MPEC 2001-X03: OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 DEC. 17.0 TT)
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OBSERVABLE COMETS (2001 DEC. 17.0 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.
7P/Pons-Winnecke 34422 43387 1996 Nov. 19 691 19.9 T
9P/Tempel 1 29881 42682 2000 Dec. 29 735 18.0 T
10P/Tempel 2 27082 43198 2000 Dec. 30 704 19.6 T
14P/Wolf 29882 42910 2000 Dec. 22 360 19.2 T
16P/Brooks 2 43333 42371 2001 Nov. 25 704 18.7 T
17P/Holmes 29881 43765 2001 Feb. 20 867 18.6 T
19P/Borrelly 31664 42372 2001 Nov. 23 349 11.9 T
22P/Kopff 34423 44113 1998 Jan. 30 691 21.5 T
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup 34423 43693 1997 Oct. 27 897 16.5 T
28P/Neujmin 1 34424 43766 2001 Mar. 21 867 20.7 T
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 42666 42159 2001 Oct. 14 844 14.3 T
30P/Reinmuth 1 34424 42595 2001 Nov. 20 867 20.1 N
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 41899 43197 2001 Nov. 17 704 19.8 T
39P/Oterma 43334 43384 2001 Sept.19 809 22.5 T
44P/Reinmuth 2 31663 42681 2001 Nov. 24 360 16.0 T
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 31662 42908 2001 Nov. 24 360 17.3 T
51P/Harrington 43161 43692 2001 Nov. 23 349 16.8 T
53P/Van Biesbroeck 40671 43693 1993 Oct. 21 691 23.1 N
61P/Shajn-Schaldach 31664 42682 2001 Nov. 24 360 18.7 T
65P/Gunn 40670 43385 2001 Nov. 23 349 16.6 T
71P/Clark 43760 2001 Oct. 14 360 18.5 T
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 41717 42595 2001 Nov. 20 867 18.3 T
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 31662 43766 2001 June 9 699 15.0 T
77P/Longmore CCO 13 43198 1998 Nov. 22 693 21.0 T
82P/Gehrels 3 31664 43197 1995 June 23 691 21.6 T
87P/Bus 29882 41575 2000 May 1 695 19.7 T
88P/Howell 42666 44112 1999 Dec. 8 704 19.4 T
90P/Gehrels 1 34422 42371 2001 Nov. 20 699 18.5 T
96P/Machholz 1 34422 43050 1997 July 12 696
99P/Kowal 1 20775 43693 1995 June 21 691 22.0 N
110P/Hartley 3 31663 43385 2001 Apr. 22 349 16.6 T
115P/Maury 34424 43765 1997 Dec. 30 568
116P/Wild 4 43760 42910 2001 Nov. 24 704 17.9 T
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 27080 43050 1999 Dec. 12 897 17.5 T
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 40670 42681 1999 May 23 693
124P/Mrkos 34422 42683 2001 Nov. 22 867 19.6 N
125P/Spacewatch 34422 44112 1996 Sept. 2 360 16.0 T
128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 30632 44114 1999 Apr. 16 693 19.5 T
136P/Mueller 3 36654 43765 1999 Dec. 26 897 18.3 T
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 35208 44113 2001 Feb. 20 867 19.7 T
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 33190 43696 1999 Mar. 16 691 19.8 T
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 39792 41760 2001 July 22 360 18.8 T
144P/Kushida 41159 43695 2000 July 27 809
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 41527 43765 2000 Oct. 8 809 21.0 T
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 41899 43695 2001 Jan. 21 699 16.9 T
151P/Helin 43021 43049 2001 Nov. 20 704 19.5 T
P/1986 A1 (Shoemaker 3) 34423 43197 1986 May 14 691
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 34423 43696 1997 Dec. 30 568
P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 42666 44114 1997 Jan. 12 587
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 35205 43386 1999 Feb. 13 693 19.4 T
P/1997 V1 (Larsen) 31205 43692 1998 Feb. 19 118 16.9 T
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 34734 41761 1999 July 7 360 17.9 T
P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) 35553 42372 1999 July 31 402 18.7 T
P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 39023 43695 2000 Mar. 30 360 17.8 T
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 41716 43049 2000 Dec. 22 360 18.1 T
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 42106 43199 2001 Feb. 16 587 20.2 N
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 44030 43199 2001 Nov. 18 704 19.7 T
P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) 42665 44115 2001 May 16 360 19.3 T
P/2001 F1 (NEAT) 43160 44112 2001 July 23 360 19.0 T
P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) 43759 43196 2001 Nov. 27 644 14.0 T
P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) 44030 43384 2001 Nov. 23 349 16.4 T
