C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2004-R20:
C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)
T 2004 Dec. 6.866 TT MPC
q 2.04862 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 33.000 +0.662444 -0.680400
Node 22.159 +0.367684 -0.069186
e 1.0 Incl. 56.195 +0.652668 +0.729568
From 108 observations 2004 Aug. 24-Sept. 4.
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.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2
2004 09 02 02 40.41 +05 06.2 1.671 2.344 120.0 21.9 14.3
2004 09 07 02 38.02 +06 50.0 1.586 2.316 124.9 20.9 14.1
2004 09 12 02 34.53 +08 42.3 1.507 2.289 130.2 19.6 14.0
2004 09 17 02 29.80 +10 43.7 1.433 2.264 135.7 18.1 13.8
2004 09 22 02 23.73 +12 54.3 1.366 2.240 141.4 16.2 13.7
2004 09 27 02 16.23 +15 13.6 1.306 2.216 147.2 14.2 13.5
2004 10 02 02 07.24 +17 40.6 1.255 2.195 153.0 11.9 13.4
2004 10 07 01 56.76 +20 12.7 1.214 2.174 158.4 9.7 13.3
2004 10 12 01 44.86 +22 46.8 1.182 2.155 162.5 8.0 13.2
2004 10 17 01 31.72 +25 18.8 1.162 2.137 163.9 7.4 13.1
2004 10 22 01 17.67 +27 44.5 1.152 2.121 161.9 8.4 13.1
2004 10 27 01 03.11 +30 00.1 1.154 2.106 157.4 10.4 13.0
2004 11 01 00 48.49 +32 02.6 1.166 2.093 151.7 13.0 13.0
2004 11 06 00 34.30 +33 50.6 1.188 2.082 145.5 15.6 13.1
2004 11 11 00 20.97 +35 24.1 1.218 2.072 139.4 18.1 13.1
2004 11 16 00 08.87 +36 44.5 1.255 2.064 133.4 20.4 13.1
2004 11 21 23 58.24 +37 54.1 1.299 2.057 127.7 22.3 13.2
2004 11 26 23 49.21 +38 55.1 1.348 2.053 122.3 24.0 13.3
2004 12 01 23 41.81 +39 50.2 1.400 2.050 117.3 25.3 13.3
2004 12 06 23 36.01 +40 41.3 1.456 2.049 112.7 26.3 13.4
2004 12 11 23 31.76 +41 30.4 1.514 2.049 108.4 27.1 13.5
2004 12 16 23 28.95 +42 19.1 1.573 2.052 104.4 27.7 13.6
2004 12 21 23 27.48 +43 08.6 1.632 2.056 100.7 28.1 13.7
2004 12 26 23 27.23 +43 59.7 1.692 2.061 97.2 28.2 13.8
2004 12 31 23 28.12 +44 53.1 1.752 2.069 94.1 28.3 13.9
2005 01 05 23 30.05 +45 49.0 1.811 2.078 91.2 28.2 14.0
2005 01 10 23 32.97 +46 47.9 1.870 2.089 88.5 28.1 14.1
2005 01 15 23 36.81 +47 50.0 1.927 2.102 86.0 27.8 14.2
2005 01 20 23 41.53 +48 55.2 1.984 2.116 83.7 27.5 14.2
2005 01 25 23 47.10 +50 03.6 2.039 2.131 81.6 27.2 14.3
2005 01 30 23 53.49 +51 14.9 2.093 2.149 79.7 26.8 14.4
2005 02 04 00 00.72 +52 28.9 2.147 2.167 78.0 26.4 14.5
2005 02 09 00 08.80 +53 45.5 2.199 2.187 76.4 26.0 14.6