MPEC 2001-C10: OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 FEB. 20.0 TT)
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OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 FEB. 20.0 TT)
Ephemerides and orbital elements for the objects listed here
are available on the Minor Planet Center's WWW site at:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html
Designation (and name) Orbit Ephem. Last obs. code Mag.
4P/Faye 27081 41946 2000 Apr. 28 360 17.4 T
6P/d'Arrest 34422 41946 1999 Feb. 14 693 22.8 T
7P/Pons-Winnecke 34422 41577 1996 Nov. 19 691 19.9 T
9P/Tempel 1 29881 38205 2000 Dec. 27 360 19.0 T
10P/Tempel 2 27082 41037 2000 Dec. 6 360 19.6 N
14P/Wolf 29882 38205 2000 Dec. 22 360 19.2 T
17P/Holmes 29881 39660 2000 Dec. 23 349 17.5 T
24P/Schaumasse 31663 39662 2001 Jan. 20 704 18.8 T
28P/Neujmin 1 34424 41392 2000 May 1 695 21.1 T
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 23105 42159 2000 Aug. 23 360 17.0 N
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 41899 40714 2000 Dec. 31 461 19.0 T
36P/Whipple 40670 41759 2000 May 2 809
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 41717 41038 2001 Jan. 3 349 11.4 T
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 31662 2000 Dec. 22 360 13.4 T
49P/Arend-Rigaux CCO 13 41760 1999 May 14 704 20.0 T
53P/Van Biesbroeck 40671 41946 1993 Oct. 21 691 23.1 N
61P/Shajn-Schaldach 31664 2000 Nov. 18 704 18.9 T
64P/Swift-Gehrels 41899 2000 Dec. 29 867 18.7 T
65P/Gunn 40670 41037 2001 Jan. 24 704 19.0 T
70P/Kojima 29882 41576 2001 Feb. 4 170 17.7 T
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 41717 2000 Dec. 29 351 12.3 T
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 31662 41212 2001 Feb. 4 170 16.6 T
75P/Kohoutek 31663 41037 1988 May 19 568
76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 29881 41211 1994 Mar. 30 360 18.1 T
77P/Longmore CCO 13 41036 1998 Nov. 22 693 21.0 T
82P/Gehrels 3 31664 40713 1995 June 23 691 21.6 T
84P/Giclas 27082 41947 2000 May 1 695 19.4 T
86P/Wild 3 31664 41947 1997 Dec. 30 568
87P/Bus 29882 41575 2000 May 1 695 19.7 T
88P/Howell 36213 41575 1999 Nov. 12 704 20.3 T
89P/Russell 2 CCO 13 41947 1995 Sept. 3 691 20.4 T
97P/Metcalf-Brewington 41159 41209 2000 Dec. 23 704 19.1 T
108P/Ciffreo 36654 41759 2000 Dec. 22 696 20.5 T
110P/Hartley 3 31663 40537 2001 Feb. 2 170 16.0 T
113P/Spitaler 31663 40856 2001 Jan. 19 704 19.4 T
116P/Wild 4 40670 40712 2000 Nov. 30 732 18.5 T
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 27080 40714 1999 Dec. 12 897 17.5 T
119P/Parker-Hartley 25513 41759 1998 Mar. 2 402 18.9 T
124P/Mrkos 34422 41038 1999 Nov. 13 695 22.4 T
125P/Spacewatch 34422 41758 1996 Sept. 2 360 16.0 T
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 30632 41576 1999 Apr. 16 693 19.5 T
129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 30739 41947 1999 Apr. 20 704 18.7 T
136P/Mueller 3 36654 40857 1999 Dec. 26 897 18.3 T
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 35208 40857 2000 Dec. 29 867 19.2 T
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 33190 41212 1999 Mar. 16 691 19.8 T
142P/Ge-Wang 35815 40856 1999 Oct. 21 402 18.8 T
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 39792 41760 2000 June 6 360 19.0 N
144P/Kushida 41159 41209 2000 July 27 809
145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 41159 41210 2000 Dec. 23 349 16.3 T
146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 41338 41391 2000 Dec. 30 699 18.6 T
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 41527 41574 2000 Oct. 8 809 21.0 T
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 41899 41758 2001 Jan. 21 699 16.9 T
149P/Mueller 4 42109 41213 2001 Jan. 30 867 19.6 T
P/1987 Q3 (Helin) 31664 42160 1988 Feb. 13 691 19.8 T
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 34423 41210 1997 Dec. 30 568
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 35205 41040 1999 Feb. 13 693 19.4 T
P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) 33650 41943 1999 Feb. 14 693 19.6 T
P/1998 U3 (Jager) 34421 41759 1999 May 11 900 13.9 T
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) 36653 41212 2000 Feb. 10 704 18.7 T
P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 33651 41211 1999 Jan. 14 693 19.1 T
