C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from
MPC 50460: C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2005 Apr. 20.0 TT = JDT 2453480.5
T 2005 Apr. 3.6428 TT MPCM
q 0.849933 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000778 Peri. 181.6661 +0.0697901 +0.0542577
+/-0.000069 Node 93.9096 -0.9033107 +0.4271156
e 1.000661 Incl. 86.7671 -0.4232718 -0.9025677
From 169 observations 2003 Oct. 13-Dec. 31, mean residual 0".7.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch: C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5
T 2005 Apr. 3.6872 TT MPCM
q 0.849997 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000600 Peri. 181.6713 +0.0696407 +0.0543712
+/-0.000069 Node 93.9006 -0.9032816 +0.4271950
e 1.000510 Incl. 86.7605 -0.4233586 -0.9025232
Ephemeris
The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily
ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2004 02 25 04 39.9 +75 12.2 5.035 5.293 99.8 10.6 16.7
2004 03 01 04 36.1 +74 38.0 5.040 5.245 96.4 10.8 16.7
2004 03 06 04 33.8 +74 04.3 5.046 5.196 93.1 11.0 16.7
2004 03 11 04 32.7 +73 31.5 5.053 5.147 89.8 11.1 16.6
2004 03 16 04 32.9 +72 59.9 5.061 5.098 86.5 11.2 16.6
2004 03 21 04 34.2 +72 29.8 5.067 5.048 83.3 11.3 16.6
2004 03 26 04 36.3 +72 01.6 5.074 4.999 80.1 11.3 16.5
2004 03 31 04 39.3 +71 35.4 5.078 4.949 76.9 11.3 16.5
2004 04 05 04 43.1 +71 11.2 5.082 4.899 73.9 11.3 16.4
2004 04 10 04 47.5 +70 49.1 5.083 4.849 70.9 11.3 16.4
2004 04 15 04 52.6 +70 29.1 5.082 4.799 68.1 11.2 16.3
2004 04 20 04 58.3 +70 11.1 5.079 4.748 65.4 11.1 16.3
2004 04 25 05 04.44 +69 55.2 5.072 4.698 62.8 11.0 16.2
2004 04 30 05 11.13 +69 41.2 5.063 4.647 60.3 10.9 16.2
2004 05 05 05 18.30 +69 29.1 5.050 4.596 58.0 10.7 16.1
2004 05 10 05 25.91 +69 18.8 5.034 4.544 55.8 10.6 16.1
2004 05 15 05 33.97 +69 10.2 5.014 4.493 53.9 10.5 16.0
2004 05 20 05 42.46 +69 03.1 4.990 4.441 52.1 10.4 16.0
2004 05 25 05 51.36 +68 57.6 4.962 4.389 50.5 10.3 15.9
2004 05 30 06 00.68 +68 53.4 4.931 4.336 49.2 10.2 15.8
2004 06 04 06 10.41 +68 50.4 4.895 4.284 48.0 10.1 15.8
2004 06 09 06 20.54 +68 48.5 4.856 4.231 47.1 10.1 15.7
2004 06 14 06 31.10 +68 47.7 4.812 4.178 46.5 10.1 15.6
2004 06 19 06 42.08 +68 47.7 4.765 4.125 46.0 10.2 15.5
2004 06 24 06 53.49 +68 48.6 4.714 4.071 45.8 10.3 15.5
2004 06 29 07 05.34 +68 50.0 4.658 4.017 45.9 10.5 15.4
2004 07 04 07 17.63 +68 52.0 4.599 3.963 46.1 10.7 15.3
2004 07 09 07 30.40 +68 54.3 4.537 3.909 46.6 10.9 15.2
2004 07 14 07 43.64 +68 56.8 4.471 3.854 47.3 11.2 15.1
2004 07 19 07 57.40 +68 59.3 4.401 3.799 48.2 11.5 15.0
2004 07 24 08 11.66 +69 01.8 4.328 3.744 49.2 11.8 14.9
2004 07 29 08 26.46 +69 03.9 4.253 3.689 50.3 12.2 14.8
