26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Orbit by S. Nakano NK 4260 (2020) Observed in 1st half of 2024

Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2023 Dec. 25.34067 1.0838883 0.6406146 5.24 2.14442 211.54009 22.43281 0.200 2024 Mar. 31.0 m1 = 12.5 + 5 log Delta + 11.0 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 15 40.53 -19 57.5 15 43.43 -20 07.0 1.797 1.085 +4.49 + 3.4 14.2 63.4/ 89 31.3 28.1 282/2.74 150 .74 2024 Jan. 1 16 25.37 -19 25.9 16 28.29 -19 32.5 1.800 1.087 +4.34 + 7.6 14.2 62.0/ 85 31.3 28.0 283/2.72 93 .78 11 17 08.76 -18 13.2 17 11.68 -18 16.8 1.814 1.106 +4.11 +11.0 14.3 59.9/ 81 31.7 27.9 282/2.69 26 .01 21 17 49.89 -16 25.7 17 52.78 -16 26.3 1.839 1.139 +3.83 +13.7 14.4 57.1/ 77 32.5 27.7 282/2.64 155 .79 31 18 28.23 -14 11.6 18 31.07 -14 09.4 1.870 1.185 +3.53 +15.5 14.7 53.8/ 74 33.7 27.5 281/2.58 90 .77 Feb. 10 19 03.56 -11 39.1 19 06.34 -11 34.4 1.907 1.241 +3.22 +16.6 14.9 50.4/ 72 35.4 27.4 279/2.53 37 .00 20 19 35.84 -08 55.3 19 38.56 -08 48.5 1.945 1.306 +2.93 +17.1 15.2 46.8/ 69 37.4 27.4 277/2.48 157 .82 Mar. 1 20 05.20 -06 06.3 20 07.86 -05 57.6 1.983 1.377 +2.66 +17.2 15.5 43.3/ 67 39.8 27.4 275/2.44 83 .75 11 20 31.84 -03 16.3 20 34.45 -03 05.9 2.018 1.453 +2.40 +16.9 15.8 39.8/ 65 42.7 27.6 272/2.42 51 .01 21 20 55.92 -00 28.2 20 58.49 -00 16.6 2.048 1.532 +2.17 +16.5 16.1 36.5/ 63 45.9 27.8 269/2.40 159 .84 31 21 17.65 +02 15.5 21 20.19 +02 28.3 2.071 1.612 +1.95 +15.9 16.4 33.2/ 61 49.5 28.1 267/2.40 71 .72 Apr. 10 21 37.18 +04 53.7 21 39.68 +05 07.3 2.087 1.694 +1.74 +15.2 16.6 30.0/ 59 53.5 28.4 264/2.41 69 .02 20 21 54.57 +07 25.2 21 57.06 +07 39.5 2.093 1.777 +1.53 +14.4 16.9 26.9/ 57 57.9 28.6 261/2.42 155 .86 30 22 09.90 +09 49.0 22 12.37 +10 03.9 2.090 1.860 +1.32 +13.6 17.1 23.8/ 55 62.8 28.8 258/2.44 53 .66 May 10 22 23.16 +12 04.7 22 25.62 +12 20.0 2.078 1.942 +1.11 +12.7 17.3 20.6/ 52 68.1 28.8 256/2.45 89 .05 20 22 34.27 +14 11.1 22 36.73 +14 26.7 2.056 2.023 +0.89 +11.6 17.4 17.3/ 48 73.8 28.7 253/2.46 143 .88 30 22 43.14 +16 07.2 22 45.59 +16 23.0 2.027 2.104 +0.65 +10.4 17.6 14.0/ 41 80.1 28.3 250/2.47 33 .58 June 9 22 49.61 +17 51.3 22 52.07 +18 07.3 1.991 2.184 +0.39 + 9.0 17.7 10.6/ 31 86.8 27.7 247/2.45 113 .07 19 22 53.51 +19 21.2 22 55.96 +19 37.2 1.950 2.262 +0.12 + 7.3 17.8 7.5/ 13 94.1 26.6 243/2.41 121 .90 29 22 54.67 +20 33.9 22 57.12 +20 49.9 1.908 2.339 -0.17 + 5.2 18.0 5.7/336 101.9 25.2 239/2.33 29 .49 July 9 22 52.99 +21 25.7 22 55.43 +21 41.8 1.867 2.415 -0.45 + 2.6 18.1 6.8/293 110.3 23.3 234/2.20 137 .09 19 22 48.50 +21 52.3 22 50.93 +22 08.2 1.832 2.490 -0.70 - 0.3 18.2 9.8/269 119.1 20.9 228/2.02 91 .92 29 