Nakano Note (Nakano wa Kangaeru noda) NK 3060 C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS)
The following improved orbital elements, S. Nakano, are from 53 observations 2015 Nov. 2 to 2016 Jan. 29. Perturbations by Mercury to Neptune and three minor planets, Ceres, Pallas and Vesta, were taken into account. The mean residual is +/- 0.29 arc second. The comet will pass 0.86 AU from Jupiter on 2018 Nov. 8 UT. Epoch = 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT T = 2017 Aug. 28.72322 +/- 0.03224 (m.e.) TT Peri. = 128.33716 +/- 0.01693 Node = 94.55603 +/- 0.00384 (2000.0) Inc. = 165.61599 +/- 0.00164 q = 2.7223736 +/- 0.0011114 AU e = 1.0017620 +/- 0.0000969 1/a = -0.0006472 +/- 0.0000356 1/AU origin = +0.000031 (Q= 5) future = -0.000517 The following residuals in seconds of arc are from the above orbital elements: Date Code Residual(") Date Code Residual(") Date Code Residual(") 2015/ 151218 V30 0.1+ 0.4+ 160126 C77 0.6- 0.0 151102 G96 0.2- 0.2+ 151219 V30 0.2+ 0.4+ 160126 C77 0.7+ 0.3- 151102 G96 0.2+ 0.1+ 151219 V30 0.2- 0.8+ 160127 H36 0.2+ 0.3- 151102 G96 0.1- 0.0 2016/ 160127 H36 0.2+ 0.2- 151102 G96 0.0 0.2- 160123 F51 0.0 0.1- 160127 H36 0.4+ 0.2- 151103 G96 0.1- 0.2+ 160123 F51 0.0 0.2- 160127 691 0.1- 0.4+ 151103 G96 0.1+ 0.2+ 160123 F51 0.0 0.0 160127 691 0.3- 0.1+ 151103 G96 0.1- 0.0 160123 F51 0.0 0.0 160127 691 0.1- 0.1+ 151103 G96 0.1- 0.0 160124 K51 0.6- 0.4+ 160128 691 0.2- 0.0 151108 703 0.6+ 0.8+ 160124 K51 0.1- 0.4+ 160128 691 0.0 0.2+ 151108 703 0.9- 0.2+ 160124 K51 0.1- 0.4+ 160128 691 0.2- 0.1+ 151108 703 0.5+ 0.3- 160124 K51 0.1- 0.2+ 160129 H06 0.1+ 0.3+ 151108 703 0.1+ 0.6- 160124 K51 0.2- 0.4+ 160129 H06 0.1+ 0.3+ 151208 703 0.1+ 0.5- 160124 K51 0.2- 0.4+ 160129 H01 0.1- 0.3- 151208 703 0.6+ 0.9- 160126 C77 0.3+ 0.2+ 160129 H01 0.2- 0.3- 151208 703 0.3- 0.7- 160126 204 0.0 0.1- 160129 H01 0.1- 0.3- 151216 F51 0.0 0.0 160126 204 0.1- 0.0 160129 H01 0.1- 0.2- 151216 F51 0.1+ 0.1+ 160126 C77 1.3+ 0.0 151218 V30 1.0- 0.8- 160126 204 0.0 0.0 ( ) -------- Rejected Obs.
Associate of the CBAT Syuichi Nakano 2016 Feb. 1