2004 08 03 08 41.82 +69 05.5 4.175 3.633 51.6 12.6 14.7
2004 08 08 08 57.74 +69 06.3 4.094 3.577 53.0 13.1 14.6
2004 08 13 09 14.27 +69 06.1 4.011 3.521 54.5 13.6 14.5
2004 08 18 09 31.40 +69 04.6 3.925 3.464 56.1 14.0 14.4
2004 08 23 09 49.13 +69 01.5 3.838 3.407 57.7 14.5 14.2
2004 08 28 10 07.47 +68 56.3 3.750 3.350 59.3 15.0 14.1
2004 09 02 10 26.42 +68 48.8 3.661 3.292 61.0 15.5 14.0
2004 09 07 10 45.96 +68 38.4 3.570 3.234 62.7 16.1 13.9
2004 09 12 11 06.05 +68 24.6 3.480 3.176 64.3 16.6 13.7
2004 09 17 11 26.66 +68 07.1 3.389 3.117 65.9 17.1 13.6
2004 09 22 11 47.72 +67 45.3 3.299 3.058 67.5 17.6 13.4
2004 09 27 12 09.15 +67 18.6 3.209 2.999 69.0 18.2 13.3
2004 10 02 12 30.86 +66 46.4 3.120 2.939 70.4 18.7 13.2
2004 10 07 12 52.75 +66 08.4 3.033 2.879 71.7 19.2 13.0
2004 10 12 13 14.72 +65 23.9 2.947 2.819 72.8 19.8 12.8
2004 10 17 13 36.65 +64 32.7 2.864 2.758 73.8 20.3 12.7
2004 10 22 13 58.41 +63 34.5 2.783 2.697 74.7 20.8 12.5
2004 10 27 14 19.89 +62 29.0 2.705 2.635 75.3 21.4 12.4
2004 11 01 14 41.01 +61 16.0 2.631 2.573 75.8 22.0 12.2
2004 11 06 15 01.67 +59 55.7 2.559 2.511 76.0 22.5 12.0
2004 11 11 15 21.80 +58 28.2 2.492 2.448 76.0 23.1 11.9
2004 11 16 15 41.36 +56 53.9 2.428 2.385 75.7 23.7 11.7
2004 11 21 16 00.29 +55 13.2 2.369 2.322 75.2 24.3 11.5
2004 11 26 16 18.56 +53 26.6 2.313 2.258 74.4 24.9 11.4
2004 12 01 16 36.18 +51 34.8 2.262 2.194 73.4 25.5 11.2
2004 12 06 16 53.14 +49 38.6 2.214 2.130 72.1 26.1 11.0
2004 12 11 17 09.46 +47 38.6 2.170 2.065 70.6 26.7 10.8
2004 12 16 17 25.15 +45 35.8 2.130 2.000 69.0 27.3 10.7
2004 12 21 17 40.22 +43 30.9 2.092 1.934 67.1 27.9 10.5
2004 12 26 17 54.70 +41 24.6 2.057 1.869 65.0 28.5 10.3
2004 12 31 18 08.62 +39 17.3 2.025 1.803 62.9 29.0 10.1
2005 01 05 18 22.02 +37 09.5 1.994 1.737 60.6 29.6 9.9
2005 01 10 18 34.94 +35 01.7 1.964 1.671 58.3 30.0 9.7
2005 01 15 18 47.40 +32 53.9 1.934 1.605 55.9 30.5 9.5
2005 01 20 18 59.44 +30 46.0 1.904 1.539 53.6 31.0 9.3
2005 01 25 19 11.11 +28 37.6 1.874 1.474 51.3 31.4 9.0
2005 01 30 19 22.46 +26 28.2 1.842 1.409 49.1 31.9 8.8
2005 02 04 19 33.54 +24 17.2 1.808 1.345 47.0 32.4 8.6
2005 02 09 19 44.42 +22 03.4 1.771 1.281 45.1 33.0 8.3
2005 02 14 19 55.16 +19 45.7 1.732 1.220 43.4 33.8 8.1
2005 02 19 20 05.87 +17 22.4 1.689 1.160 42.0 34.7 7.8
2005 02 24 20 16.65 +14 51.8 1.642 1.103 40.9 35.9 7.5
2005 03 01 20 27.65 +12 11.6 1.592 1.050 40.1 37.4 7.2
2005 03 06 20 39.07 +09 19.6 1.537 1.000 39.7 39.3 6.9
2005 03 11 20 51.13 +06 13.3 1.480 0.956 39.7 41.6 6.7
2005 03 16 21 04.12 +02 50.1 1.419 0.918 40.0 44.2 6.4
2005 03 21 21 18.42 -00 52.5 1.357 0.887 40.8 47.2 6.1
2005 03 26 21 34.49 -04 56.0 1.295 0.865 41.9 50.3 5.9
2005 03 31 21 52.87 -09 20.5 1.236 0.853 43.3 53.4 5.8