2024 September 17, 05:04:12 UT Orbit-2 Orbital elements: C/2024 Q4 (PANSTARRS) Epoch 2024 Dec. 16.0 TT = JDT 2460660.5 T 2024 Dec. 26.05955 TT Sato q 5.3138547 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00344421 Peri. 138.65629 -0.20767610 -0.97757341 a 43.4252893 Node 323.29037 +0.88142015 -0.17151938 e 0.8776323 Incl. 3.35102 +0.42422771 -0.12219380 P 286.2 From 24 observations 2024 Aug. 31-Sept. 15, mean residual 0".28. Epoch 2024 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2460600.5 T 2024 Dec. 25.81659 TT Sato q 5.3139367 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00339853 Peri. 138.59608 -0.20724034 -0.97766763 a 43.8135447 Node 323.32510 +0.88149483 -0.17114799 e 0.8787148 Incl. 3.34905 +0.42428564 -0.12196053 P 290.0 Residuals in seconds of arc 240831 F52 0.0 0.1- 240905 F52 0.1+ 0.1+ 240910 F52 0.4- 0.2- 240831 F52 0.2- 0.2- 240905 F52 0.4+ 0.0 240912 W62 0.4+ 0.1- 240831 F52 0.1- 0.2+ 240906 F51 0.0 0.2- 240912 W62 0.1+ 0.1+ 240901 T14 0.1+ 0.2+ 240906 F51 0.2- 0.1- 240915 Y65 0.6- 1.0+ 240901 T14 0.0 0.0 240909 F52 0.1- 0.1+ 240915 Y65 0.0 0.4- 240901 T14 0.2+ 0.0 240909 F52 0.0 0.1+ 240915 Y65 0.2+ 0.4- 240904 F52 0.2+ 0.1- 240909 F52 0.0 0.0 240915 Y65 0.2+ 0.6- 240904 F52 0.1- 0.1+ 240910 F52 0.2- 0.3- 240915 Y65 0.3+ 0.6+ 2024 September 17, 05:02:02 UT Orbit-1 Orbital elements: C/2024 Q4 (PANSTARRS) T 2024 Nov. 9.72737 TT Sato q 5.4220029 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 132.59533 -0.12338601 -0.99179255 Node 324.45114 +0.89275693 -0.09619034 e 1.0 Incl. 3.30495 +0.43331393 -0.08423162 From 24 observations 2024 Aug. 31-Sept. 15, mean residual 0".29. Residuals in seconds of arc 240831 F52 0.0 0.1- 240905 F52 0.0 0.1+ 240910 F52 0.4- 0.3- 240831 F52 0.2- 0.1- 240905 F52 0.3+ 0.0 240912 W62 0.5+ 0.1- 240831 F52 0.1- 0.3+ 240906 F51 0.0 0.2- 240912 W62 0.2+ 0.1+ 240901 T14 0.1+ 0.2+ 240906 F51 0.2- 0.2- 240915 Y65 0.7- 1.1+ 240901 T14 0.0 0.0 240909 F52 0.1- 0.1+ 240915 Y65 0.0 0.3- 240901 T14 0.2+ 0.1+ 240909 F52 0.0 0.1+ 240915 Y65 0.2+ 0.3- 240904 F52 0.1+ 0.1- 240909 F52 0.0 0.1- 240915 Y65 0.1+ 0.6- 240904 F52 0.1- 0.0 240910 F52 0.2- 0.3- 240915 Y65 0.3+ 0.7+ --