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Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) is at Opposition (2.555 AU) on the 4th October 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 10 01    00 31 44.4 +10 26 55   2.5704  3.5655   172.5     2.1  23.6
2014 10 02    00 30 55.0 +10 23 05   2.5649  3.5605   173.0     2.0  23.6
2014 10 03    00 30 05.5 +10 19 11   2.5597  3.5556   173.3     1.9  23.6
2014 10 04    00 29 15.7 +10 15 13   2.5548  3.5506   173.5     1.8  23.5
2014 10 05    00 28 25.9 +10 11 11   2.5502  3.5456   173.4     1.9  23.5
2014 10 06    00 27 36.1 +10 07 05   2.5459  3.5406   173.1     1.9  23.5
2014 10 07    00 26 46.2 +10 02 57   2.5419  3.5356   172.6     2.1  23.5
2014 10 08    00 25 56.4 +09 58 45   2.5382  3.5305   172.0     2.3  23.5
2014 10 09    00 25 06.6 +09 54 30   2.5348  3.5255   171.3     2.5  23.5
2014 10 10    00 24 17.0 +09 50 12   2.5318  3.5205   170.4     2.7  23.5
2014 10 11    00 23 27.5 +09 45 52   2.5290  3.5154   169.5     3.0  23.5
2014 10 12    00 22 38.2 +09 41 30   2.5265  3.5104   168.6     3.2  23.5
2014 10 13    00 21 49.1 +09 37 06   2.5243  3.5053   167.5     3.5  23.5
2014 10 14    00 21 00.3 +09 32 41   2.5225  3.5003   166.5     3.8  23.5
2014 10 15    00 20 11.8 +09 28 14   2.5209  3.4952   165.4     4.1  23.4
2014 10 16    00 19 23.7 +09 23 46   2.5196  3.4901   164.4     4.4  23.4
2014 10 17    00 18 36.0 +09 19 17   2.5186  3.4850   163.3     4.7  23.4
2014 10 18    00 17 48.7 +09 14 47   2.5180  3.4800   162.2     5.0  23.4
2014 10 19    00 17 02.0 +09 10 18   2.5176  3.4749   161.0     5.3  23.4
2014 10 20    00 16 15.7 +09 05 48   2.5175  3.4698   159.9     5.7  23.4


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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
Epoch 2009 Jan. 9.0 TT = JDT 2454840.5
T 2009 Jan. 22.40945 TT                                 MPC
q   1.6384192            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.14491142     Peri.  162.34243     -0.68618629     -0.72481299
a   3.5897785      Node   330.89305     +0.65118993     -0.57432596
e   0.5435877      Incl.    7.27507     +0.32419137     -0.38052046
P   6.80
MPEC 2009 -C60

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4208 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638386             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1449454      Peri.  162.3501      -0.6862665      -0.7247367
a   3.589217       Node   330.8918      +0.6511273      -0.5743968
e   0.543526       Incl.    7.2752      +0.3241474      -0.3805587
P   6.80
From 109 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 25.
MPEC 2009 -B63

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4181 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638422             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1449119      Peri.  162.3483      -0.6862512      -0.7247512
a   3.589770       Node   330.8924      +0.6511384      -0.5743817
e   0.543586       Incl.    7.2754      +0.3241573      -0.3805540
P   6.80
From 90 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 20.
MPEC 2009 -B42

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4283 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638465             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1448712      Peri.  162.3550      -0.6863345      -0.7246719
a   3.590443       Node   330.8922      +0.6510713      -0.5744518
e   0.543659       Incl.    7.2759      +0.3241158      -0.3805991
P   6.80
From 76 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 9.
MPEC 2009 -A71

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4338 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638444             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1448909      Peri.  162.3588      -0.6863722      -0.7246360
a   3.590117       Node   330.8913      +0.6510421      -0.5744852
e   0.543624       Incl.    7.2759      +0.3240947      -0.3806171
P   6.80
From 70 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 9.
MPEC 2009 -A53

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4285 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638696             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1446509      Peri.  162.3534      -0.6863709      -0.7246373
a   3.594087       Node   330.8966      +0.6510355      -0.5744756
e   0.544058       Incl.    7.2771      +0.3241107      -0.3806291
P   6.81
From 54 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 3.
MPEC 2009 -A34

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Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) was discovered on the 31st December, 2008, by A.R. Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements for the comet  indicate a perihelion passage on the 22nd January, 2009 at a distance of approximately 1.6 AU from the Sun, and a 6.8 year orbital period.

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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
T 2009 Jan. 22.4628 TT                                  MPC
q   1.638444             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1448839      Peri.  162.3785      -0.6865912      -0.7244275
a   3.590233       Node   330.8890      +0.6508687      -0.5746743
e   0.543639       Incl.    7.2768      +0.3239791      -0.3807286
P   6.80
From 46 observations 2008 Dec. 1-2009 Jan. 1.

MPEC 2009 -A03

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