MPEC 2011-X36 : COMET C/2011 W3 (LOVEJOY)
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M.P.E.C. 2011-X36 Issued 2011 Dec. 11, 02:32 UT
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COMET C/2011 W3 (LOVEJOY)
Observations:
CK11W030 C2011 11 27.70441 12 47 39.52 -51 39 41.6 15.3 NvEX036E27
CK11W030 C2011 11 27.71661 12 47 53.37 -51 40 05.7 15.5 NvEX036E27
CK11W030 C2011 11 29.72881 13 27 31.09 -52 18 30.5 15.1 NvEX036E27
CK11W030 C2011 11 29.72928 13 27 31.26 -52 18 33.6 15.3 NvEX036E27
CK11W030 C2011 11 29.72973 13 27 32.09 -52 18 36.0 15.3 NvEX036E27
CK11W030 `C2011 12 05.71687 15 30 37.73 -48 18 34.1 15.5 NcEX036E03
CK11W030 C2011 12 05.71816 15 30 38.72 -48 18 30.6 13.4 NuEX036E00
CK11W030 `C2011 12 05.71837 15 30 39.45 -48 18 26.5 cEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 05.71988 15 30 41.13 -48 18 19.1 cEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 05.72139 15 30 42.77 -48 18 10.6 cEX036E03
CK11W030 C2011 12 05.72153 15 30 42.86 -48 18 11.0 13.5 NuEX036E00
CK11W030 `C2011 12 05.72290 15 30 44.48 -48 18 03.0 11.2 TcEX036E03
CK11W030 C2011 12 05.72961 15 30 51.86 -48 17 31.8 13.5 NuEX036E00
CK11W030 C2011 12 05.72998 15 30 52.31 -48 17 27.5 13.3 NuEX036E00
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.32799 15 41 50.48 -47 24 02.8 12.9 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.32876 15 41 51.18 -47 23 57.5 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.32953 15 41 52.09 -47 23 54.3 12.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.32991 15 41 52.50 -47 23 51.8 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33068 15 41 53.43 -47 23 46.4 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33106 15 41 53.54 -47 23 45.2 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33222 15 41 54.96 -47 23 40.2 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33260 15 41 55.43 -47 23 37.0 12.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33299 15 41 55.64 -47 23 34.0 12.7 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 06.33376 15 41 56.67 -47 23 30.5 12.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 `C2011 12 06.71769 15 48 45.11 -46 46 48.7 14.7 NcEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 06.71919 15 48 46.74 -46 46 40.0 cEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 06.72070 15 48 48.30 -46 46 31.1 cEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 06.72221 15 48 49.86 -46 46 22.6 cEX036E03
CK11W030 `C2011 12 06.72372 15 48 51.42 -46 46 13.8 10.3 TcEX036E03
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.31791 15 59 01.68 -45 46 02.6 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.31840 15 59 02.14 -45 46 00.1 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.31880 15 59 02.68 -45 45 56.9 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.31918 15 59 02.96 -45 45 55.2 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.31956 15 59 03.41 -45 45 53.2 11.2 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.32007 15 59 03.79 -45 45 49.6 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33041 15 59 14.25 -45 44 45.2 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33083 15 59 14.71 -45 44 42.3 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33122 15 59 15.08 -45 44 39.9 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33161 15 59 15.52 -45 44 37.1 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33199 15 59 15.86 -45 44 35.4 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33237 15 59 16.23 -45 44 32.5 11.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33275 15 59 16.65 -45 44 30.3 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33314 15 59 16.95 -45 44 28.6 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33353 15 59 17.46 -45 44 24.9 11.6 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33391 15 59 17.80 -45 44 23.3 11.4 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33429 15 59 18.20 -45 44 20.4 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33468 15 59 18.62 -45 44 18.0 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33507 15 59 18.92 -45 44 15.9 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33545 15 59 19.31 -45 44 13.7 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33583 15 59 19.72 -45 44 10.9 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 07.33623 15 59 20.17 -45 44 08.2 11.5 ToEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33168 16 15 19.49 -43 54 44.3 10.5 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33282 16 15 20.61 -43 54 35.9 10.5 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33321 16 15 20.97 -43 54 33.1 10.5 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33398 16 15 21.73 -43 54 27.8 10.5 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33475 16 15 22.36 -43 54 22.4 10.5 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33552 16 15 23.09 -43 54 18.2 10.6 TuEX036I47
CK11W030 C2011 12 08.33590 16 15 23.44 -43 54 15.0 10.5 TuEX036I47
Observer details:
E00 Castlemaine. Observer M. Mattiazzo. 0.28-m f/3.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
+ CCD.
