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Comet 185P/Petriew
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Comet 185P/Petriew makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.098 AU) on the 17th July, 2012.
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Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1-B
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Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1-B makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.939 AU) on the 30th May, 2012.
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Comet P/2011 A1 (LARSON)
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Orbital elements: P/2011 A1 (Larson) T 2010 Nov. 15.43246 TT MPC q 2.2208562 (2000.0) P Q n 0.13516894 Peri. 45.17571 -0.46852651 -0.85521142 a 3.7602620 Node 73.96069 +0.73149685 -0.51617571 e 0.4093879 Incl. 13.32956 +0.49537387 -0.04664825 P 7.29 From 15 observations 2010 Dec. 11-2011 Jan...
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Comet P/2006 VW139
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The apparent main belt asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 was found to have a cometary nature by H. Hsieh, R. Wainscoat & D. Larry (PS1 telescope). The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 18th July, 2011, at a distance of ~2.4 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of ~ 5.33 y...
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Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
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Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.981 AU) on the 9th November, 2011.
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Comet 71P/Clark
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Comet 71P/Clark makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.886 AU) on the 26th September, 2012. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2012 09 25 01 53 57.4 +01 38 07 1.8864 2.8195 153.5 9.1 17.9 2012 09 26 01 53 05.7 +01 34 17 1.8862 2.8248 154.6 8.8 17.9 2012 09 27 01 52 13.2 +01 30 27...
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Comet C/2012 F6 (LEMMON)
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Orbital elements:
C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
T 2013 Aug. 11.17642 TT MPC
q 1.7381057 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 281.91623 +0.39965985 +0.75979337
Node 325.68417 +0.55521908 -0.64579337
e 1.0 Incl. 114.54235 -0.72938589 -0.07526591
From 25 observations 2012 Mar. 23-25. MPEC 2012 - F88 Comet C/2012 F6 (...
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Comet C/2011 S1 (GIBBS)
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Orbital elements:
C/2011 S1 (Gibbs)
T 2013 Jan. 16.53738 TT MPC
q 4.9878456 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 174.64609 +0.71235679 -0.70118411
Node 229.92249 +0.64245035 +0.66860713
e 1.0 Incl. 2.23274 +0.28249840 +0.24759919
From 22 observations 2011 Sept. 18-21. MPEC 2011 - S28 Comet C/2011 S1 (GI...
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Comet C/2010 V1 (IKEYA-MURAKAMI)
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Orbital elements: C/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) T 2010 Oct. 18.817 TT MPC q 1.71541 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 155.076 -0.944539 -0.328019 Node 5.844 +0.269313 -0.801191 e 1.0 Incl. 8.913 +0.187925 -0.500497 From 50 observations 2010 Nov. 3-4. [url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10V46...
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Comet P/2003 O2 = 2012 M1 (LINEAR)
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P/2003 O2 = 2012 M1 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2012 June 2.0 TT = JDT 2456080.5
T 2012 June 10.75779 TT MPC
q 1.4989370 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.11266871 Peri. 32.85481 +0.94854625 -0.30952468
a 4.2455488 Node 344.74084 +0.20693040 +0.76551181
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Comet P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS)
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Orbital elements:
P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS)
T 2011 Aug. 29.44417 TT MPC
q 4.8847265 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.07606394 Peri. 253.77382 +0.80714635 +0.55152155
a 5.5167524 Node 72.30130 -0.42100979 +0.78779435
e 0.1145649 Incl. 12.76950 -0.41384238 +0.27423357
P 13.0
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Great Comet of 1831
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Title: MADRAS OBSERVATORY AND THE DISCOVERY OF C/1831 A1 (THE GREAT COMET OF 1831) Authors: R.C. Kapoor In this paper we present excerpts from the records at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics Archives that show that T.G. Taylor, an astronomer at the Madras Observatory, was an independent disco...
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Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR
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Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.681 AU) on the 24th April, 2011. 227P/Catalina-LINEAR was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey & LINEAR on the 14th March 2003. Read more EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 m2 2011 04 19 15 39 46.7...
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Comet P/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
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Orbital elements:
C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2015 Apr. 10.07879 TT MPC
q 2.7419925 (2000.0) P Q
Peri. 177.59391 -0.75182010 +0.50637580
Node 316.87790 +0.59417308 +0.79797630
e 1.0 Incl. 141.84278 +0.28587564 -0.32682929
From 22 observations 2012 May 17-20. MPEC 2012 - K36 Comet P/2012...
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Comet 209P/LINEAR (2004 CB)
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What is the next big meteor shower? According to E. Lyytinen and P. Jenniskens, the comet 209P/LINEAR (2004 CB) will cause it in 2014. We checked is and actually confirm this prediction by running our meteor shower prediction model. It is clear the Earth will cross it on May 24th around 7:40 UT. Now the...
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