223P/Skiff
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 66922:223P/Skiff Epoch 2010 Sept. 1.0 TT = JDT 2455440.5 T 2010 Aug. 14.5217 TT MPC q 2.420072 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1165795 Peri. 37.8480 +0.8934014 -0.4371340 a 4.150062 Node 346.8250 +0.2120000 +0.6136593 e 0.416859 Incl. 27.0551 +0.3960933 +0.6575228 P 8.45 From 152 observations 2001-2009, mean residual 0".6.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
223P/Skiff Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 T 2010 Aug. 14.7247 TT MPC q 2.419237 (2000.0) P Q n 0.1164148 Peri. 37.9245 +0.8928008 -0.4383652 a 4.153975 Node 346.8278 +0.2128664 +0.6133653 e 0.417609 Incl. 27.0542 +0.3969818 +0.6569771 P 8.47An 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! 2009 12 25 21 05.35 -26 19.0 3.597 2.898 38.8 12.3 19.4 2009 12 30 21 12.60 -25 18.5 3.622 2.880 35.6 11.5 19.4 2010 01 04 21 19.94 -24 17.1 3.644 2.863 32.5 10.6 19.4 2010 01 09 21 27.34 -23 14.8 3.662 2.846 29.3 9.7 19.4 2010 01 14 21 34.81 -22 11.4 3.678 2.829 26.2 8.8 19.3 2010 01 19 21 42.32 -21 07.1 3.690 2.813 23.2 7.9 19.3 2010 01 24 21 49.87 -20 01.8 3.700 2.796 20.2 7.0 19.3 2010 01 29 21 57.44 -18 55.5 3.706 2.780 17.2 6.0 19.3 2010 02 03 22 05.04 -17 48.2 3.709 2.764 14.3 5.0 19.3 2010 02 08 22 12.65 -16 39.9 3.708 2.748 11.4 4.1 19.2 2010 02 13 22 20.27 -15 30.6 3.705 2.733 8.7 3.1 19.2 2010 02 18 22 27.90 -14 20.4 3.698 2.718 6.2 2.2 19.2 2010 02 23 22 35.53 -13 09.2 3.688 2.703 4.2 1.5 19.2 2010 02 28 22 43.14 -11 57.1 3.676 2.688 3.8 1.4 19.1 2010 03 05 22 50.75 -10 44.2 3.660 2.674 5.2 1.9 19.1 2010 03 10 22 58.36 -09 30.3 3.641 2.660 7.5 2.8 19.1 2010 03 15 23 05.95 -08 15.6 3.619 2.646 10.0 3.8 19.0 2010 03 20 23 13.52 -07 00.1 3.595 2.632 12.7 4.8 19.0 2010 03 25 23 21.07 -05 43.9 3.567 2.619 15.3 5.8 18.9 2010 03 30 23 28.61 -04 26.9 3.537 2.606 18.0 6.8 18.9 2010 04 04 23 36.13 -03 09.1 3.505 2.594 20.7 7.8 18.9 2010 04 09 23 43.62 -01 50.7 3.470 2.582 23.4 8.9 18.8 2010 04 14 23 51.10 -00 31.6 3.433 2.570 26.1 9.9 18.8 2010 04 19 23 58.55 +00 48.2 3.393 2.558 28.7 10.9 18.7 2010 04 24 00 05.97 +02 08.5 3.352 2.547 31.4 11.9 18.7 2010 04 29 00 13.37 +03 29.5 3.308 2.537 34.0 12.8 18.6 2010 05 04 00 20.74 +04 51.0 3.262 2.527 36.7 13.8 18.6 2010 05 09 00 28.08 +06 13.1 3.215 2.517 39.3 14.7 18.5 2010 05 14 00 35.39 +07 35.7 3.166 2.507 42.0 15.6 18.5 2010 05 19 00 42.66 +08 58.8 3.116 2.499 44.6 16.5 18.4 2010 05 24 00 49.89 +10 22.5 3.064 2.490 47.3 17.4 18.4 2010 05 29 00 57.08 +11 46.6 3.010 2.482 49.9 18.2 18.3 2010 06 03 01 04.22 +13 11.3 2.956 2.474 52.6 19.0 18.3 2010 06 08 01 11.30 +14 36.5 2.901 2.467 55.2 19.8 18.2 2010 06 13 01 18.32 +16 02.1 