P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT) 44030 43690 2001 Nov. 22 170 18.2 T
P/2001 Q6 (NEAT) 44030 43690 2001 Nov. 26 118 14.6 T
P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) 44031 43689 2001 Nov. 21 921 16.3 T
P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) 44031 43690 2001 Nov. 21 342
P/2001 T3 (NEAT) 44031 43763 2001 Nov. 22 867 16.9 T
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) 44031 44111 2001 Nov. 24 170 17.8 T
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 42547 41390 2001 Sept.19 809 20.4 T
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 43603 42371 2001 Nov. 22 170 16.9 T
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 42664 41391 2001 Nov. 13 428 15.7 T
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 41897 43385 2001 May 12 170 17.9 T
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 41897 44112 2001 Aug. 22 360 17.3 T
C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 34734 43050 1999 June 11 867
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 41897 41943 2001 June 20 320 15.7 T
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 43758 42682 2001 Nov. 13 428 17.4 T
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 42547 43764 2001 June 23 504 17.6 T
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 43758 42160 2001 Oct. 14 360 18.7 T
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 42106 41944 2001 Nov. 5 118 17 T
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 41525 43764 2001 Aug. 23 402 15.1 T
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 41897 42160 2001 June 19 320 16.9 T
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 43603 42369 2001 Nov. 21 921
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 39023 43692 2000 Mar. 5 704 19.2 T
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 43758 44113 2001 Nov. 13 428 12.9 T
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 41716 43199 2001 Mar. 20 867
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 39023 42593 2000 Mar. 30 360 18.8 T
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 41897 43692 2001 Mar. 23 699 19.4 T
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 44030 41576 2001 Nov. 13 428 14.7 T
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 42547 43198 2001 July 13 170 17.7 N
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 43758 42595 2001 Nov. 22 360 17.2 T
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 41159 42369 2000 Nov. 22 360 18.9 T
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 44030 42681 2001 Nov. 24 903
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 43758 42909 2001 Oct. 26 402 18.3 T
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 44030 43691 2001 Nov. 26 844 10.0 T
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 43758 42909 2001 Nov. 21 360 19.4 T
C/2000 Y2 (Skiff) 43018 43767 2001 June 11 360 18.0 T
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR) 42547 43693 2001 Apr. 10 170 18.0 T
C/2001 B1 (LINEAR) 43758 42909 2001 Nov. 24 704 19.1 T
C/2001 B2 (NEAT) 42665 43386 2001 Nov. 23 349 17.1 T
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 42665 43766 2001 July 29 844 15.3 T
C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) 42856 43764 2001 May 23 118 17.1 T
C/2001 K3 (Skiff) 43332 43049 2001 Oct. 12 360 16.7 T
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) 43333 44114 2001 Sept.20 402 16.6 T
C/2001 M10 (NEAT) 43759 43384 2001 Nov. 10 704 19.5 T
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) 43759 44115 2001 Nov. 16 402 16.4 T
C/2001 O2 (NEAT) 43603 43384 2001 Sept.20 402 18.5 T
C/2001 Q1 (NEAT) 43759 43384 2001 Oct. 12 360 18.3 T
C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) 44030 43690 2001 Nov. 22 867 17.8 T
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) 44031 43764 2001 Nov. 24 213 16.8 T
C/2001 S1 (Skiff) 44031 43763 2001 Nov. 15 474 20 T
C/2001 T4 (NEAT) 44031 43763 2001 Nov. 21 360 19.3 T
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) 44032 44111 2001 Nov. 14 402 18.7 T
C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) 44032 44111 2001 Nov. 24 704 18.7 T
C/2001 W2 (BATTERS) 44032 44111 2001 Nov. 26 118 14.1 T
Ephemeris Positions Of Observable Comets For 2001 Dec. 17.0 TT
Designation (and name) R.A. (2000) Decl. Geo. Hel. El. Ph.
