +24 57.4 6.649 6.094 53.1 7.7 19.0 2010 06 18 09 22.21 +24 47.0 6.708 6.094 49.3 7.3 19.0 2010 06 23 09 25.97 +24 36.0 6.763 6.094 45.5 6.8 19.0 2010 06 28 09 29.84 +24 24.4 6.814 6.094 41.8 6.4 19.0 2010 07 03 09 33.82 +24 12.2 6.862 6.094 38.1 5.9 19.0 2010 07 08 09 37.89 +23 59.5 6.906 6.095 34.4 5.4 19.0 2010 07 13 09 42.05 +23 46.4 6.946 6.095 30.8 4.9 19.1 2010 07 18 09 46.28 +23 32.9 6.981 6.096 27.3 4.4 19.1 2010 07 23 09 50.56 +23 19.1 7.012 6.097 23.9 3.9 19.1 2010 07 28 09 54.90 +23 05.0 7.039 6.099 20.6 3.4 19.1 2010 08 02 09 59.29 +22 50.7 7.060 6.100 17.5 2.9 19.1 2010 08 07 10 03.70 +22 36.3 7.077 6.102 14.7 2.4 19.1 2010 08 12 10 08.15 +22 21.8 7.090 6.104 12.3 2.0 19.1 2010 08 17 10 12.61 +22 07.3 7.097 6.106 10.8 1.8 19.1 2010 08 22 10 17.07 +21 52.9 7.100 6.108 10.5 1.7 19.1 2010 08 27 10 21.54 +21 38.6 7.098 6.111 11.4 1.9 19.1 2010 09 01 10 26.00 +21 24.6 7.091 6.113 13.4 2.2 19.1 2010 09 06 10 30.44 +21 10.9 7.079 6.116 16.0 2.6 19.1 2010 09 11 10 34.85 +20 57.5 7.062 6.119 19.0 3.1 19.1 2010 09 16 10 39.23 +20 44.6 7.041 6.122 22.3 3.6 19.1 2010 09 21 10 43.57 +20 32.3 7.015 6.126 25.8 4.1 19.1 2010 09 26 10 47.86 +20 20.7 6.984 6.130 29.3 4.6 19.1 2010 10 01 10 52.08 +20 09.8 6.949 6.133 33.0 5.1 19.1 2010 10 06 10 56.24 +19 59.7 6.910 6.138 36.7 5.6 19.1 2010 10 11 11 00.32 +19 50.5 6.866 6.142 40.5 6.1 19.1 2010 10 16 11 04.32 +19 42.4 6.819 6.146 44.4 6.5 19.1 2010 10 21 11 08.21 +19 35.5 6.768 6.151 48.3 6.9 19.0 2010 10 26 11 11.99 +19 29.7 6.714 6.156 52.3 7.3 19.0 2010 10 31 11 15.66 +19 25.2 6.656 6.161 56.3 7.7 19.0 2010 11 05 11 19.20 +19 22.2 6.596 6.166 60.4 8.0 19.0 2010 11 10 11 22.60 +19 20.6 6.533 6.171 64.5 8.3 19.0 2010 11 15 11 25.84 +19 20.7 6.468 6.177 68.7 8.6 19.0 2010 11 20 11 28.92 +19 22.4 6.401 6.183 72.9 8.8 18.9 2010 11 25 11 31.83 +19 25.8 6.332 6.189 77.2 8.9 18.9 2010 11 30 11 34.55 +19 31.0 6.263 6.195 81.5 9.1 18.9 2010 12 05 11 37.07 +19 38.0 6.192 6.201 85.9 9.1 18.9 2010 12 10 11 39.38 +19 46.9 6.122 6.208 90.4 9.1 18.9 2010 12 15 11 41.47 +19 57.7 6.052 6.214 94.9 9.1 18.8 2010 12 20 11 43.33 +20 10.3 5.984 6.221 99.4 9.0 18.8 2010 12 25 11 44.95 +20 24.8 5.916 6.228 104.0 8.8 18.8 2010 12 30 11 46.32 +20 41.0 5.851 6.236 108.7 8.6 18.8 2011 01 04 11 47.44 +20 58.9 5.788 6.243 113.3 8.3 18.8 2011 01 09 11 48.30 +21 18.4 5.729 6.251 118.0 8.0 18.7 2011 01 14 11 48.90 +21 39.3 5.672 6.259 122.7 7.6 18.7 2011 01 19 11 49.23 +22 01.4 5.621 6.267 127.3 7.2 18.7 2011 01 24 11 49.31 +22 24.6 5.574 6.275 132.0 6.7 18.7 2011 01 29 11 49.14 +22 48.5 5.532 6.283 136.5 6.2 18.7 2011 02 03 11 48.73 +23 12.8 5.495 6.292 141.0 5.7 18.7 2011 02 08 11 48.09 +23 37.4 5.465 6.300 145.2 5.1 18.7 2011 02 13 11 47.24 +24 01.9 5.441 6.309 149.2 4.6 18.7 2011 02 18 11 46.21 +24 25.9 5.424 6.318 152.7 4.1 18.7 2011 02 23 11 45.02 +24 49.2 5.413 6.327 155.6 3.7 18.7 2011 02 28 11 43.70 +25 11.4 5.410 6.337 157.6 3.4 18.7This 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.
