49P/Arend-Rigaux

Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux

Time Stamp: 2012 01 04, 11:45:05 UT

Motion: 0.99"/min in PA 59.7°

Stack of 14 x 125 sec

Magnitude 16.5 N

Tail 7 arc min PA 290

 

Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5

T 2011 Oct. 19.0846 TT MPC

q 1.423881 (2000.0) P Q

n 0.1465509 Peri. 332.7979 -0.0511147 -0.9569220 T = 2455853.58455 JDT

a 3.562955 Node 118.8749 +0.9653487 -0.1206745 q = 1.4238811

e 0.600365 Incl. 19.0497 +0.2559087 +0.2640795 Earth MOID = 0.46365 AU

P 6.73

 

earth distance delta = 1.084 AU

solar distance r = 1.656 AU

elongation = 106.3 degrees

phase = 34.8 degrees

 

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter

C. Bell H47 Vicksburg

Done