2.845 2.461 57.9 20.5 18.2 2010 06 18 01 25.26 +17 28.3 2.788 2.455 60.6 21.1 18.1 2010 06 23 01 32.12 +18 54.9 2.730 2.449 63.4 21.8 18.1 2010 06 28 01 38.88 +20 22.1 2.672 2.444 66.1 22.4 18.0 2010 07 03 01 45.53 +21 49.8 2.614 2.439 68.9 22.9 18.0 2010 07 08 01 52.05 +23 18.1 2.555 2.435 71.7 23.4 17.9 2010 07 13 01 58.43 +24 46.9 2.497 2.431 74.5 23.8 17.8 2010 07 18 02 04.62 +26 16.2 2.438 2.428 77.4 24.1 17.8 2010 07 23 02 10.62 +27 46.1 2.380 2.425 80.3 24.4 17.7 2010 07 28 02 16.39 +29 16.5 2.323 2.423 83.2 24.6 17.7 2010 08 02 02 21.89 +30 47.5 2.266 2.422 86.2 24.7 17.6 2010 08 07 02 27.10 +32 19.0 2.210 2.421 89.3 24.8 17.6 2010 08 12 02 31.94 +33 51.0 2.156 2.420 92.4 24.7 17.5 2010 08 17 02 36.39 +35 23.2 2.102 2.420 95.6 24.6 17.5 2010 08 22 02 40.37 +36 55.6 2.050 2.421 98.8 24.4 17.4 2010 08 27 02 43.84 +38 27.9 2.000 2.422 102.0 24.1 17.3 2010 09 01 02 46.72 +40 00.0 1.952 2.423 105.3 23.7 17.3 2010 09 06 02 48.94 +41 31.3 1.906 2.425 108.7 23.2 17.2 2010 09 11 02 50.42 +43 01.5 1.863 2.428 112.1 22.6 17.2 2010 09 16 02 51.08 +44 29.7 1.823 2.431 115.5 21.9 17.2 2010 09 21 02 50.85 +45 55.3 1.786 2.435 118.9 21.2 17.1 2010 09 26 02 49.69 +47 17.5 1.752 2.439 122.2 20.4 17.1 2010 10 01 02 47.54 +48 35.0 1.722 2.444 125.5 19.5 17.1 2010 10 06 02 44.38 +49 46.9 1.696 2.449 128.7 18.6 17.0 2010 10 11 02 40.23 +50 51.7 1.674 2.454 131.7 17.7 17.0 2010 10 16 02 35.17 +51 48.3 1.657 2.461 134.4 16.8 17.0 2010 10 21 02 29.34 +52 35.6 1.645 2.467 136.8 16.0 17.0 2010 10 26 02 22.92 +53 12.8 1.638 2.474 138.8 15.3 17.0 2010 10 31 02 16.14 +53 39.2 1.636 2.482 140.3 14.8 17.0 2010 11 05 02 09.27 +53 54.8 1.638 2.490 141.2 14.5 17.0 2010 11 10 02 02.60 +53 59.8 1.647 2.498 141.4 14.3 17.1 2010 11 15 01 56.41 +53 54.9 1.660 2.507 141.0 14.4 17.1 2010 11 20 01 50.94 +53 41.4 1.679 2.517 139.9 14.6 17.1 2010 11 25 01 46.37 +53 20.7 1.702 2.526 138.4 15.1 17.2 2010 11 30 01 42.82 +52 54.1 1.730 2.537 136.3 15.6 17.2 2010 12 05 01 40.38 +52 23.4 1.763 2.547 133.8 16.2 17.3 2010 12 10 01 39.08 +51 49.9 1.801 2.558 131.1 16.9 17.4 2010 12 15 01 38.91 +51 15.1 1.842 2.569 128.2 17.5 17.4 2010 12 20 01 39.82 +50 40.0 1.887 2.581 125.1 18.2 17.5 2010 12 25 01 41.74 +50 05.7 1.936 2.593 121.9 18.8 17.6 2010 12 30 01 44.61 +49 32.7 1.988 2.606 118.6 19.4 17.7 2011 01 04 01 48.35 +49 01.6 2.043 2.619 115.3 19.9 17.7 2011 01 09 01 52.90 +48 32.8 2.101 2.632 112.0 20.3 17.8 2011 01 14 01 58.19 +48 06.6 2.161 2.645 108.6 20.6 17.9 2011 01 19 02 04.13 +47 42.9 2.223 2.659 105.3 20.9 18.0 2011 01 24 02 10.66 +47 21.8 2.288 2.673 102.1 21.1 18.1 2011 01 29 02 17.73 +47 03.2 2.353 2.687 98.8 21.2 18.2This 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.
