40P/Vaisala Orbit by T. Kobayashi NK 4975 (2022) Observed in 1st half of 2025
Equinox 2000.0 T/TT q (AU) e P Peri. Node Inc. Tail(AU) Epoch 2025 Nov. 11.96452 1.8238556 0.6314206 11.0 52.03639 128.90229 11.63851 0.200 2025 May 5.0 m1 = 5.5 + 5 log Delta + 30.0 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 , ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ 2024 Dec. 26 04 56.24 +10 26.1 04 59.00 +10 30.6 2.464 3.391 -0.76 + 1.8 23.4 11.3/279 157.0 6.5 54/0.49 140 .23 2025 Jan. 5 04 48.65 +10 43.6 04 51.42 +10 48.6 2.465 3.329 -0.61 + 2.7 23.1 9.4/287 146.4 9.4 65/0.70 84 .28 15 04 42.54 +11 10.0 04 45.31 +11 15.4 2.492 3.267 -0.41 + 3.5 22.9 7.0/300 135.5 12.2 71/0.90 58 .99 25 04 38.38 +11 44.4 04 41.16 +11 50.1 2.539 3.205 -0.19 + 4.2 22.7 5.0/327 124.8 14.6 75/1.06 165 .22 Feb. 4 04 36.49 +12 25.8 04 39.28 +12 31.7 2.601 3.142 +0.05 + 4.7 22.5 4.7/ 9 114.6 16.6 78/1.17 44 .35 14 04 36.99 +13 12.6 04 39.80 +13 18.5 2.674 3.079 +0.29 + 5.0 22.3 6.6/ 40 104.9 18.1 80/1.24 91 .98 24 04 39.85 +14 03.3 04 42.67 +14 08.9 2.752 3.016 +0.51 + 5.3 22.1 9.1/ 55 95.8 19.1 82/1.27 146 .19 Mar. 6 04 44.96 +14 56.2 04 47.81 +15 01.5 2.831 2.953 +0.72 + 5.3 21.9 11.7/ 63 87.1 19.6 83/1.27 14 .42 16 04 52.19 +15 49.8 04 55.05 +15 54.6 2.909 2.890 +0.92 + 5.2 21.6 14.2/ 68 79.1 19.7 85/1.25 119 .97 26 05 01.35 +16 42.6 05 04.23 +16 46.8 2.982 2.827 +1.10 + 5.0 21.4 16.5/ 72 71.5 19.5 86/1.21 118 .16 Apr. 5 05 12.29 +17 33.3 05 15.20 +17 36.6 3.048 2.765 +1.26 + 4.6 21.2 18.6/ 75 64.3 19.0 88/1.15 27 .49 15 05 24.87 +18 20.3 05 27.80 +18 22.8 3.105 2.702 +1.41 + 4.1 20.9 20.4/ 78 57.5 18.3 90/1.09 143 .96 25 05 38.93 +19 02.6 05 41.88 +19 04.0 3.153 2.640 +1.55 + 3.5 20.6 22.2/ 80 51.1 17.3 92/1.02 91 .11 May 5 05 54.38 +19 38.9 05 57.34 +19 39.2 3.190 2.579 +1.67 + 2.8 20.4 23.7/ 83 45.1 16.1 94/0.94 50 .54 15 06 11.08 +20 07.9 06 14.05 +20 07.0 3.217 2.518 +1.79 + 1.9 20.1 25.2/ 85 39.3 14.7 95/0.85 164 .95 25 06 28.93 +20 28.6 06 31.90 +20 26.4 3.234 2.458 +1.89 + 1.0 19.8 26.6/ 87 33.9 13.3 97/0.77 64 .07 June 4 06 47.85 +20 40.1 06 50.83 +20 36.5 3.240 2.400 +1.99 0.0 19.5 27.9/ 89 28.7 11.7 99/0.68 71 .58 14 07 07.74 +20 41.3 07 10.70 +20 36.3 3.236 2.342 +2.07 - 1.1 19.1 29.2/ 91 23.7 10.0 101/0.58 171 .93 24 07 28.50 +20 31.4 07 31.45 +20 25.0 3.223 2.286 +2.15 - 2.3 18.8 30.4/ 93 19.0 8.3 103/0.49 39 .03 July 4 07 50.06 +20 09.7 07 52.98 +20 01.9 3.201 2.232 +2.22 - 3.5 18.5 31.6/ 95 14.5 6.5 104/0.38 88 .61 14 08 12.30 +19 35.8 08 