P/ATLAS (2023 Y3 = 2017 BQ100) Orbit by S. Nakano CBET 5338 (2024) Observed in 1st half of 2024
Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2024 May 1.96382 2.3936082 0.3434473 6.96 13.17785 127.27147 12.52528 0.200 2024 Mar. 31.0 m1 = 13.0 + 5 log Delta + 10.0 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 07 16.63 +13 32.2 07 19.44 +13 26.6 1.599 2.539 -0.69 + 5.4 18.1 11.4/299 158.3 8.2 300/0.91 82 .74 2024 Jan. 1 07 09.71 +14 25.9 07 12.55 +14 20.8 1.547 2.519 -0.79 + 6.6 18.0 13.2/300 168.7 4.4 322/0.50 49 .78 11 07 01.83 +15 31.4 07 04.69 +15 26.8 1.523 2.500 -0.77 + 7.3 17.9 13.3/304 171.7 3.2 37/0.38 168 .01 21 06 54.13 +16 44.2 06 57.02 +16 40.2 1.526 2.482 -0.63 + 7.6 17.9 11.8/310 162.6 6.8 76/0.79 40 .79 31 06 47.79 +17 59.3 06 50.71 +17 55.7 1.556 2.466 -0.40 + 7.3 17.9 9.3/322 151.4 11.0 86/1.25 85 .77 Feb. 10 06 43.72 +19 12.3 06 46.67 +19 09.0 1.609 2.452 -0.12 + 6.8 17.9 7.0/346 140.5 14.8 90/1.63 139 .00 20 06 42.54 +20 19.8 06 45.50 +20 16.7 1.682 2.439 +0.19 + 6.0 18.0 6.6/ 24 130.1 18.1 92/1.90 8 .82 Mar. 1 06 44.44 +21 19.8 06 47.43 +21 16.5 1.770 2.427 +0.49 + 5.1 18.1 8.5/ 53 120.5 20.6 94/2.06 119 .75 11 06 49.35 +22 10.9 06 52.36 +22 07.2 1.869 2.417 +0.77 + 4.1 18.2 11.4/ 69 111.5 22.5 95/2.13 103 .01 21 06 57.06 +22 52.0 07 00.08 +22 47.8 1.977 2.409 +1.02 + 3.0 18.3 14.3/ 77 103.3 23.7 96/2.13 30 .84 31 07 07.21 +23 22.7 07 10.23 +23 17.7 2.089 2.403 +1.22 + 1.9 18.4 16.9/ 83 95.7 24.4 97/2.09 148 .72 Apr. 10 07 19.45 +23 42.3 07 22.47 +23 36.6 2.204 2.398 +1.40 + 0.7 18.5 19.2/ 87 88.5 24.7 98/2.01 71 .02 20 07 33.45 +23 50.6 07 36.46 +23 43.9 2.320 2.395 +1.54 - 0.4 18.6 21.1/ 90 81.9 24.5 99/1.90 54 .86 30 07 48.84 +23 47.3 07 51.84 +23 39.6 2.435 2.394 +1.65 - 1.6 18.7 22.7/ 93 75.7 24.1 100/1.78 175 .66 May 10 08 05.35 +23 32.4 08 08.32 +23 23.6 2.548 2.394 +1.73 - 2.7 18.8 24.1/ 96 69.8 23.3 101/1.66 45 .05 20 08 22.72 +23 06.1 08 25.66 +22 56.2 2.658 2.396 +1.79 - 3.8 18.9 25.1/ 98 64.1 22.3 102/1.53 75 .88 30 08 40.70 +22 28.6 08 43.61 +22 17.8 2.765 2.401 +1.84 - 4.9 19.0 26.0/100 58.7 21.2 103/1.40 158 .58 June 9 08 59.12 +21 40.7 09 01.99 +21 28.8 2.867 2.406 +1.87 - 5.9 19.1 26.8/102 53.5 19.8 103/1.27 22 .07 19 09 17.81 +20 42.8 09 20.64 +20 30.1 2.964 2.414 +1.88 - 6.8 19.2 27.3/104 48.5 18.4 104/1.14 95 .90 29 09 36.64 +19 36.1 09 39.43 +19 22.5 3.056 2.423 +1.88 - 7.6 19.3 27.8/105 43.6 16.8 104/1.02 132 .49 July 9 09 55.51 +18 21.2 09 58.26 +18 06.9 3.142 2.434 +1.88 - 8.2 19.3 28.1/106 38.8 15.2 103/0.90 3 .09 19 10 14.35 +16 59.4 10 17.06 +16 44.4 3.222 2.446 +1.87 - 8.8 19.4 28.4/107 34.0 13.4 103/0.78 