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 34734 41761 1999 July 7 360 17.9 T
P/1999 V1 (Catalina) 39022 41392 2000 Apr. 24 360 17.9 T
P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic) 41716 2001 Jan. 31 704 18.8 T
P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) 41716 2000 Nov. 29 360
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 41716 41390 2000 Dec. 22 360 18.1 T
P/2000 S4 (LINEAR-Spacewatch) 41526 2000 Nov. 21 691 21.0 T
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 42106 41574 2001 Jan. 28 046 19.3 T
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 42107 41946 2001 Jan. 21 704 19.4 T
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 35204 41390 2000 Dec. 22 428 17.5 T
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 41524 2000 Dec. 9 349 14.9 T
C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) 35204 41389 1999 Oct. 9 432 18.5 T
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 40668 40854 2000 May 8 360 16.8 T
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 40668 41391 2000 May 8 360 17.0 T
C/1999 E1 (Li) 39021 41211 2000 May 29 360 17.4 T
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 39021 41391 2000 July 9 860 16.9 T
C/1999 F2 (Dalcanton) 39021 41574 1999 June 14 402 16.1 T
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 41897 41213 2001 Jan. 31 504
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 41897 40854 2000 Dec. 26 349 16.4 T
C/1999 K2 (Ferris) 35553 41389 1999 Aug. 29 402 18.4 T
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 41897 41943 2001 Jan. 30 808
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 41524 39662 2000 Dec. 29 360 15.8 T
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 40823 41577 2000 Sept.20 360 17.0 T
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 41897 42160 2000 Dec. 22 428 18.2 T
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 42106 41944 2001 Jan. 30 201
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 41525 41944 2001 Feb. 3 170 15.7 T
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 41897 42160 2000 Dec. 29 360 17.6 T
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 41525 40713 2000 Dec. 29 360 15.9 T
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 39023 41210 2000 Mar. 5 704 19.2 T
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 41525 40536 2001 Jan. 26 699 13.3 T
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 41716 41039 2000 Dec. 29 360 18.6 T
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 39023 41037 2000 Mar. 30 360 18.8 T
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 41897 41040 2000 Dec. 29 867 19.6 T
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 41158 41576 2000 July 9 860 18.4 T
C/2000 D2 (LINEAR) 40669 40714 2000 Mar. 30 360 18.8 T
C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 40669 41392 2000 May 3 360 19.4 T
C/2000 J1 (Ferris) 40823 41575 2000 June 1 540 20 T
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 40823 40855 2000 Sept.20 360 16.9 T
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 41898 2000 Dec. 22 360 14.3 T
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 41159 41036 2000 Nov. 22 360 18.9 T
C/2000 S3 41898 41390 2000 Dec. 27 360 20.2 T
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 41716 41574 2001 Jan. 19 704 17.8 T
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 41898 41944 2001 Jan. 26 699 16.2 T
C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 42106 41944 2001 Jan. 4 249
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 42107 41945 2000 Dec. 30 941 17.9 T
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 41898 41945 2001 Jan. 4 691 19.8 T
C/2000 Y2 41898 41945 2001 Jan. 5 372
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR) 42108 42158 2001 Feb. 4 704 17.2 T
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 42108 42158 2001 Feb. 2 118 17.6 T
C/2001 B1 (LINEAR) 42108 42158 2001 Jan. 30 704 18.2 T
C/2001 B2 (NEAT) 42108 42158 2001 Feb. 1 608 15.3 T
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 42108 42159 2001 Feb. 4 918 19.0 T
Ephemeris Positions Of Observable Comets For 2001 Feb. 20.0 TT
Designation (and name) R.A. (2000) Decl. Geo. Hel. El. Ph.
