Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78107 TT MPC q 0.5296187 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18767381 Peri. 326.25061 +0.56838997 -0.81941185 a 3.0213446 Node 89.00479 +0.77030714 +0.49832860 e 0.8247076 Incl. 4.25258 +0.28906704 +0.28325400 P 5.25 From 307 observations 2001 Apr. 4-2011 Aug. 1
MPEC 2011 - P04
Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78080 TT MPC q 0.5296167 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18767637 Peri. 326.24863 +0.56839065 -0.81941143 a 3.0213172 Node 89.00672 +0.77030734 +0.49833011 e 0.8247067 Incl. 4.25254 +0.28906517 +0.28325255 P 5.25 From 278 observations 2001 Apr. 4-2011 July 31
MPEC 2011 - O72
Google earth file: Comet 45PHonda-Mrkos-Pajdusakov.kmz (Version 3, 19kb, kmz)
Ephemeris
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2011 07 30 000000 21 59 49.1 -27 24 01 0.244 1.246 158.7 17.2 12.4 2011 07 31 000000 22 01 21.0 -28 16 48 0.230 1.232 158.7 17.4 12.1 2011 08 01 000000 22 03 03.9 -29 16 18 0.215 1.218 158.6 17.7 11.9 2011 08 02 000000 22 05 00.7 -30 23 47 0.201 1.204 158.3 18.2 11.6 2011 08 03 000000 22 07 15.4 -31 40 54 0.187 1.190 157.7 18.9 11.4 2011 08 04 000000 22 09 53.3 -33 09 45 0.173 1.176 156.9 19.8 11.1 2011 08 05 000000 22 13 02.0 -34 53 02 0.160 1.162 155.7 21.1 10.8 2011 08 06 000000 22 16 52.7 -36 54 18 0.146 1.148 154.1 22.7 10.5 2011 08 07 000000 22 21 42.2 -39 18 13 0.133 1.134 151.9 24.9 10.2 2011 08 08 000000 22 27 57.6 -42 10 58 0.121 1.119 149.2 27.6 9.9 2011 08 09 000000 22 36 24.9 -45 40 32 0.108 1.105 145.7 31.1 9.5 2011 08 10 000000 22 48 28.1 -49 56 55 0.097 1.091 141.2 35.6 9.2 2011 08 11 000000 23 06 57.7 -55 10 38 0.086 1.077 135.4 41.4 8.8 2011 08 12 000000 23 38 23.3 -61 26 22 0.077 1.062 128.0 48.8 8.4 2011 08 13 000000 00 39 33.4 -68 16 39 0.069 1.048 118.6 58.1 8.1 2011 08 14 000000 02 46 48.3 -73 08 38 0.063 1.034 107.2 69.4 7.8 2011 08 15 000000 05 34 04.7 -70 33 21 0.060 1.019 94.2 82.4 7.6 2011 08 16 000000 07 12 49.0 -61 19 54 0.061 1.005 80.7 95.8 7.5 2011 08 17 000000 08 00 03.4 -50 34 44 0.065 0.990 68.1 108.4 7.5 2011 08 18 000000 08 25 36.9 -40 45 41 0.071 0.976 57.3 119.2 7.5 2011 08 19 000000 08 41 17.4 -32 35 01 0.079 0.961 48.6 127.9 7.7
Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78100 TT MPC q 0.5296178 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18767400 Peri. 326.24988 +0.56838940 -0.81941228 a 3.0213426 Node 89.00557 +0.77030768 +0.49832849 e 0.8247078 Incl. 4.25255 +0.28906670 +0.28325294 P 5.25 From 252 observations 2001 Apr. 4-2011 July 30
MPEC 2011 - O68
Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78112 TT MPC q 0.5296189 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18767538 Peri. 326.24931 +0.56839033 -0.81941158 a 3.0213278 Node 89.00606 +0.77030744 +0.49832934 e 0.8247066 Incl. 4.25259 +0.28906553 +0.28325348 P 5.25
MPEC 2011 - O53
Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78102 TT MPC q 0.5296166 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18767610 Peri. 326.24913 +0.56838822 -0.81941306 a 3.0213201 Node 89.00639 +0.77030881 +0.49832754 e 0.8247069 Incl. 4.25258 +0.28906604 +0.28325235 P 5.25
MPEC 2011 - O42
Orbital elements: 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5 T 2011 Sept. 28.78082 TT MPC q 0.5296180 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18769029 Peri. 326.25004 +0.56839768 -0.81940613 a 3.0211678 Node 89.00481 +0.77030326 +0.49833467 e 0.8246976 Incl. 4.25281 +0.28906223 +0.28325986 P 5.25
MPEC 2011 - O31
Update
Google sky file: Comet 45PHonda-Mrkos-Pajdusakov.kmz (19kb, kmz)
UpdateThe 1600 metre wide comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova will make a close pass (23.4 lunar distances, 0.0601 AU), travelling at 24.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th August, 2011 @ 08:04 UT ±00:05. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2011 07 03 000000 21 36 32.6 -19 05 26 0.685 1.604 140.2 23.9 16.8 2011 07 08 000000 21 40 18.8 -19 38 08 0.597 1.541 144.1 22.7 16.1 2011 07 13 000000 21 44 01.3 -20 25 34 0.511 1.476 148.1 21.3 15.4 2011 07 18 000000 21 47 49.4 -21 34 19 0.429 1.409 152.0 19.8 14.6 2011 07 23 000000 21 51 59.8 -23 16 11 0.350 1.342 155.5 18.3 13.8 2011 07 28 000000 21 57 10.1 -25 54 38 0.274 1.274 158.2 17.2 12.8 2011 08 02 000000 22 05 00.7 -30 23 47 0.201 1.204 158.3 18.2 11.6 2011 08 07 000000 22 21 42.2 -39 18 13 0.133 1.134 151.9 24.9 10.2 2011 08 12 000000 23 38 23.3 -61 26 22 0.077 1.062 128.0 48.8 8.4 2011 08 17 000000 08 00 03.4 -50 34 44 0.065 0.990 68.1 108.4 7.5 2011 08 22 000000 09 05 02.1 -16 32 42 0.112 0.918 31.9 144.4 8.0 2011 08 27 000000 09 20 41.7 -04 16 44 0.178 0.847 20.9 154.8 8.3 2011 09 01 000000 09 28 39.4 +01 28 23 0.251 0.776 18.9 155.1 8.3 2011 09 06 000000 09 34 48.6 +04 45 57 0.329 0.709 20.5 150.1 8.1 2011 09 11 000000 09 41 14.3 +06 49 26 0.414 0.648 23.4 141.9 7.8 2011 09 16 000000 09 49 06.8 +08 05 24 0.508 0.595 26.3 131.4 7.5 2011 09 21 000000 09 59 11.4 +08 44 08 0.609 0.555 28.9 119.2 7.3 2011 09 26 000000 10 11 46.9 +08 50 09 0.717 0.533 30.8 105.8 7.3 2011 10 01 000000 10 26 39.4 +08 27 14 0.827 0.532 32.0 92.3 7.6 2011 10 06 000000 10 43 04.7 +07 40 56 0.937 0.552 32.9 79.8 8.2 2011 10 11 000000 11 00 07.7 +06 38 17 1.042 0.590 33.5 69.2 9.0
Google earth file: Comet 45PHonda-Mrkos-Pajdusakov.kmz (20kb, kmz)