C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2008-E10:
C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5
T 2008 June 24.8823 TT MPC
q 0.849591 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000204 Peri. 306.5572 +0.1973251 +0.9775507
+/-0.000013 Node 334.5235 -0.8356168 +0.1283113
e 1.000173 Incl. 9.8892 -0.5126475 +0.1671251
From 270 observations 2007 Nov. 20-2008 Mar. 1, mean residual 0".6.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5
T 2008 June 24.8337 TT MPC
q 0.848256 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.000401 Peri. 306.6187 +0.1984277 +0.9773274
+/-0.000013 Node 334.5265 -0.8354584 +0.1292483
e 0.999660 Incl. 9.8906 -0.5124799 +0.1677084
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.