22 41.50 +21 49.6 22 43.91 +22 05.3 1.808 2.563 -0.90 - 3.5 18.3 13.0/255 128.2 18.1 220/1.78 58 .40 Aug. 8 22 32.50 +21 14.6 22 34.90 +21 30.2 1.799 2.635 -1.01 - 6.7 18.4 15.7/245 137.2 15.1 210/1.50 150 .11 18 22 22.39 +20 07.5 22 24.78 +20 22.7 1.811 2.706 -1.02 - 9.6 18.5 17.3/237 145.4 12.3 195/1.21 55 .95 28 22 12.17 +18 32.1 22 14.56 +18 47.0 1.846 2.775 -0.93 -11.6 18.7 17.7/229 151.3 10.1 174/0.98 98 .33 Sept. 7 22 02.83 +16 36.0 22 05.23 +16 50.6 1.908 2.843 -0.76 -12.7 18.9 16.8/221 153.0 9.3 147/0.88 129 .13 17 21 55.21 +14 29.1 21 57.62 +14 43.5 1.997 2.909 -0.54 -12.8 19.1 15.0/212 149.7 10.0 122/0.91 28 .98 27 21 49.77 +12 21.7 21 52.20 +12 35.8 2.111 2.974 -0.30 -12.0 19.3 12.8/200 143.0 11.7 104/1.01 136 .28 Oct. 7 21 46.73 +10 21.8 21 49.18 +10 35.8 2.250 3.038 -0.07 -10.7 19.6 10.7/185 134.7 13.5 93/1.10 95 .15 17 21 46.05 +08 35.2 21 48.52 +08 49.2 2.409 3.100 +0.15 - 9.0 19.8 9.3/166 125.9 15.1 85/1.15 48 1.00 27 21 47.52 +07 05.0 21 50.01 +07 19.1 2.584 3.161 +0.34 - 7.2 20.1 8.8/145 116.9 16.3 79/1.16 158 .25 Nov. 6 21 50.91 +05 52.4 21 53.41 +06 06.6 2.772 3.221 +0.50 - 5.5 20.3 9.3/126 108.1 17.0 75/1.13 62 .18 16 21 55.93 +04 57.3 21 58.44 +05 11.6 2.969 3.279 +0.64 - 3.8 20.5 10.3/112 99.4 17.3 72/1.08 81 1.00 26 22 02.30 +04 18.5 22 04.82 +04 33.1 3.170 3.336 +0.75 - 2.3 20.8 11.4/102 91.0 17.2 69/1.01 146 .24 Dec. 6 22 09.79 +03 54.9 22 12.31 +04 09.7 3.372 3.392 +0.84 - 1.0 21.0 12.6/ 94 82.8 16.7 67/0.93 32 .23 16 22 18.17 +03 44.8 22 20.70 +03 59.9 3.572 3.447 +0.91 + 0.2 21.2 13.6/ 89 74.8 16.0 65/0.84 112 .99 26 22 27.24 +03 46.6 22 29.77 +04 02.0 3.767 3.500 +0.96 + 1.3 21.4 14.5/ 85 66.9 15.0 62/0.75 123 .23 2025 Jan. 5 22 36.86 +03 59.0 22 39.40 +04 14.6 3.954 3.553 +1.00 + 2.2 21.5 15.1/ 82 59.2 13.8 60/0.66 14 .28 15 22 46.89 +04 20.3 22 49.42 +04 36.2 4.130 3.604 +1.03 + 2.9 21.7 15.7/ 79 51.7 12.4 58/0.57 140 .99 25 22 57.20 +04 49.3 22 59.73 +05 05.4 4.294 3.654 +1.05 + 3.6 21.9 16.1/ 77 44.2 10.8 56/0.48 99 .22 Feb. 4 23 07.69 +05 24.7 23 10.23 +05 41.0 4.443 3.703 +1.06 + 4.1 22.0 16.3/ 75 37.0 9.2 53/0.40 37 .35 14 23 18.29 +06 05.3 23 20.83 +06 21.8 4.575 3.750 +1.06 + 4.5 22.1 16.4/ 74 29.8 7.5 49/0.32 164 .98 24 23 28.90 +06 50.1 23 31.45 +07 06.7 4.689 3.797 +1.06 + 4.8 22.2 16.4/ 73 22.9 5.8 43/0.24 74 .19 Mar. 6 23 39.47 +07 38.2 23 42.02 +07 54.8 4.784 3.842 +1.05 + 5.0 22.3 16.3/ 72 16.4 4.2 34/0.17 67 .42 16 23 49.93 +08 28.5 23 52.48 +08 45.2 4.859 3.887 +1.03 + 5.2 22.4 16.1/ 71 10.9 2.8 13/0.11 166 .97 26 00 00.21 +09 20.3 00 02.78 +09 37.0 4.914 3.930 +1.01 + 5.2 22.5 15.8/ 70 8.6 2.2 332/0.09 48 .16

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