287P/Christensen Orbit by S. Nakano NK 5046 (2023) Observed in 2nd half of 2023

Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2023 July 6.57526 3.0347162 0.2717672 8.51 189.24069 139.02577 16.31836 0.200 2024 Mar. 31.0 m1 = 5.0 + 5 log Delta + 20.0 log r Date/ 0h TT R.A.(1950) Decl. R.A.(2000) Decl. Delta r Daily motion Magnitude Mot./PA Elong. P PA/Tail Moon Age h m ¡ , h m ¡ , m , m1 , ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 2023 Dec. 22 23 14.77 -16 35.9 23 17.40 -16 19.5 3.270 3.153 +1.04 + 6.9 17.5 16.6/ 66 74.5 17.5 70/0.99 45 .74 2024 Jan. 1 23 25.24 -15 27.0 23 27.84 -15 10.5 3.414 3.167 +1.12 + 7.4 17.7 17.9/ 66 67.3 16.6 71/0.91 167 .78 11 23 36.48 -14 13.1 23 39.07 -13 56.5 3.552 3.181 +1.19 + 7.8 17.8 19.0/ 66 60.3 15.6 72/0.82 66 .01 21 23 48.36 -12 55.3 23 50.93 -12 38.6 3.682 3.197 +1.24 + 8.1 17.9 19.9/ 66 53.5 14.3 74/0.73 73 .79 31 00 00.74 -11 34.8 00 03.30 -11 18.1 3.804 3.212 +1.28 + 8.2 18.0 20.5/ 67 46.9 12.9 76/0.64 165 .77 Feb. 10 00 13.52 -10 12.6 00 16.07 -09 55.9 3.915 3.228 +1.31 + 8.3 18.1 21.1/ 67 40.5 11.4 79/0.55 39 .00 20 00 26.62 -08 49.6 00 29.16 -08 33.1 4.014 3.245 +1.33 + 8.3 18.2 21.4/ 68 34.3 9.9 82/0.47 98 .82 Mar. 1 00 39.94 -07 27.0 00 42.48 -07 10.5 4.101 3.263 +1.35 + 8.1 18.3 21.7/ 68 28.3 8.3 87/0.38 144 .75 11 00 53.45 -06 05.4 00 55.98 -05 49.2 4.175 3.280 +1.36 + 7.9 18.4 21.8/ 69 22.7 6.7 94/0.31 15 .01 21 01 07.07 -04 45.9 01 09.61 -04 29.9 4.235 3.299 +1.37 + 7.6 18.5 21.9/ 70 17.5 5.2 105/0.24 120 .84 31 01 20.75 -03 29.2 01 23.29 -03 13.5 4.281 3.318 +1.37 + 7.3 18.6 21.8/ 71 13.4 4.0 123/0.18 122 .72 Apr. 10 01 34.45 -02 16.0 01 36.99 -02 00.7 4.313 3.337 +1.37 + 6.8 18.6 21.6/ 72 11.4 3.4 151/0.15 21 .02 20 01 48.11 -01 07.0 01 50.66 -00 52.2 4.331 3.357 +1.36 + 6.3 18.7 21.3/ 73 12.4 3.7 181/0.16 140 .86 30 02 01.68 -00 03.1 02 04.25 +00 11.3 4.334 3.377 +1.35 + 5.8 18.8 21.0/ 74 15.9 4.7 203/0.21 97 .66 May 10 02 15.13 +00 55.4 02 17.70 +01 09.2 4.323 3.397 +1.33 + 5.2 18.8 20.5/ 75 20.6 6.0 216/0.27 44 .05 20 02 28.37 +01 47.7 02 30.96 +02 01.0 4.299 3.418 +1.30 + 4.5 18.8 20.0/ 77 26.0 7.4 225/0.33 158 .88 30 02 41.36 +02 33.4 02 43.95 +02 46.1 4.261 3.439 +1.27 + 3.8 18.9 19.4/ 79 31.6 8.9 231/0.40 70 .58 June 9 02 54.02 +03 12.1 02 56.62 +03 24.1 4.209 3.460 +1.23 + 3.0 18.9 18.6/ 80 37.5 10.3 236/0.47 68 .07 19 03 06.26 +03 43.2 03 08.88 +03 54.6 4.146 3.482 +1.17 + 2.3 18.9 17.7/ 83 43.7 11.6 240/0.53 163 .90 29 03 18.00 +04 06.5 03 20.62 +04 17.3 4.071 3.504 +1.11 + 1.5 18.9 16.7/ 85 49.9 12.8 243/0.60 42 .49 July 9 03 29.12 +04 21.7 03 31.75 +04 31.9 3.985 3.526 +1.04 + 0.6 18.9 15.6/ 88 56.4 13.9 246/0.66 92 .09 19 03 39.51 +04 28.7 03 42.15 +04 38.2 3.890 3.549 +0.95 - 0.2 19.0 14.3/ 91 63.1 14.8 249/0.72 144 .92 29 03 49.04 +04 27.3 03 51.68 +04 36.2 3.787 3.571 +0.85 - 1.0 18.9 12.8/ 95 70.1 15.5 252/0.77 21 .40 Aug. 8 03 57.56 +04 17.5 04 00.20 +04 25.9 3.678 3.594 +0.73 - 1.8 18.9 11.1/ 99 77.3 16.0 254/0.82 115 .11 18 04 04.90 +03 59.6 04 07.53 +04 07.6 3.566 3.617 +0.60 - 2.6 18.9 9.3/106 84.8 16.2 257/0.85 117 .95 28 04 10.90 +03 34.1 04 13.52 +03 41.7 3.451 3.640 +0.45 - 3.3 18.9 7.5/116 92.6 16.1 260/0.88 32 .33 Sept. 7 04 15.39 +03 01.5 04 18.00 +03 08.8 3.338 3.663 +0.28 - 3.9 18.9 5.7/133 100.8 15.7 263/0.88 139 .13 17 04 18.20 +02 23.0 04 20.81 +02 30.1 3.229 3.687 +0.10 - 4.3 18.9 4.6/160 109.4 14.9 266/0.87 85 .98 27 04 19.24 +01 40.1 04 21.83 +01 47.1 3.129 3.710 -0.08 - 4.5 18.9 4.7/195 118.3 13.8 270/0.83 61 .28 Oct. 7 04 18.42 +00 54.8 04 21.00 +01 01.9 3.041 3.734 -0.26 - 4.5 18.9 6.0/222 127.4 12.3 276/0.76 155 .15 17 04 15.79 +00 09.8 04 18.35 +00 17.1 2.970 3.758 -0.43 - 4.1 18.9 7.6/237 136.7 10.5 282/0.66 50 1.00 27 04 11.52 -00 31.8 04 14.08 -00 24.2 2.919 3.781 -0.56 - 3.4 18.9 9.1/248 145.6 8.5 292/0.55 93 .25 Nov. 6 04 05.93 -01 06.6 04 08.48 -00 58.7 2.893 3.805 -0.64 - 2.5 18.9 10.0/256 153.3 6.7 309/0.43 137 .18 16 03 59.49 -01 31.6 04 02.03 -01 23.2 2.894 3.829 -0.67 - 1.2 19.0 10.2/263 158.0 5.6 334/0.35 26 1.00 26 03 52.77 -01 44.2 03 55.31 -01 35.5 2.924 3.853 -0.64 + 0.1 19.0 9.6/271 157.3 5.7 6/0.35 126 .24 Dec. 6 03 46.35 -01 43.3 03 48.88 -01 34.2 2.981 3.877 -0.56 + 1.5 19.1 8.5/280 151.6 6.9 31/0.42 102 .23 16 03 40.78 -01 28.6 03 43.32 -01 19.2 3.066 3.901 -0.43 + 2.8 19.3 7.0/293 143.4 8.7 46/0.51 46 .99 26 03 36.47 -01 01.4 03 39.02 -00 51.6 3.175 3.924 -0.28 + 3.8 19.4 5.6/313 134.2 10.3 56/0.59 153 .23 2025 Jan. 5 03 33.70 -00 23.2 03 36.25 -00 13.3 3.304 3.948 -0.11 + 4.7 19.5 5.0/341 124.8 11.8 63/0.65 64 .28 15 03 32.60 +00 23.6 03 35.17 +00 33.5 3.450 3.972 +0.06 + 5.3 19.7 5.4/ 9 115.4 12.9 68/0.69 78 .99 25 03 33.16 +01 16.8 03 35.75 +01 26.7 3.607 3.996 +0.22 + 5.7 19.8 6.6/ 30 106.2 13.7 72/0.70 152 .22 Feb. 4 03 35.33 +02 14.2 03 37.93 +02 24.0 3.773 4.019 +0.37 + 6.0 20.0 8.1/ 43 97.3 14.1 75/0.69 31 .35 14 03 38.98 +03 14.1 03 41.60 +03 23.6 3.942 4.043 +0.50 + 6.0 20.1 9.6/ 51 88.8 14.1 78/0.66 107 .98 24 03 43.95 +04 14.7 03 46.58 +04 24.0 4.111 4.066 +0.62 + 6.0 20.3 11.0/ 57 80.5 13.9 81/0.62 129 .19 Mar. 6 03 50.10 +05 14.9 03 52.75 +05 23.7 4.278 4.090 +0.72 + 5.8 20.4 12.2/ 61 72.5 13.4 84/0.58 21 .42 16 03 57.26 +06 13.4 03 59.93 +06 21.8 4.439 4.113 +0.80 + 5.5 20.5 13.2/ 65 64.7 12.6 87/0.53 133 .97 26 04 05.28 +07 09.3 04 07.97 +07 17.3 4.591 4.136 +0.88 + 5.2 20.6 14.1/ 68 57.2 11.7 90/0.47 102 .16

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