Parabola doen't fit.
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR)
Epoch 1999 Mar. 3.0 TT = JDT 2451240.5
T 1999 Feb. 27.53057 TT Nakano
q 1.9287641 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.0042779 Peri. 341.14806 -0.03816815 -0.05487396
+/-0.0001008 Node 266.91303 -0.73920832 -0.67031892
e 0.9917489 Incl. 92.27265 -0.67239442 +0.74004148
From 52 observations 1999 May 20-July 18, mean residual 0".74.
Residuals in seconds of arc
1999/ 990522 046 0.6+ 0.2+ 990604 352 0.7- 1.6-
990520 704 0.3- 0.3+ 990522 046 0.4- 0.8+ 990608 360 0.0 0.8+
990520 704 0.7+ 1.4- 990522 118 0.2- 0.2- 990608 360 0.5+ 0.6+
990520 704 0.4+ 1.0- 990522 046 1.2- 0.3- 990608 360 0.2+ 1.0+
990520 704 (4.2+ 3.1-) 990522 046 0.3- 1.1- 990611 704 0.7- 1.5-
990520 704 (0.6- 3.0-) 990522 118 0.3+ 1.0- 990611 704 0.6- 0.7-
990521 704 0.9- 1.2- 990522 658 0.5+ 0.4+ 990611 704 0.7+ 1.0-
990521 704 (4.7- 0.1-) 990522 658 0.2- 0.5+ 990611 704 0.1+ 0.9-
990521 704 0.4- 1.5+ 990522 658 0.2- 0.3+ 990614 402 0.6- 0.7+
990521 704 0.2- 0.1- 990528 046 0.8+ 1.2+ 990614 402 0.3+ 0.6+
990521 704 (1.6+ 2.7+) 990528 046 0.3- 1.9+ 990614 402 0.2+ 0.7-
990521 704 0.2+ 0.5- 990528 046 1.1+ 0.5- 990708 360 0.7- 0.5+
990521 704 0.7+ 0.3- 990528 046 1.0- 0.8+ 990708 360 0.3+ 0.0
990521 704 0.7+ 0.9+ 990529 402 1.1+ 0.4- 990708 360 0.0 0.2-
990521 704 (3.7- 2.2-) 990529 402 0.2- 0.6+ 990714 360 0.5+ 0.4+
990521 557 0.4+ 0.1- 990529 402 1.6- 0.6+ 990714 360 0.3+ 0.1+
990521 557 0.2- 0.6- 990531 402 (1.0+ 3.1-) 990714 360 0.2+ 0.5-
990521 118 0.5- 1.2- 990531 402 0.8+ 0.1+ 990718 118 0.2- 0.1+
990522 046 1.0+ 1.1+ 990531 402 0.8- 0.6- 990718 118 0.8- 0.3-
990522 046 0.9- 0.9+ 990604 352 1.4+ 1.0+
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR)
T 1999 Feb. 27.94224 TT Nakano
q 1.9319691 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 341.35752 -0.03698477 -0.05589082
Node 266.96704 -0.74171850 -0.66756504
e 1.0 Incl. 92.36088 -0.66969082 +0.74245076
From 38 observations 1999 May 20-June 14.
RunOff -70", +74" for the last observation from my orbit determined 5/20-5/22.
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR)
T 1999 Feb. 27.96813 TT Nakano
q 1.9322604 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 341.37621 -0.03696882 -0.05590033
Node 266.96850 -0.74193781 -0.66732236
e 1.0 Incl. 92.36267 -0.66944872 +0.74266817
From 36 observations 1999 May 20-June 8.