P/2001 Q6 (NEAT) 18 19.91 +62 11.2 1.19 1.49 85.9 41.2
C/2001 W2 (BATTERS) 19 08.49 +01 07.6 1.76 1.07 32.8 29.8
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 19 18.22 +43 58.2 4.98 4.76 71.1 11.3
P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) 20 00.17 -35 29.7 5.68 4.89 32.9 6.3
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) 20 10.20 +16 42.9 4.14 3.66 54.6 12.6
143P/Kowal-Mrkos 20 21.04 -15 43.7 4.78 4.06 38.9 8.7
C/2001 M10 (NEAT) 20 33.36 -08 25.3 6.10 5.44 44.4 7.3
C/2001 K3 (Skiff) 20 34.23 +19 18.5 4.21 3.82 60.4 12.9
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 20 55.50 -16 01.7 4.60 3.99 46.7 10.3
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 20 57.76 +00 01.1 7.75 7.21 53.7 6.3
C/2001 Q1 (NEAT) 21 08.24 -19 55.1 6.47 5.87 48.6 7.2
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 21 17.14 -50 48.8 4.57 4.01 50.0 10.8
C/2000 O1 (Koehn) 21 18.12 +13 51.8 7.95 7.59 65.3 6.8
C/2001 O2 (NEAT) 21 45.20 -17 58.4 8.10 7.62 57.5 6.3
P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) 22 39.65 -11 10.6 1.52 1.53 72.2 37.7
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR) 22 52.78 -40 32.1 3.87 3.60 66.7 14.5
90P/Gehrels 1 22 59.84 -08 49.8 3.31 3.25 77.7 17.2
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) 23 03.99 +55 30.2 3.38 3.75 104.4 14.7
P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) 23 07.44 -22 17.2 1.11 1.27 74.6 48.2
39P/Oterma 23 10.05 -04 28.1 5.69 5.63 81.7 10.0
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) 23 34.38 -38 38.6 0.45 0.97 74.9 78.5
P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) 23 39.07 -16 15.4 4.71 4.70 83.7 12.0
P/1986 A1 (Shoemaker 3) 23 41.47 -09 06.3 3.80 3.87 87.1 14.7
C/2001 S1 (Skiff) 23 55.23 -27 38.5 4.11 4.11 82.8 13.7
151P/Helin 00 15.31 -03 25.3 2.31 2.62 97.0 21.9
30P/Reinmuth 1 00 39.30 -05 32.6 3.05 3.39 101.6 16.5
P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) 00 59.69 -07 08.6 1.67 2.16 105.4 26.1
C/2001 T4 (NEAT) 01 08.74 -04 58.2 8.22 8.59 108.4 6.2
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) 01 09.26 +21 56.2 4.20 4.75 118.4 10.5
P/2001 T3 (NEAT) 01 18.86 +00 10.8 1.99 2.54 113.0 20.9
P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT) 01 24.67 +24 25.0 1.80 2.48 122.5 19.6
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 01 32.14 +00 20.1 4.47 4.98 116.0 10.2
C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) 02 02.87 -30 27.5 8.94 9.25 105.4 5.9
C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) 02 11.68 -68 54.2 6.46 6.37 80.5 8.8
C/2001 B1 (LINEAR) 02 20.30 +22 45.0 4.44 5.18 134.6 7.8
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 02 22.62 +08 36.6 2.65 3.38 130.9 12.7
9P/Tempel 1 02 31.74 +10 07.7 3.71 4.44 133.6 9.2
C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) 02 43.02 -00 09.4 7.52 8.21 131.3 5.2
C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) 03 14.27 +47 53.4 5.73 6.54 142.3 5.3
99P/Kowal 1 03 35.42 +22 01.0 6.12 7.00 151.6 3.8
C/1999 S2 (McNaught-Watson) 03 36.95 -33 05.4 10.97 11.44 116.6 4.4
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 04 05.14 -27 26.7 5.79 6.40 124.4 7.3
124P/Mrkos 04 10.89 +69 40.4 1.75 2.52 131.9 16.9
P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 04 42.66 +42 28.1 3.72 4.64 157.6 4.6
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup 04 45.16 +00 36.8 2.47 3.39 153.8 7.4
16P/Brooks 2 04 50.28 +12 45.0 1.28 2.24 164.4 6.8
47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 05 04.10 +40 26.1 2.26 3.21 161.4 5.6
44P/Reinmuth 2 05 04.65 +28 58.7 1.98 2.96 170.5 3.1
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 05 08.77 -82 14.0 15.03 14.80 74.4 3.7
51P/Harrington 05 15.04 +14 03.7 1.44 2.41 169.2 4.4
C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 05 29.13 +20 17.1 6.29 7.28 176.2 0.5