E03 RAS Observatory, Officer. Observer H. Sato. 0.32-m f/6.5
Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
E27 Thornlands. Observer T. Lovejoy. Measurers T. Lovejoy, R. Miles. 0.20-m
f/2.1 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
I47 Pierre Auger Observatory, Malargue. Observers J. Ebr, M. Prouza, P. Kubanek,
M. Jelinek. Measurer M. Masek. 0.3-m f/10 reflector + CCD.
Orbital elements:
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
Epoch 2011 Dec. 10.0 TT = JDT 2455905.5
T 2011 Dec. 16.02093 TT MPC
q 0.0055068 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.0191824 Peri. 54.08201 +0.18325301 -0.90394046
+/-0.0017362 Node 327.09412 -0.96001876 -0.07994077
e 0.9998944 Incl. 134.66144 +0.21161834 +0.42012036
From 91 observations 2011 Nov. 27-Dec. 8, mean residual 0".70.
Residuals in seconds of arc
K11BR E27 0.8- 1.1- K11C2 E10 1.4+ 0.5+ K11C6 I47 0.7+ 0.3+
K11BR E27 0.8+ 1.8- K11C2 E10 0.0 0.0 K11C6 E03 0.0 0.5+
K11BT E27 1.1- 1.4+ K11C2 E10 0.1- 1.3+ K11C6 E03 0.6+ 0.4+
K11BT E27 (4.8- 1.5-) K11C2 E10 0.6+ 0.9+ K11C6 E03 0.3+ 0.5+
K11BT E27 (2.3- 3.7-) K11C2 E10 1.0+ 0.4+ K11C6 E03 0.0 0.2+
K11C1 474 0.1+ 0.1- K11C2 E10 0.7- 0.1+ K11C6 E03 0.3- 0.2+
K11C1 474 0.6- 0.0 K11C3 E94 0.3- 2.2- K11C7 I47 0.0 0.1+
K11C1 474 0.4- 0.5- K11C3 E94 (0.7+ 3.8+) K11C7 I47 0.3- 0.4-
K11C1 474 1.1+ 0.7- K11C3 E94 (7.3+ 9.9+) K11C7 I47 1.1+ 0.3+
K11C1 E27 (0.4+ 5.0+)Y K11C4 E03 0.4- 0.2+ K11C7 I47 0.0 0.4-
K11C1 E27 0.3- 1.3+ Y K11C4 E03 0.5- 0.5- K11C7 I47 0.7+ 0.7-
K11C1 E27 (2.9- 0.7+)Y K11C4 E03 0.2- 0.8- K11C7 I47 0.7- 0.3-
K11C2 I39 0.2- 0.2- K11C4 E03 0.8+ 0.4+ K11C7 I47 0.1- 0.5-
K11C2 I39 0.8- 1.1- K11C4 E03 0.8+ 0.2+ K11C7 I47 0.3+ 0.2-
K11C2 I39 0.0 0.6+ K11C4 E03 0.6- 0.5+ K11C7 I47 0.1+ 0.2-
K11C2 I36 0.7+ 0.1- K11C4 E03 (2.9+ 3.0-) K11C7 I47 0.6+ 0.2+
K11C2 I36 0.2- 0.4- K11C4 E03 (0.3- 5.5+) K11C7 I47 0.1+ 0.5-
K11C2 I36 0.3- 0.3- K11C5 E03 0.2- 0.1+ K11C7 I47 0.0 0.0
K11C2 I36 0.3- 0.2+ K11C5 E00 (4.8- 3.0-) K11C7 I47 0.4+ 0.2-
K11C2 807 0.2- 0.2+ K11C5 E03 0.1+ 0.1+ K11C7 I47 0.6- 0.9-
K11C2 807 0.3- 0.0 K11C5 E03 0.1- 0.1- K11C7 I47 0.7+ 0.4+
K11C2 807 0.0 0.9+ K11C5 E03 0.6- 0.7+ K11C7 I47 0.2+ 0.4-
K11C2 E94 (5.7- 2.2-) K11C5 E00 1.3- 0.5- K11C7 I47 0.4+ 0.1+
K11C2 E94 (8.2- 11.7-) K11C5 E03 0.5- 0.6+ K11C7 I47 0.7+ 0.1+
K11C2 E94 (2.3+ 6.3+) K11C5 E00 2.1- 2.3- K11C7 I47 0.2- 0.3-
K11C2 E94 1.6+ 0.8+ K11C5 E00 1.8- 0.1+ K11C7 I47 0.2- 0.4-
K11C2 E94 1.1+ 0.2- K11C6 I47 1.2+ 0.0 K11C7 I47 0.1+ 0.0
K11C2 E00 (5.4+ 0.6+) K11C6 I47 0.1- 1.0+ K11C7 I47 0.6+ 0.2+
