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Comet 126P/IRAS is at perihelion (1.713 AU)

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Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag
2010 02 03 22 39.00 -15 55.2 2.596 1.727 22.4 12.6 12.8
2010 02 08 22 48.73 -13 28.4 2.613 1.721 20.2 11.4 12.8
2010 02 13 22 58.33 -11 01.7 2.628 1.717 18.0 10.2 12.8
2010 02 18 23 07.83 -08 35.1 2.644 1.714 15.8 9.0 12.8
2010 02 23 23 17.25 -06 08.9 2.658 1.713 13.7 7.9 12.8
2010 02 28 23 26.59 -03 43.1 2.672 1.714 11.7 6.7 12.8


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Comet 126P/IRAS
Orbital elements:
126P/IRAS
Epoch 1983 Aug. 14.0 TT = JDT 2445560.5
T 1983 Aug. 23.79901 TT MPC
q 1.6968035 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.07492187 Peri. 356.89017 +0.99642617 +0.08004787
a 5.5726742 Node 357.85824 -0.05310181 +0.34535245
e 0.6955136 Incl. 46.18538 -0.06568928 +0.93505295
P 13.16

MPEC 2009 - K65


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126P/IRAS
Epoch 2010 Feb. 13.0 TT = JDT 2455240.5
T 2010 Feb. 22.6684 TT MPC
q 1.713407 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0734381 Peri. 356.7307 +0.9960574 +0.0841680
a 5.647485 Node 357.7607 -0.0559503 +0.3508653
e 0.696607 Incl. 45.8302 -0.0688426 +0.9326357
P 13.4
From 216 observations 1983-2009, mean residual 0".8. Nongravitational
parameters A1 = -0.06, A2 = -0.0638.

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