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 22 52.29 +23 30.2 7.30 6.52 35.7 5.1
C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) 23 51.02 -56 08.9 10.07 9.45 49.0 4.5
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 00 04.74 +02 55.5 3.91 3.11 30.9 9.4
144P/Kushida 00 32.74 +05 35.2 2.67 1.99 38.4 18.0
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 00 34.10 +45 38.2 5.17 4.83 64.8 10.7
9P/Tempel 1 00 46.93 -02 08.2 4.20 3.49 39.0 10.3
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 00 56.78 +12 56.2 5.84 5.21 47.0 8.0
124P/Mrkos 00 59.68 +24 18.5 4.51 4.00 53.7 11.5
14P/Wolf 01 07.24 +03 05.5 3.09 2.50 45.4 16.4
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 01 19.27 +11 04.5 3.63 3.10 51.1 14.4
C/2000 S3 01 28.03 +07 14.2 3.83 3.31 51.7 13.5
C/2000 D2 (LINEAR) 01 33.88 +00 53.5 4.65 4.10 51.1 10.8
97P/Metcalf-Brewington 01 35.76 +00 52.0 3.14 2.64 51.6 17.1
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 01 57.64 -09 38.2 5.39 4.89 55.0 9.5
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 01 58.58 +10 22.3 2.11 1.83 59.8 27.9
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 02 11.94 -33 29.1 5.96 5.51 58.7 8.8
113P/Spitaler 02 13.61 +17 33.5 2.33 2.13 65.7 25.1
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 02 26.77 +51 37.5 5.32 5.28 82.8 10.7
116P/Wild 4 02 31.76 +16 51.2 4.46 4.22 69.6 12.7
24P/Schaumasse 02 33.19 +14 42.7 1.55 1.51 69.2 37.7
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 02 50.36 +15 11.8 2.90 2.78 73.3 19.9
75P/Kohoutek 03 05.28 +18 18.0 1.72 1.79 77.6 32.7
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 03 05.48 -38 04.1 10.33 10.03 69.9 5.3
17P/Holmes 03 09.68 +37 13.7 2.86 2.93 84.2 19.6
C/2001 B1 (LINEAR) 03 11.34 -16 16.1 3.47 3.30 72.1 16.6
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 03 13.50 +16 01.3 8.10 7.97 78.9 7.0
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 03 20.27 +36 48.0 2.25 2.39 86.1 24.3
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 03 24.27 +17 41.0 4.69 4.65 81.8 12.1
82P/Gehrels 3 04 03.25 +20 20.8 3.52 3.68 91.4 15.6
110P/Hartley 3 04 04.66 +25 25.4 2.23 2.48 92.7 23.4
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 04 04.99 +17 58.7 3.50 3.66 91.3 15.7
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 04 16.00 -77 33.0 13.09 12.94 79.4 4.3
77P/Longmore 04 27.52 +47 46.9 3.55 3.85 100.4 14.6
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 04 41.27 +24 27.1 4.92 5.20 100.7 10.8
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 05 05.95 -53 29.9 3.80 3.91 88.8 14.7
145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 05 20.97 +37 25.4 2.03 2.54 110.0 21.4
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 05 40.14 +25 51.6 3.56 4.07 114.1 12.8
10P/Tempel 2 05 40.25 +18 42.1 3.44 3.95 113.8 13.2
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 05 57.56 -23 11.9 5.09 5.49 108.7 9.8
88P/Howell 06 16.46 +27 00.6 4.21 4.81 122.2 10.0
142P/Ge-Wang 06 31.09 +09 59.3 4.02 4.66 125.3 10.0
146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 06 49.73 +49 08.5 2.01 2.68 123.2 18.0
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 07 00.18 +03 44.5 0.99 1.81 131.5 24.2
136P/Mueller 3 07 10.31 +18 09.4 3.60 4.36 135.2 9.2
125P/Spacewatch 07 10.85 +15 02.2 2.35 3.13 135.3 12.8
65P/Gunn 07 42.60 +31 35.3 3.54 4.34 139.5 8.5
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 07 49.08 +15 13.7 2.78 3.63 144.6 9.1
7P/Pons-Winnecke 08 02.25 +35 37.2 3.17 3.99 141.4 8.9
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 09 12.92 +27 32.7 8.89 9.82 158.1 2.1
C/2000 Y2 09 15.71 +02 52.9 1.84 2.80 163.5 5.8
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 09 29.48 -38 50.2 7.09 7.75 129.1 5.7
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 09 35.27 +20 15.4 5.38 6.35 166.9 2.0