15.19 +19 26.6 3.172 2.179 +2.28 - 4.8 18.2 32.7/ 97 10.2 4.7 105/0.28 152 .89 24 08 35.17 +18 49.3 08 38.02 +18 38.8 3.136 2.129 +2.34 - 6.0 17.8 33.8/ 99 6.0 2.9 103/0.17 17 .01 Aug. 3 08 58.57 +17 50.2 09 01.38 +17 38.4 3.095 2.081 +2.38 - 7.3 17.5 34.9/101 2.2 1.1 89/0.07 104 .64 13 09 22.42 +16 38.6 09 25.19 +16 25.6 3.049 2.037 +2.42 - 8.5 17.2 36.0/103 2.1 1.0 324/0.06 131 .84 23 09 46.66 +15 15.0 09 49.39 +15 01.0 2.999 1.995 +2.45 - 9.6 16.9 36.9/104 5.6 2.8 308/0.18 2 .00 Sept. 2 10 11.24 +13 40.2 10 13.92 +13 25.3 2.947 1.958 +2.48 -10.6 16.6 37.8/106 9.2 4.7 305/0.30 118 .66 12 10 36.09 +11 55.3 10 38.73 +11 39.7 2.894 1.924 +2.51 -11.4 16.3 38.6/107 12.6 6.6 305/0.42 110 .77 22 11 01.18 +10 01.8 11 03.79 +09 45.7 2.840 1.895 +2.53 -12.1 16.1 39.3/107 16.0 8.4 305/0.55 18 .00 Oct. 2 11 26.47 +08 01.5 11 29.05 +07 45.0 2.785 1.870 +2.54 -12.5 15.9 39.9/108 19.3 10.2 305/0.68 132 .70 12 11 51.90 +05 56.6 11 54.47 +05 39.9 2.732 1.851 +2.56 -12.7 15.7 40.3/108 22.6 11.9 305/0.81 90 .69 22 12 17.47 +03 49.2 12 20.03 +03 32.5 2.680 1.836 +2.56 -12.7 15.6 40.5/108 25.8 13.6 304/0.94 32 .00 Nov. 1 12 43.12 +01 42.0 12 45.67 +01 25.6 2.630 1.827 +2.57 -12.4 15.5 40.4/108 29.1 15.3 304/1.07 146 .73 11 13 08.77 -00 22.2 13 11.34 -00 38.2 2.581 1.824 +2.56 -11.8 15.4 40.2/107 32.4 16.9 303/1.20 73 .63 21 13 34.39 -02 21.1 13 36.97 -02 36.3 2.534 1.826 +2.55 -11.0 15.4 39.7/106 35.7 18.4 301/1.32 44 .01 Dec. 1 13 59.85 -04 11.8 14 02.45 -04 26.2 2.488 1.834 +2.52 - 9.9 15.4 39.0/105 39.2 19.9 299/1.45 160 .78 11 14 25.04 -05 52.3 14 27.67 -06 05.7 2.443 1.847 +2.48 - 8.7 15.4 38.0/104 42.9 21.3 297/1.57 58 .59 21 14 49.82 -07 20.7 14 52.48 -07 32.9 2.398 1.866 +2.42 - 7.3 15.5 36.7/102 46.6 22.5 295/1.70 58 .01 31 15 14.02 -08 35.4 15 16.71 -08 46.4 2.353 1.889 +2.34 - 5.9 15.6 35.2/100 50.6 23.7 293/1.81 166 .84 2026 Jan. 10 15 37.44 -09 35.8 15 40.16 -09 45.4 2.307 1.918 +2.25 - 4.4 15.8 33.5/ 98 54.9 24.8 290/1.93 45 .56 20 15 59.89 -10 21.5 16 02.63 -10 29.7 2.258 1.950 +2.12 - 3.0 16.0 31.5/ 96 59.4 25.7 287/2.04 73 .01 30 16 21.12 -10 52.7 16 23.88 -10 59.6 2.207 1.987 +1.98 - 1.6 16.2 29.2/ 94 64.2 26.5 285/2.14 151 .89 Feb. 9 16 40.92 -11 10.5 16 43.69 -11 16.0 2.154 2.028 +1.81 - 0.4 16.4 26.7/ 91 69.3 27.1 282/2.23 31 .55 19 16 59.04 -11 15.9 17 01.82 -11 20.2 2.098 2.072 +1.62 + 0.6 16.6 23.8/ 89 74.8 27.4 279/2.32 93 .03 Mar. 1 17 15.23 -11 10.8 17 18.01 -11 13.9 2.039 2.119 +1.40 + 1.5 16.8 20.7/ 86 80.8 27.5 276/2.39 129 .93