K11C2 E00 0.9- 1.5+ K11C6 I47 0.6+ 0.1- K11C8 I47 0.7- 0.6-
K11C2 E00 (1.5+ 3.5+) K11C6 I47 0.6+ 0.3+ K11C8 I47 0.0 0.0
K11C2 E03 1.5- 0.8- K11C6 I47 1.6+ 1.4+ K11C8 I47 0.1- 0.1+
K11C2 E03 1.3+ 0.4+ K11C6 I47 1.4- 0.5+ K11C8 I47 0.4+ 0.2+
K11C2 E10 0.3- 0.2- K11C6 I47 0.3+ 0.9- K11C8 I47 0.5- 0.3+
K11C2 E10 0.7- 0.0 K11C6 I47 0.9+ 0.2+ K11C8 I47 0.3- 0.8-
K11C2 E10 0.5+ 0.0 K11C6 I47 1.3- 1.0+ K11C8 I47 0.3- 0.2-
Ephemeris:
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Elements MPC xxxxx
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2011 12 10.0 16 39 12.2 -40 31 35 0.7584 0.3586 18.5 119.3 9.4 17.0
2011 12 10.5 16 45 40.4 -39 26 26 0.7684 0.3382 17.2 120.7 9.2 17.0
2011 12 11.0 16 51 50.0 -38 19 30 0.7793 0.3172 15.9 122.0 9.0 17.0
2011 12 11.5 16 57 41.4 -37 10 48 0.7911 0.2954 14.5 123.3 8.7 16.9
2011 12 12.0 17 03 15.0 -36 00 20 0.8039 0.2729 13.2 124.5 8.4 16.9
2011 12 12.5 17 08 31.2 -34 47 57 0.8179 0.2493 11.9 125.7 8.0 16.9
2011 12 13.0 17 13 30.2 -33 33 25 0.8331 0.2247 10.5 126.9 7.6 16.8
2011 12 13.5 17 18 12.1 -32 16 19 0.8499 0.1986 9.2 127.9 7.1 16.6
2011 12 14.0 17 22 36.4 -30 55 52 0.8684 0.1708 7.8 128.8 6.5 16.4
2011 12 14.5 17 26 42.0 -29 30 43 0.8891 0.1405 6.3 129.4 5.7 16.1
2011 12 15.0 17 30 25.4 -27 58 08 0.9130 0.1067 4.8 129.5 4.6 15.6
2011 12 15.5 17 33 34.7 -26 10 58 0.9422 0.0666 3.1 127.5 2.6 14.5
2011 12 15.6 17 34 05.0 -25 46 07 0.9492 0.0573 2.7 126.4 2.0 14.0
2011 12 15.7 17 34 30.4 -25 19 10 0.9567 0.0473 2.3 124.5 1.1 13.5
2011 12 15.8 17 34 47.6 -24 49 03 0.9650 0.0362 1.8 121.2 0.0 12.6
2011 12 15.9 17 34 47.1 -24 13 16 0.9747 0.0235 1.3 113.4 -1.9 11.2
2011 12 16.0 17 33 34.3 -23 23 03 0.9864 0.0081 0.5 73.9 -6.4 7.1
2011 12 16.1 17 28 22.8 -23 01 47 0.9809 0.0156 0.9 101.8 -3.6 9.6
2011 12 16.2 17 25 50.4 -23 16 20 0.9703 0.0297 1.5 117.2 -0.8 11.9
2011 12 16.3 17 24 07.6 -23 31 49 0.9613 0.0416 2.0 122.3 0.6 13.0
2011 12 16.4 17 22 46.4 -23 46 59 0.9534 0.0521 2.5 124.9 1.6 13.7
2011 12 16.5 17 21 37.9 -24 01 45 0.9461 0.0618 2.9 126.5 2.3 14.2
2011 12 17.0 17 17 28.9 -25 11 10 0.9156 0.1028 4.6 129.4 4.4 15.5
2011 12 17.5 17 14 33.9 -26 16 13 0.8903 0.1372 6.1 130.0 5.6 16.1
2011 12 18.0 17 12 15.5 -27 19 05 0.8679 0.1677 7.5 130.0 6.4 16.5
2011 12 18.5 17 10 19.9 -28 20 51 0.8475 0.1958 8.8 129.6 7.1 16.8
2011 12 19.0 17 08 40.6 -29 22 09 0.8285 0.2221 10.1 129.2 7.6 17.0
2011 12 19.5 17 07 13.5 -30 23 23 0.8108 0.2469 11.3 128.6 8.0 17.1
2011 12 20.0 17 05 56.2 -31 24 51 0.7940 0.2705 12.5 128.0 8.3 17.2
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