blobrana
05-03-08, 02:42 PM
A magnitude 17.4, comet was discovered by A. Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey) on November 20th, 2007.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on June 14th, 2008 at a distance of 0.7 AU from the Sun.
The comet could reach magnitude 5.5 at perihelion.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/6618/2007w120085319h20mvv6.th.gif (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2007w120085319h20mvv6.gif)
Ephemeris:
Date TT R. A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. Phase mag
2008 05 04 10 41.25 -21 58.7 0.388 1.259 122.3 42.6 8.4
2008 05 09 10 21.35 -22 43.0 0.356 1.198 113.8 50.4 8.0
2008 05 14 09 59.42 -23 29.6 0.326 1.140 105.1 58.9 7.6
2008 05 19 09 34.58 -24 17.2 0.297 1.084 95.9 68.2 7.2
2008 05 24 09 05.52 -25 00.1 0.271 1.031 86.3 78.5 6.8
2008 05 29 08 30.54 -25 25.5 0.247 0.983 76.0 89.9 6.4
2008 06 03 07 48.14 -25 08.6 0.228 0.941 65.0 102.3 6.0
2008 06 08 06 58.46 -23 34.1 0.214 0.906 53.9 115.1 5.7
2008 06 13 06 05.03 -20 13.3 0.210 0.878 44.4 125.9 5.5
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on June 14th, 2008 at a distance of 0.7 AU from the Sun.
The comet could reach magnitude 5.5 at perihelion.
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/6618/2007w120085319h20mvv6.th.gif (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2007w120085319h20mvv6.gif)
Ephemeris:
Date TT R. A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. Phase mag
2008 05 04 10 41.25 -21 58.7 0.388 1.259 122.3 42.6 8.4
2008 05 09 10 21.35 -22 43.0 0.356 1.198 113.8 50.4 8.0
2008 05 14 09 59.42 -23 29.6 0.326 1.140 105.1 58.9 7.6
2008 05 19 09 34.58 -24 17.2 0.297 1.084 95.9 68.2 7.2
2008 05 24 09 05.52 -25 00.1 0.271 1.031 86.3 78.5 6.8
2008 05 29 08 30.54 -25 25.5 0.247 0.983 76.0 89.9 6.4
2008 06 03 07 48.14 -25 08.6 0.228 0.941 65.0 102.3 6.0
2008 06 08 06 58.46 -23 34.1 0.214 0.906 53.9 115.1 5.7
2008 06 13 06 05.03 -20 13.3 0.210 0.878 44.4 125.9 5.5