115 .92 29 10 33.09 +15 31.7 10 35.76 +15 16.1 3.294 2.460 +1.86 - 9.3 19.5 28.5/108 29.4 11.7 101/0.66 107 .40 Aug. 8 10 51.71 +13 59.2 10 54.35 +13 43.2 3.360 2.476 +1.84 - 9.6 19.6 28.6/109 24.8 9.9 99/0.55 16 .11 18 11 10.17 +12 23.2 11 12.78 +12 06.9 3.418 2.493 +1.83 - 9.9 19.6 28.6/110 20.2 8.1 95/0.44 137 .95 28 11 28.45 +10 44.9 11 31.04 +10 28.3 3.468 2.511 +1.81 -10.0 19.7 28.5/110 15.8 6.3 89/0.34 84 .33 Sept. 7 11 46.56 +09 05.3 11 49.13 +08 48.6 3.509 2.531 +1.79 -10.0 19.8 28.4/110 11.7 4.7 77/0.25 34 .13 17 12 04.48 +07 25.7 12 07.04 +07 09.0 3.541 2.552 +1.77 - 9.8 19.8 28.2/110 8.5 3.3 55/0.18 159 .98 27 12 22.20 +05 47.3 12 24.76 +05 30.7 3.564 2.574 +1.75 - 9.6 19.9 27.9/110 7.5 2.9 19/0.16 63 .28 Oct. 7 12 39.73 +04 11.0 12 42.28 +03 54.6 3.577 2.597 +1.73 - 9.3 19.9 27.5/110 9.6 3.7 346/0.20 53 .15 17 12 57.04 +02 38.1 12 59.59 +02 22.0 3.580 2.621 +1.71 - 8.8 20.0 27.1/109 13.6 5.1 328/0.27 170 1.00 27 13 14.12 +01 09.6 13 16.67 +00 53.8 3.572 2.647 +1.68 - 8.3 20.0 26.5/108 18.3 6.8 318/0.36 44 .25 Nov. 6 13 30.93 -00 13.5 13 33.49 -00 28.8 3.553 2.673 +1.65 - 7.6 20.0 25.9/107 23.5 8.5 312/0.45 74 .18 16 13 47.42 -01 30.2 13 50.00 -01 45.0 3.523 2.700 +1.61 - 6.9 20.0 25.1/106 28.9 10.2 307/0.55 148 1.00 26 14 03.54 -02 39.6 14 06.13 -02 53.9 3.482 2.727 +1.57 - 6.1 20.1 24.3/105 34.6 11.9 304/0.64 26 .24 Dec. 6 14 19.22 -03 41.0 14 21.82 -03 54.7 3.430 2.756 +1.51 - 5.2 20.1 23.2/103 40.5 13.4 301/0.74 97 .23 16 14 34.35 -04 33.6 14 36.97 -04 46.6 3.367 2.785 +1.45 - 4.3 20.1 22.1/101 46.6 14.9 298/0.83 124 .99 26 14 48.83 -05 16.8 14 51.47 -05 29.1 3.295 2.815 +1.37 - 3.3 20.1 20.7/ 99 53.0 16.2 295/0.92 14 .23 2025 Jan. 5 15 02.53 -05 50.2 15 05.18 -06 01.8 3.214 2.845 +1.28 - 2.2 20.1 19.2/ 97 59.6 17.3 293/1.01 123 .28 15 15 15.28 -06 13.3 15 17.93 -06 24.2 3.124 2.876 +1.16 - 1.2 20.1 17.4/ 94 66.4 18.3 290/1.09 100 .99 25 15 26.92 -06 26.1 15 29.58 -06 36.4 3.028 2.907 +1.03 - 0.2 20.0 15.4/ 91 73.6 19.0 288/1.16 25 .22 Feb. 4 15 37.24 -06 28.5 15 39.91 -06 38.2 2.926 2.938 +0.88 + 0.8 20.0 13.1/ 87 81.0 19.4 286/1.22 149 .35 14 15 46.04 -06 20.9 15 48.71 -06 30.0 2.822 2.970 +0.71 + 1.8 20.0 10.7/ 81 88.8 19.4 283/1.27 75 .98 24 15 53.11 -06 03.8 15 55.77 -06 12.5 2.717 3.002 +0.51 + 2.6 19.9 8.1/ 71 97.0 19.1 281/1.29 48 .19 Mar. 6 15 58.23 -05 37.9 16 00.88 -05 46.2 2.615 3.035 +0.30 + 3.3 19.9 5.6/ 53 105.5 18.4 278/1.29 159 .42 16 16 01.21 -05 04.6 16 03.86 -05 12.8 2.519 3.067 +0.07 + 3.9 19.9 4.0/ 16 114.4 17.2 275/1.25 48 .97 26 16 01.95 -04 25.8 16 04.59 -04 34.0 2.433 3.100 -0.16 + 4.2 19.8 4.8/331 123.7 15.5 271/1.17 80 .16