C/2007 K5 ( Lovejoy )

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Updated on September 23, 2007

Profile Discovery Date May 26, 2007 Magnitude 13 mag Discoverer T. Lovejoy (Thornlands, Queensland, Australia) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 60281: Epoch 2007 May 20.0 TT = JDT 2454240.5 T 2007 May 1.9589 TT MPC q 1.149159 (2000.0) P Q z +0.020307 Peri. 255.5839 +0.1442024 -0.9658996 +/-0.000355 Node 193.7390 +0.7694575 -0.0271929 e 0.976664 Incl. 64.8833 -0.6222064 -0.2574849 From 48 observations 2007 May 29-July 18, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 10 + 5 log d + 20 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.