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Centaur 2060 Chiron (1977 UB) makes its closest approach to the Earth (17.177 AU) in the constellation Pisces on the 9th September 2015

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 09 08    23 12 46.5 +00 06 25  17.1776 18.1792   173.5     0.4
2015 09 09    23 12 36.4 +00 05 18  17.1773 18.1799   174.2     0.3
2015 09 10    23 12 26.3 +00 04 10  17.1774 18.1805   174.7     0.3
2015 09 11    23 12 16.1 +00 03 02  17.1778 18.1812   175.1     0.3
2015 09 12    23 12 06.0 +00 01 53  17.1785 18.1818   175.2     0.3
2015 09 13    23 11 55.9 +00 00 45  17.1795 18.1825   175.2     0.3
2015 09 14    23 11 45.8 -00 00 24  17.1807 18.1831   174.9     0.3
2015 09 15    23 11 35.7 -00 01 33  17.1823 18.1838   174.5     0.3
2015 09 16    23 11 25.6 -00 02 43  17.1842 18.1845   173.9     0.3
2015 09 17    23 11 15.5 -00 03 52  17.1864 18.1851   173.2     0.4
2015 09 18    23 11 05.5 -00 05 02  17.1889 18.1858   172.5     0.4
2015 09 19    23 10 55.5 -00 06 12  17.1917 18.1864   171.7     0.5
2015 09 20    23 10 45.6 -00 07 21  17.1948 18.1871   170.8     0.5
2015 09 21    23 10 35.7 -00 08 31  17.1982 18.1877   169.9     0.6
2015 09 22    23 10 25.8 -00 09 41  17.2019 18.1884   169.0     0.6
2015 09 23    23 10 16.0 -00 10 51  17.2059 18.1890   168.1     0.7
2015 09 24    23 10 06.2 -00 12 01  17.2102 18.1897   167.1     0.7
2015 09 25    23 09 56.5 -00 13 10  17.2148 18.1903   166.2     0.8
2015 09 26    23 09 46.9 -00 14 20  17.2196 18.1910   165.2     0.8
2015 09 27    23 09 37.3 -00 15 30  17.2248 18.1916   164.2     0.9
2015 09 28    23 09 27.8 -00 16 39  17.2303 18.1923   163.3     0.9
2015 09 29    23 09 18.4 -00 17 48  17.2360 18.1929   162.3     1.0
2015 09 30    23 09 09.0 -00 18 57  17.2421 18.1936   161.3     1.0

Centaur 2060 Chiron (1977 UB) is at Opposition (16.915 AU) on the 8th September 2014 

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 09 05    22 58 01.9 -01 02 56  16.9129 17.9160   174.0     0.3
2014 09 06    22 57 51.6 -01 04 03  16.9131 17.9168   174.4     0.3
2014 09 07    22 57 41.3 -01 05 11  16.9137 17.9175   174.7     0.3
2014 09 08    22 57 31.0 -01 06 19  16.9145 17.9183   174.9     0.3
2014 09 09    22 57 20.8 -01 07 27  16.9157 17.9191   174.8     0.3
2014 09 10    22 57 10.5 -01 08 36  16.9171 17.9198   174.5     0.3
2014 09 11    22 57 00.3 -01 09 45  16.9189 17.9206   174.1     0.3
2014 09 12    22 56 50.1 -01 10 54  16.9209 17.9214   173.5     0.4
2014 09 13    22 56 39.9 -01 12 03  16.9232 17.9222   172.9     0.4
2014 09 14    22 56 29.8 -01 13 12  16.9259 17.9229   172.1     0.4
2014 09 15    22 56 19.7 -01 14 22  16.9288 17.9237   171.3     0.5
2014 09 16    22 56 09.6 -01 15 31  16.9321 17.9245   170.5     0.5
2014 09 17    22 55 59.6 -01 16 41  16.9356 17.9252   169.6     0.6
2014 09 18    22 55 49.6 -01 17 51  16.9394 17.9260   168.7     0.6
2014 09 19    22 55 39.6 -01 19 00  16.9436 17.9268   167.8     0.7
2014 09 20    22 55 29.7 -01 20 10  16.9480 17.9275   166.8     0.7
2014 09 21    22 55 19.9 -01 21 20  16.9527 17.9283   165.9     0.8
2014 09 22    22 55 10.1 -01 22 29  16.9577 17.9291   164.9     0.8
2014 09 23    22 55 00.4 -01 23 39  16.9631 17.9298   164.0     0.9
2014 09 24    22 54 50.8 -01 24 48  16.9687 17.9306   163.0     0.9
2014 09 25    22 54 41.2 -01 25 58  16.9746 17.9314   162.0     1.0
2014 09 26    22 54 31.8 -01 27 07  16.9808 17.9321   161.1     1.0
2014 09 27    22 54 22.4 -01 28 16  16.9872 17.9329   160.1     1.1
2014 09 28    22 54 13.1 -01 29 24  16.9940 17.9337   159.1     1.1
2014 09 29    22 54 03.9 -01 30 33  17.0011 17.9344   158.1     1.2
2014 09 30    22 53 54.8 -01 31 41  17.0084 17.9352   157.1     1.2

Comet 95P/Chiron makes its closest approach to the Earth (16.605 AU) on the 31st August, 2013. 

2060 Chiron is a minor planet in the outer Solar System. 
Chiron was discovered on 18 October 1977 by Charles Kowal (precovery images have been found as far back as 1895), from images taken two weeks earlier at Palomar Observatory. It was given the temporary designation of 1977UB. It was found near aphelion and at the time of discovery it was the most distant known minor planet.
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