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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) is at Opposition (1.800 AU) on the 5th February 2016



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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) is at Perihelion (1.723 AU) in the constellation Aries on the 17th May 2015. 



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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 05 01    01 55 49.4 +16 33 08   2.7196  1.7301     8.6     5.0  20.1
2015 05 02    01 58 30.8 +16 48 48   2.7180  1.7293     8.8     5.1  20.0
2015 05 03    02 01 12.6 +17 04 22   2.7164  1.7285     9.1     5.3  20.0
2015 05 04    02 03 54.9 +17 19 49   2.7149  1.7278     9.3     5.4  20.0
2015 05 05    02 06 37.6 +17 35 09   2.7134  1.7272     9.6     5.6  20.0
2015 05 06    02 09 20.8 +17 50 22   2.7118  1.7266     9.8     5.7  20.0
2015 05 07    02 12 04.4 +18 05 28   2.7103  1.7261    10.1     5.9  20.0
2015 05 08    02 14 48.5 +18 20 27   2.7088  1.7256    10.3     6.0  20.0
2015 05 09    02 17 33.0 +18 35 19   2.7074  1.7251    10.6     6.2  20.0
2015 05 10    02 20 17.9 +18 50 03   2.7059  1.7247    10.8     6.3  20.0
2015 05 11    02 23 03.3 +19 04 39   2.7044  1.7244    11.1     6.5  20.0
2015 05 12    02 25 49.1 +19 19 07   2.7030  1.7241    11.3     6.6  20.0
2015 05 13    02 28 35.3 +19 33 27   2.7016  1.7239    11.6     6.8  20.0
2015 05 14    02 31 21.9 +19 47 39   2.7002  1.7237    11.8     6.9  20.0
2015 05 15    02 34 09.0 +20 01 42   2.6988  1.7235    12.1     7.1  20.0
2015 05 16    02 36 56.4 +20 15 37   2.6974  1.7234    12.3     7.2  20.0
2015 05 17    02 39 44.3 +20 29 23   2.6961  1.7234    12.6     7.4  20.0
2015 05 18    02 42 32.6 +20 43 00   2.6947  1.7234    12.8     7.5  20.0
2015 05 19    02 45 21.2 +20 56 27   2.6934  1.7235    13.1     7.6  20.0
2015 05 20    02 48 10.3 +21 09 45   2.6921  1.7236    13.4     7.8  20.0
2015 05 21    02 50 59.7 +21 22 54   2.6908  1.7237    13.6     7.9  20.0
2015 05 22    02 53 49.5 +21 35 53   2.6895  1.7239    13.9     8.1  20.0
2015 05 23    02 56 39.6 +21 48 42   2.6882  1.7242    14.1     8.2  20.0
2015 05 24    02 59 30.1 +22 01 22   2.6869  1.7245    14.4     8.4  20.0
2015 05 25    03 02 20.9 +22 13 51   2.6856  1.7249    14.6     8.5  20.0
2015 05 26    03 05 12.0 +22 26 10   2.6844  1.7253    14.9     8.7  20.0
2015 05 27    03 08 03.5 +22 38 18   2.6832  1.7257    15.2     8.8  20.0
2015 05 28    03 10 55.3 +22 50 16   2.6820  1.7263    15.4     9.0  20.0
2015 05 29    03 13 47.4 +23 02 03   2.6808  1.7268    15.7     9.1  20.0
2015 05 30    03 16 39.8 +23 13 39   2.6796  1.7274    15.9     9.3  20.0
2015 05 31    03 19 32.5 +23 25 04   2.6784  1.7281    16.2     9.4  20.0


