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RE: Comet C/2009 K3 (BESHORE)

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Comet C/2009 K3 (Beshore) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.744 AU) on the 12th March.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag
2010 03 05    10 24.74   -06 20.4    3.756    4.719   164.4     3.2  18.1
2010 03 10    10 16.73   -05 56.8    3.745    4.696   161.1     3.9  18.1
2010 03 15    10 08.84   -05 31.4    3.746    4.673   156.3     4.9  18.1
2010 03 20    10 01.15   -05 04.9    3.757    4.650   150.6     6.0  18.0
2010 03 25    09 53.76   -04 37.7    3.779    4.628   144.6     7.2  18.0
2010 03 30    09 46.74   -04 10.4    3.810    4.605   138.5     8.3  18.0

Blobrana · L

Comet C/2009 K3 (Beshore) was discovered by E. Beshore (Mount Lemmon Survey) on the 25th May, 2009.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 9th January, 2011, at a distance of approximately 3.9 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 K3 (Beshore)
T 2011 Jan.  9.266 TT                                   MPC
q   3.90156              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  251.413       -0.319181       +0.947694
                   Node     0.032       +0.933621       +0.314496
e   1.0            Incl.  146.680       -0.162711       -0.054484
From 20 observations 2009 May 26-28.

MPEC 2009 - K62