61P/Shajn-Schaldach 05 57.07 +14 11.8 1.79 2.77 169.9 3.6
116P/Wild 4 06 07.69 +28 12.7 2.32 3.30 171.8 2.4
C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) 06 18.49 +28 05.9 1.43 2.40 169.8 4.1
C/2000 B2 (LINEAR) 06 26.37 -46 24.2 6.94 7.32 109.4 7.3
14P/Wolf 06 44.19 -12 48.9 2.65 3.47 140.4 10.4
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 07 06.84 -19 57.7 5.05 5.75 131.6 7.3
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 07 26.77 +28 43.4 4.30 5.21 155.2 4.5
C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) 08 02.42 +81 38.8 4.23 4.80 120.0 10.2
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) 08 38.84 +18 04.6 1.09 1.93 137.7 20.0
10P/Tempel 2 08 52.38 +18 31.7 3.89 4.63 134.7 8.7
88P/Howell 08 58.06 +22 04.3 4.05 4.78 134.2 8.5
17P/Holmes 09 01.05 +29 01.9 3.31 4.06 134.6 9.9
82P/Gehrels 3 09 10.27 +14 59.6 2.94 3.64 129.6 12.0
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 09 34.35 +15 45.0 2.76 3.41 124.3 13.8
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 09 49.39 -05 14.6 7.45 7.88 112.5 6.6
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 10 00.59 +13 54.8 3.78 4.32 117.7 11.6
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 10 17.60 +12 36.6 2.48 3.01 113.4 17.4
136P/Mueller 3 10 20.58 +11 13.4 4.50 4.96 112.2 10.6
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 10 37.74 -68 17.4 6.00 5.80 73.8 9.4
C/2000 A1 (Montani) 10 40.24 +24 56.3 9.74 10.16 112.1 5.1
C/2001 B2 (NEAT) 10 41.88 +03 57.9 6.02 6.34 104.6 8.6
P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) 10 42.59 -12 12.8 1.26 1.70 97.7 35.0
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 10 52.54 +01 52.8 4.77 5.06 101.3 11.0
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) 11 13.25 +10 26.2 6.83 7.07 99.9 7.9
P/1997 V1 (Larsen) 11 25.28 -08 39.8 6.27 6.34 89.6 8.9
C/1999 XS87 (LINEAR) 11 26.79 -12 32.3 7.37 7.40 87.7 7.6
P/2000 U6 (Tichy) 11 27.83 +23 20.4 3.27 3.59 101.3 15.6
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) 11 29.23 +73 33.0 4.46 4.93 113.0 10.6
77P/Longmore 11 30.66 +29 04.4 2.47 2.85 102.7 19.7
C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) 11 37.14 +07 37.1 7.27 7.39 93.3 7.6
C/2001 A1 (LINEAR) 11 38.44 -18 12.0 5.18 5.15 82.9 10.9
65P/Gunn 11 40.65 +14 07.7 3.41 3.63 95.1 15.6
53P/Van Biesbroeck 11 49.45 +03 10.6 4.98 5.05 88.8 11.2
110P/Hartley 3 11 59.83 -10 44.9 2.92 2.93 80.9 19.3
22P/Kopff 12 09.49 +02 32.3 3.29 3.34 83.9 17.1
19P/Borrelly 12 11.69 +36 19.6 1.28 1.72 97.4 34.7
P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 12 43.24 -09 40.3 4.23 4.03 71.4 13.4
C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) 13 04.70 -16 11.2 8.63 8.26 64.3 6.2
139P/Vaisala-Oterma 13 10.40 -09 21.0 5.58 5.24 65.3 9.8
P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) 13 34.45 -00 10.9 3.98 3.65 63.5 14.0
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) 13 37.43 -08 40.2 5.17 4.75 59.4 10.3
148P/Anderson-LINEAR 13 42.31 -07 10.6 3.01 2.64 58.8 18.6
7P/Pons-Winnecke 13 47.60 +10 19.8 2.29 2.09 65.7 25.5
115P/Maury 13 47.91 -07 46.5 3.92 3.49 57.3 13.7
144P/Kushida 13 50.60 -14 25.3 2.73 2.30 54.3 20.4
C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) 13 59.85 +01 16.5 7.34 6.88 58.5 7.0
C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) 14 45.25 -39 34.0 5.88 5.16 39.9 7.0
28P/Neujmin 1 14 46.66 -26 00.6 4.80 4.08 39.0 8.7
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 14 54.97 -12 46.4 4.42 3.73 40.2 9.8
C/2000 Y2 (Skiff) 14 59.68 -11 32.1 4.57 3.86 39.5 9.3
125P/Spacewatch 15 29.39 -12 50.1 2.33 1.58 32.4 19.4
P/2001 F1 (NEAT) 15 29.85 -06 14.3 5.34 4.57 35.4 7.2
C/1999 J2 (Skiff) 15 33.12 -08 37.3 8.94 8.14 33.4 3.8
C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 15 37.64 +36 47.1 8.32 7.98 66.6 6.5
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