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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.952 AU) on the 2nd August 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 08 01    19 20 37.6 -28 02 32   1.9527  2.9210   158.5     7.3  21.6
2014 08 02    19 19 40.3 -28 01 42   1.9524  2.9157   157.4     7.7  21.6
2014 08 03    19 18 43.8 -28 00 47   1.9525  2.9104   156.3     8.1  21.6
2014 08 04    19 17 48.2 -27 59 46   1.9528  2.9051   155.2     8.4  21.6
2014 08 05    19 16 53.5 -27 58 39   1.9533  2.8999   154.1     8.8  21.6
2014 08 06    19 15 59.8 -27 57 27   1.9541  2.8946   153.0     9.2  21.6
2014 08 07    19 15 07.1 -27 56 09   1.9551  2.8893   151.9     9.5  21.6
2014 08 08    19 14 15.5 -27 54 47   1.9564  2.8840   150.7     9.9  21.6
2014 08 09    19 13 25.0 -27 53 19   1.9579  2.8787   149.6    10.3  21.6
2014 08 10    19 12 35.7 -27 51 45   1.9597  2.8734   148.5    10.6  21.5
2014 08 11    19 11 47.5 -27 50 07   1.9616  2.8680   147.4    11.0  21.5
2014 08 12    19 11 00.7 -27 48 24   1.9638  2.8627   146.3    11.3  21.5
2014 08 13    19 10 15.1 -27 46 36   1.9662  2.8574   145.2    11.7  21.5
2014 08 14    19 09 30.8 -27 44 43   1.9689  2.8521   144.1    12.0  21.5
2014 08 15    19 08 47.9 -27 42 46   1.9717  2.8468   143.0    12.4  21.5
2014 08 16    19 08 06.4 -27 40 44   1.9748  2.8414   141.9    12.7  21.5
2014 08 17    19 07 26.4 -27 38 38   1.9780  2.8361   140.8    13.0  21.5
2014 08 18    19 06 47.8 -27 36 27   1.9815  2.8308   139.8    13.4  21.5
2014 08 19    19 06 10.8 -27 34 13   1.9852  2.8254   138.7    13.7  21.5
2014 08 20    19 05 35.3 -27 31 54   1.9890  2.8201   137.6    14.0  21.5
2014 08 21    19 05 01.3 -27 29 31   1.9931  2.8148   136.5    14.3  21.5
2014 08 22    19 04 29.0 -27 27 04   1.9973  2.8094   135.5    14.6  21.5
2014 08 23    19 03 58.3 -27 24 34   2.0017  2.8041   134.4    14.9  21.5
2014 08 24    19 03 29.3 -27 22 00   2.0063  2.7987   133.4    15.2  21.5
2014 08 25    19 03 01.9 -27 19 22   2.0110  2.7934   132.3    15.5  21.5
2014 08 26    19 02 36.3 -27 16 41   2.0160  2.7880   131.3    15.8  21.5
2014 08 27    19 02 12.3 -27 13 57   2.0211  2.7826   130.2    16.1  21.5
2014 08 28    19 01 50.1 -27 11 10   2.0263  2.7773   129.2    16.4  21.5
2014 08 29    19 01 29.7 -27 08 19   2.0317  2.7719   128.2    16.7  21.5
2014 08 30    19 01 11.0 -27 05 26   2.0372  2.7665   127.1    16.9  21.5
2014 08 31    19 00 54.0 -27 02 30   2.0429  2.7612   126.1    17.2  21.5


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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) is at Opposition (1.997 AU) on the 15th July 2014 

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 07 15    19 37 52.6 -28 02 18   1.9979  3.0101   173.5     2.2  21.8
2014 07 16    19 36 51.5 -28 03 01   1.9930  3.0049   173.3     2.2  21.8
2014 07 17    19 35 50.1 -28 03 39   1.9884  2.9997   173.0     2.4  21.8
2014 07 18    19 34 48.4 -28 04 12   1.9841  2.9945   172.4     2.6  21.8
2014 07 19    19 33 46.6 -28 04 41   1.9800  2.9892   171.7     2.8  21.7
2014 07 20    19 32 44.7 -28 05 04   1.9763  2.9840   170.9     3.1  21.7
2014 07 21    19 31 42.7 -28 05 22   1.9728  2.9788   170.1     3.4  21.7
2014 07 22    19 30 40.8 -28 05 34   1.9696  2.9736   169.1     3.7  21.7
2014 07 23    19 29 39.0 -28 05 42   1.9666  2.9683   168.2     4.0  21.7
2014 07 24    19 28 37.3 -28 05 43   1.9640  2.9631   167.2     4.4  21.7
2014 07 25    19 27 35.8 -28 05 39   1.9616  2.9578   166.1     4.7  21.7
2014 07 26    19 26 34.7 -28 05 30   1.9595  2.9526   165.1     5.1  21.7
2014 07 27    19 25 33.9 -28 05 14   1.9577  2.9473   164.0     5.4  21.7
2014 07 28    19 24 33.5 -28 04 53   1.9562  2.9421   162.9     5.8  21.6
2014 07 29    19 23 33.6 -28 04 27   1.9549  2.9368   161.8     6.2  21.6
2014 07 30    19 22 34.3 -28 03 54   1.9539  2.9315   160.7     6.6  21.6
2014 07 31    19 21 35.6 -28 03 16   1.9531  2.9263   159.6     6.9  21.6


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MPEC 2008-U20

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Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) was discovered by Rik E. Hill  (Catalina Sky Survey) on September 23, 2008.
The comet was also discovered on August 25 by K. Smalley (Minor Planet Centre) using the LINEAR telescope, and catalogued as 2008 QP20.
The orbital elements of the comet  indicate a perihelion passage on November 2, 2008 at a distance of 1.7 AU from the Sun, and with a 6.53 year period.

MPEC 2008-S48

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