C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 09 49.47 +12 45.3 3.33 4.31 173.8 1.4
53P/Van Biesbroeck 09 53.81 +12 30.2 5.23 6.21 174.9 0.8
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 09 56.84 -05 06.7 4.59 5.55 163.4 2.9
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 10 01.69 +23 43.0 5.98 6.95 166.9 1.8
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 10 14.61 +09 12.5 4.94 5.93 178.2 0.3
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 10 24.44 +21 35.5 3.44 4.42 169.1 2.4
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR) 10 41.80 +38 15.9 2.03 2.94 152.0 9.1
P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 10 43.65 +07 53.5 3.72 4.70 172.0 1.7
P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) 10 58.05 +07 00.4 4.56 5.53 168.4 2.1
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) 10 59.41 -06 42.1 4.08 5.01 159.0 4.1
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 11 00.07 +04 22.8 5.74 6.71 166.8 1.9
84P/Giclas 11 08.27 +13 13.4 3.13 4.10 166.5 3.2
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 11 16.85 +01 33.6 3.82 4.77 161.7 3.7
108P/Ciffreo 11 19.06 +24 33.8 2.15 3.09 159.4 6.5
C/2001 B2 (NEAT) 11 38.85 -19 28.3 4.63 5.45 143.0 6.3
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 12 00.32 +09 45.0 2.63 3.55 153.8 7.1
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 12 08.65 -51 39.5 5.88 6.32 112.6 8.3
4P/Faye 12 56.15 -08 21.6 4.02 4.77 135.2 8.4
C/2000 J1 (Ferris) 12 56.65 -54 50.0 3.44 3.83 105.8 14.4
C/1999 E1 (Li) 13 13.05 +39 05.7 5.86 6.56 131.3 6.5
70P/Kojima 13 19.50 +00 58.1 1.58 2.36 132.8 17.9
28P/Neujmin 1 13 25.92 -18 06.6 5.41 6.02 124.4 7.8
89P/Russell 2 13 53.79 -03 57.4 2.76 3.40 123.3 14.1
6P/d'Arrest 13 53.87 +08 51.5 2.73 3.41 125.8 13.6
P/1999 V1 (Catalina) 14 06.98 -31 16.7 3.99 4.43 110.0 12.1
149P/Mueller 4 14 23.50 +15 50.7 2.02 2.65 119.3 19.0
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 14 38.17 -15 37.1 5.12 5.53 109.4 9.7
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 14 40.66 -11 35.2 5.64 6.05 110.0 8.8
76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 14 45.29 +24 18.9 2.24 2.80 114.5 18.7
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 15 52.10 +01 05.2 5.68 5.85 95.5 9.7
86P/Wild 3 15 58.59 -09 45.5 2.20 2.44 91.8 23.8
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 16 05.42 +10 18.1 7.27 7.40 94.0 7.7
C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 16 11.54 -17 49.0 0.97 1.35 87.2 47.0
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 16 35.04 +23 36.4 6.87 6.94 89.6 8.2
87P/Bus 16 38.98 -20 19.3 2.15 2.21 80.4 26.1
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 16 56.69 +27 39.6 3.07 3.16 85.8 18.2
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 17 14.12 +33 13.4 1.34 1.58 83.7 38.5
119P/Parker-Hartley 17 15.74 -22 32.1 5.77 5.54 71.6 9.7
P/1998 U3 (Jager) 17 18.07 -37 44.2 5.90 5.65 70.6 9.5
36P/Whipple 17 54.24 -14 32.2 4.97 4.61 63.2 11.0
49P/Arend-Rigaux 18 04.46 -12 20.4 5.91 5.50 60.9 9.0
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 18 17.28 -62 28.2 3.63 3.36 66.3 15.6
C/1999 F2 (Dalcanton) 18 33.90 +27 02.9 8.61 8.25 65.4 6.3
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 18 47.20 -21 35.2 3.51 2.98 50.5 14.8
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 18 50.74 -28 20.9 6.56 5.97 50.4 7.3
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 18 59.06 -39 27.3 5.15 4.60 51.6 9.7
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 19 08.44 -16 13.1 1.68 1.21 45.2 35.6
129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 19 37.16 -23 00.6 5.30 4.58 39.2 7.8
C/1999 K2 (Ferris) 20 09.05 +41 12.9 7.63 7.18 59.6 6.8
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