MPEC 2005-N59 : COMET 101P/CHERNYKH
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M.P.E.C. 2005-N59 Issued 2005 July 11, 16:22 UT The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html ISSN 1523-6714 COMET 101P/CHERNYKH Observations: 0101P C2005 07 10.46586 00 12 54.55 -02 02 09.7 17.0 T EN059673 0101P C2005 07 10.46898 00 12 54.69 -02 02 08.7 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 10.47199 00 12 54.85 -02 02 08.1 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.40509 00 13 39.80 -01 59 44.1 17.5 T EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.41181 00 13 40.15 -01 59 43.1 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.41516 00 13 40.32 -01 59 42.5 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.42569 00 13 40.80 -01 59 41.2 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.46308 00 13 42.58 -01 59 35.3 EN059673 0101P C2005 07 11.46748 00 13 42.78 -01 59 34.5 EN059673 Observer details: 673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood. Observer J. Young. 0.6-m reflector + CCD. Orbital elements: 101P/Chernykh Epoch 2005 Dec. 16.0 TT = JDT 2453720.5 T 2005 Dec. 25.32380 TT MPC q 2.3505242 (2000.0) P Q n 0.07078621 Peri. 263.16552 +0.83149908 -0.55140421 a 5.7876681 Node 130.27340 +0.53823003 +0.76952835 e 0.5938737 Incl. 5.07920 +0.13754169 +0.32214829 P 13.92 From 34 observations 1992 Jan. 27-2005 July 11, mean residual 0".68. Ephemeris: 101P/Chernykh Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2 2005 07 09 00 11.71 -02 06.1 2.307 2.751 105.0 20.9 17.1 20.5 2005 07 19 00 19.31 -01 43.9 2.152 2.709 112.6 20.3 16.9 20.3 2005 07 29 00 25.41 -01 34.3 2.006 2.670 120.6 19.1 16.6 20.1 2005 08 08 00 29.75 -01 38.5 1.871 2.632 129.2 17.4 16.4 19.9 2005 08 18 00 32.13 -01 57.2 1.752 2.596 138.2 15.1 16.2 19.6 2005 08 28 00 32.46 -02 29.7 1.650 2.562 147.8 12.1 16.0 19.4 2005 09 07 00 30.76 -03 14.1 1.568 2.530 157.8 8.6 15.8 19.1 2005 09 17 00 27.35 -04 05.9 1.509 2.500 167.7 4.9 15.7 18.8 2005 09 27 00 22.83 -04 59.0 1.474 2.472 173.1 2.8 15.6 18.6 2005 10 07 00 17.99 -05 46.4 1.465 2.447 166.2 5.6 15.5 18.7 2005 10 17 00 13.77 -06 20.9 1.481 2.425 155.9 9.6 15.5 18.9 2005 10 27 00 11.01 -06 37.8 1.519 2.406 145.6 13.5 15.5 19.1 2005 11 06 00 10.31 -06 34.5 1.577 2.389 135.7 16.9 15.5 19.3 2005 11 16 00 12.01 -06 10.5 1.651 2.375 126.3 19.6 15.6 19.5 2005 11 26 00 16.15 -05 27.3 1.739 2.364 117.6 21.7 15.7 19.6 2005 12 06 00 22.65 -04 27.2 1.838 2.356 109.4 23.2 15.8 19.8 2005 12 16 00 31.27 -03 12.7 1.944 2.352 101.8 24.2 15.9 19.9 2005 12 26 00 41.75 -01 46.7 2.057 2.351 94.6 24.6 16.0 20.1 2006 01 05 00 53.85 -00 11.5 2.173 2.352 87.9 24.7 16.1 20.2 2006 01 15 01 07.31 +01 30.2 2.292 2.357 81.5 24.4 16.3 20.3 2006 01 25 01 21.92 +03 16.2 2.413 2.365 75.4 23.8 16.4 20.4 2006 02 04 01 37.52 +05 04.5 2.534 2.377 69.6 22.9 16.5 20.5 2006 02 14 01 53.96 +06 52.9 2.654 2.391 63.9 21.8 16.7 20.6 2006 02 24 02 11.09 +08 39.8 2.773 2.408 58.5 20.5 16.8 20.6 2006 03 06 02 28.83 +10 23.4 2.889 2.428 53.2 19.1 16.9 20.7 2006 03 16 02 47.07 +12 02.3 3.003 2.451 48.0 17.5 17.1 20.8 2006 03 26 03 05.73 +13 35.1 3.112 2.476 42.8 15.9 17.2 20.8 2006 04 05 03 24.72 +15 00.8 3.218 2.504 37.8 14.2 17.3 20.8 2006 04 15 03 43.97 +16 18.4 3.318 2.534 32.8 12.4 17.4 20.9 The above orbital fit is only to observations made well after the splitting of this comet reported on IAUC 5347 and 5391. Brian G. Marsden (C) Copyright 2005 MPC M.P.E.C. 2005-N59


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