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P/2008 J2 (Beshore)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2008-J68:
P/2008 J2 (Beshore)
T 2008 Apr. 24.018 TT                                   MPC
q   2.45485              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.156593       Peri.  143.165       -0.480766       +0.857587
a   3.40895        Node    97.432       -0.842037       -0.393384
e   0.27988        Incl.   10.622       -0.244619       -0.331351
P   6.29
From 172 observations 2008 May 6-13.
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.


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    m2
2008 05 14    17 02.55   -13 46.6    1.500    2.458   155.9     9.7  13.8
2008 05 19    16 59.38   -13 57.5    1.480    2.459   161.1     7.7  13.8
2008 05 24    16 55.81   -14 10.3    1.466    2.461   166.0     5.7  13.7
2008 05 29    16 51.94   -14 24.9    1.458    2.463   170.3     4.0  13.7
2008 06 03    16 47.92   -14 41.4    1.457    2.466   172.3     3.1  13.7
2008 06 08    16 43.87   -14 59.7    1.462    2.469   170.6     3.8  13.7
2008 06 13    16 39.96   -15 19.6    1.473    2.472   166.5     5.5  13.8
2008 06 18    16 36.31   -15 41.2    1.490    2.475   161.7     7.4  13.8
2008 06 23    16 33.04   -16 04.2    1.514    2.479   156.6     9.4  13.8
2008 06 28    16 30.25   -16 28.4    1.543    2.483   151.4    11.3  13.9
2008 07 03    16 28.00   -16 53.7    1.577    2.488   146.3    13.1  13.9
2008 07 08    16 26.39   -17 20.1    1.617    2.493   141.4    14.8  14.0
2008 07 13    16 25.43   -17 47.2    1.661    2.498   136.5    16.3  14.1
2008 07 18    16 25.16   -18 15.0    1.709    2.503   131.8    17.6  14.1
2008 07 23    16 25.56   -18 43.3    1.761    2.509   127.2    18.8  14.2
2008 07 28    16 26.64   -19 11.8    1.816    2.515   122.8    19.8  14.3
2008 08 02    16 28.37   -19 40.5    1.874    2.522   118.5    20.7  14.4
2008 08 07    16 30.74   -20 09.2    1.935    2.528   114.3    21.4  14.5
2008 08 12    16 33.73   -20 37.7    1.998    2.535   110.3    22.0  14.5
2008 08 17    16 37.29   -21 05.8    2.063    2.542   106.4    22.5  14.6
2008 08 22    16 41.39   -21 33.4    2.130    2.550   102.6    22.8  14.7
2008 08 27    16 45.99   -22 00.3    2.198    2.557    98.9    23.0  14.8
2008 09 01    16 51.08   -22 26.3    2.267    2.565    95.3    23.1  14.9
2008 09 06    16 56.61   -22 51.4    2.337    2.574    91.8    23.0  14.9
2008 09 11    17 02.56   -23 15.2    2.407    2.582    88.3    22.9  15.0
2008 09 16    17 08.88   -23 37.8    2.478    2.591    84.9    22.7  15.1
2008 09 21    17 15.56   -23 59.0    2.549    2.600    81.6    22.5  15.2
2008 09 26    17 22.57   -24 18.6    2.620    2.609    78.3    22.1  15.3
2008 10 01    17 29.87   -24 36.6    2.690    2.618    75.1    21.7  15.3
2008 10 06    17 37.46   -24 52.8    2.760    2.628    71.9    21.2  15.4
2008 10 11    17 45.29   -25 07.1    2.830    2.638    68.8    20.7  15.5
2008 10 16    17 53.35   -25 19.5    2.898    2.648    65.6    20.1  15.5
2008 10 21    18 01.61   -25 29.9    2.966    2.658    62.5    19.4  15.6
2008 10 26    18 10.06   -25 38.2    3.032    2.668    59.5    18.7  15.7
2008 10 31    18 18.66   -25 44.3    3.097    2.679    56.4    18.0  15.7
2008 11 05    18 27.41   -25 48.3    3.160    2.690    53.4    17.2  15.8
2008 11 10    18 36.28   -25 50.1    3.222    2.701    50.4    16.4  15.9
2008 11 15    18 45.24   -25 49.7    3.282    2.712    47.4    15.6  15.9
2008 11 20    18 54.29   -25 47.1    3.340    2.723    44.4    14.7  16.0
2008 11 25    19 03.41   -25 42.2    3.396    2.734    41.4    13.8  16.0
2008 11 30    19 12.57   -25 35.2    3.449    2.746    38.4    12.9  16.1
2008 12 05    19 21.77   -25 26.0    3.500    2.758    35.5    12.0  16.1
2008 12 10    19 30.99   -25 14.8    3.549    2.769    32.5    11.0  16.2
 
2009 03 30    22 36.38   -15 29.1    3.819    3.053    34.9    10.8  16.8
2009 04 04    22 43.38   -14 58.7    3.792    3.067    38.0    11.6  16.8
2009 04 09    22 50.20   -14 29.2    3.763    3.080    41.2    12.4  16.8
2009 04 14    22 56.86   -14 00.5    3.730    3.094    44.4    13.1  16.8
2009 04 19    23 03.34   -13 33.0    3.695    3.108    47.6    13.8  16.8
2009 04 24    23 09.63   -13 06.6    3.657    3.121    50.9    14.5  16.8
2009 04 29    23 15.72   -12 41.7    3.616    3.135    54.2    15.1  16.8
2009 05 04    23 21.60   -12 18.3    3.572    3.148    57.5    15.7  16.7
2009 05 09    23 27.27   -11 56.6    3.527    3.162    60.9    16.2  16.7
2009 05 14    23 32.70   -11 36.6    3.479    3.175    64.4    16.7  16.7
2009 05 19    23 37.90   -11 18.7    3.430    3.189    67.8    17.1  16.7
2009 05 24    23 42.85   -11 02.8    3.378    3.203    71.4    17.4  16.7
2009 05 29    23 47.52   -10 49.3    3.326    3.216    75.0    17.7  16.7
2009 06 03    23 51.91   -10 38.2    3.271    3.230    78.7    17.9  16.7
2009 06 08    23 56.00   -10 29.6    3.216    3.243    82.4    18.1  16.6
2009 06 13    23 59.76   -10 23.7    3.161    3.257    86.3    18.1  16.6
2009 06 18    00 03.19   -10 20.5    3.105    3.270    90.2    18.1  16.6

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