Date/ TT R.A.(2000) Decl. Delta r Daily motion Mag. Moon Age
h h m ¡ , , / PA ¡ m1 ¡
1999 June 10 14 18 06.14 +23 45.7 1.499 2.301 51.3 / 310 16.5 115 .15
11 14 18 03.25 +24 18.4 1.507 2.307 50.5 / 309 16.5 124 .08
12 14 18 00.37 +24 50.1 1.516 2.314 49.7 / 308 16.5 131 .02
13 14 17 57.49 +25 20.8 1.525 2.320 48.9 / 307 16.6 135 .00
14 14 17 54.62 +25 50.4 1.535 2.327 48.0 / 307 16.6 134 .01
15 14 17 51.75 +26 19.0 1.545 2.334 47.2 / 306 16.6 129 .05
16 14 17 48.90 +26 46.6 1.556 2.340 46.3 / 305 16.7 121 .11
17 14 17 46.06 +27 13.1 1.567 2.347 45.4 / 304 16.7 113 .19
18 14 17 43.24 +27 38.6 1.578 2.354 44.5 / 304 16.7 103 .28
19 14 17 40.44 +28 03.1 1.590 2.360 43.5 / 303 16.7 94 .38
20 14 17 37.66 +28 26.5 1.602 2.367 42.6 / 302 16.8 84 .48
21 14 17 34.92 +28 49.0 1.615 2.374 41.6 / 301 16.8 76 .58
22 14 17 32.19 +29 10.4 1.628 2.381 40.7 / 300 16.8 68 .68
23 14 17 29.50 +29 30.9 1.641 2.388 39.7 / 300 16.9 61 .76
24 14 17 26.85 +29 50.4 1.655 2.394 38.8 / 299 16.9 55 .84
25 14 17 24.22 +30 08.9 1.669 2.401 37.8 / 298 16.9 51 .90
26 14 17 21.64 +30 26.6 1.683 2.408 36.9 / 297 16.9 49 .95
27 14 17 19.09 +30 43.3 1.698 2.415 35.9 / 296 17.0 50 .98
28 14 17 16.59 +30 59.1 1.713 2.422 35.0 / 295 17.0 53 1.00
29 14 17 14.12 +31 14.0 1.728 2.429 34.1 / 295 17.0 58 1.00
30 14 17 11.70 +31 28.2 1.743 2.436 33.1 / 294 17.1 64 .97
July 1 14 17 09.32 +31 41.4 1.759 2.444 32.2 / 293 17.1 72 .93
2 14 17 06.99 +31 53.9 1.775 2.451 31.3 / 292 17.1 80 .87
3 14 17 04.71 +32 05.7 1.791 2.458 30.4 / 291 17.2 89 .80
4 14 17 02.48 +32 16.6 1.808 2.465 29.5 / 290 17.2 98 .70
5 14 17 00.29 +32 26.9 1.825 2.472 28.7 / 290 17.2 107 .60
6 14 16 58.15 +32 36.4 1.842 2.479 27.8 / 289 17.3 115 .49
7 14 16 56.07 +32 45.3 1.859 2.487 26.9 / 288 17.3 122 .38
8 14 16 54.03 +32 53.5 1.876 2.494 26.1 / 287 17.3 127 .27
9 14 16 52.05 +33 01.0 1.894 2.501 25.3 / 286 17.4 130 .17
10 14 16 50.11 +33 08.0 1.912 2.509 24.5 / 285 17.4 129 .09
11 14 16 48.23 +33 14.4 1.929 2.516 23.7 / 284 17.4 125 .03
12 14 16 46.40 +33 20.2 1.948 2.523 22.9 / 283 17.5 118 .00
13 14 16 44.63 +33 25.5 1.966 2.531 22.1 / 283 17.5 110 .00
14 14 16 42.91 +33 30.3 1.984 2.538 21.3 / 282 17.5 101 .03
15 14 16 41.23 +33 34.6 2.003 2.546 20.6 / 281 17.6 92 .08
16 14 16 39.61 +33 38.4 2.021 2.553 19.9 / 280 17.6 83 .15
17 14 16 38.05 +33 41.8 2.040 2.561 19.1 / 279 17.6 74 .23
18 14 16 36.53 +33 44.7 2.059 2.568 18.4 / 278 17.7 67 .33
19 14 16 35.07 +33 47.2 2.078 2.576 17.8 / 277 17.7 60 .42
20 14 16 33.65 +33 49.4 2.097 2.584 17.1 / 276 17.7 55 .52
21 14 16 32.29 +33 51.2 2.117 2.591 16.4 / 275 17.8 51 .61
22 14 16 30.97 +33 52.6 2.136 2.599 15.8 / 274 17.8 50 .70
23 14 16 29.71 +33 53.7 2.155 2.606 15.2 / 273 17.8 50 .79
24 14 16 28.49 +33 54.5 2.175 2.614 14.6 / 272 17.9 53 .86
25 14 16 27.32 +33 55.0 2.194 2.622 14.0 / 271 17.9 58 .92
26 14 16 26.20 +33 55.2 2.214 2.630 13.4 / 270 17.9 64 .96
27 14 16 25.13 +33 55.2 2.234 2.637 12.8 / 269 18.0 71 .99
28 14 16 24.10 +33 54.9 2.253 2.645 12.3 / 268 18.0 79 1.00
29 14 16 23.12 +33 54.3 2.273 2.653 11.7 / 266 18.0 87 .99
30 14 16 22.18 +33 53.6 2.293 2.661 11.2 / 265 18.1 96 .95
31 14 16 21.28 +33 52.6 2.313 2.668 10.7 / 264 18.1 105 .90
Aug. 1 14 16 20.43 +33 51.4 2.333 2.676 10.2 / 262 18.1 113 .82
C/1999 K3 (LINEAR)
T 1999 Feb. 26.75360 TT Nakano
q 1.9175126 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 340.45809 -0.04083170 -0.05197395
Node 266.79752 -0.73091704 -0.67933558
e 1.0 Incl. 92.02739 -0.68124376 +0.73198489
From 24 observations 1999 May 20-22.
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