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Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski
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Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski is at Opposition (3.571 AU) on the 22nd March 2018



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Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski is at Opposition (2.930 AU) in the constellation Ara on the 11th June 2015.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 06 10    17 32 02.0 -57 11 44   2.9352  3.8157   145.5     8.7  20.7
2015 06 11    17 30 26.1 -57 18 09   2.9299  3.8110   145.6     8.7  20.6
2015 06 12    17 28 49.1 -57 24 19   2.9247  3.8064   145.6     8.7  20.6
2015 06 13    17 27 11.2 -57 30 14   2.9199  3.8018   145.7     8.7  20.6
2015 06 14    17 25 32.3 -57 35 54   2.9153  3.7971   145.6     8.7  20.6
2015 06 15    17 23 52.7 -57 41 19   2.9110  3.7925   145.6     8.7  20.6
2015 06 16    17 22 12.3 -57 46 29   2.9070  3.7878   145.5     8.7  20.6
2015 06 17    17 20 31.3 -57 51 23   2.9032  3.7831   145.3     8.8  20.6
2015 06 18    17 18 49.9 -57 56 02   2.8997  3.7785   145.2     8.8  20.6
2015 06 19    17 17 08.0 -58 00 25   2.8965  3.7738   145.0     8.9  20.6
2015 06 20    17 15 25.8 -58 04 32   2.8935  3.7691   144.7     9.0  20.6
2015 06 21    17 13 43.4 -58 08 23   2.8908  3.7644   144.5     9.0  20.6
2015 06 22    17 12 00.9 -58 11 58   2.8883  3.7597   144.2     9.1  20.6
2015 06 23    17 10 18.5 -58 15 18   2.8862  3.7550   143.9     9.2  20.5
2015 06 24    17 08 36.1 -58 18 21   2.8842  3.7503   143.5     9.3  20.5
2015 06 25    17 06 53.9 -58 21 09   2.8826  3.7456   143.1     9.4  20.5
2015 06 26    17 05 12.1 -58 23 41   2.8811  3.7409   142.7     9.5  20.5
2015 06 27    17 03 30.6 -58 25 57   2.8800  3.7361   142.3     9.6  20.5
2015 06 28    17 01 49.7 -58 27 58   2.8790  3.7314   141.8     9.7  20.5
2015 06 29    17 00 09.4 -58 29 44   2.8784  3.7267   141.3     9.8  20.5
2015 06 30    16 58 29.8 -58 31 14   2.8779  3.7219   140.8     9.9  20.5


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Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski is at Opposition (4.163 AU) on the 20th May 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 05 19    15 43 40.6 -26 09 05   4.1656  5.1719   173.5     1.3  22.7
2014 05 20    15 42 50.7 -26 09 48   4.1627  5.1695   173.7     1.2  22.7
2014 05 21    15 42 00.7 -26 10 29   4.1601  5.1671   173.6     1.2  22.7
2014 05 22    15 41 10.7 -26 11 08   4.1578  5.1646   173.4     1.3  22.7
2014 05 23    15 40 20.7 -26 11 43   4.1558  5.1622   173.0     1.4  22.7
2014 05 24    15 39 30.7 -26 12 17   4.1542  5.1597   172.4     1.5  22.7
2014 05 25    15 38 40.7 -26 12 48   4.1529  5.1573   171.8     1.6  22.7
2014 05 26    15 37 50.8 -26 13 17   4.1519  5.1548   171.0     1.8  22.7
2014 05 27    15 37 01.1 -26 13 43   4.1512  5.1523   170.1     1.9  22.7
2014 05 28    15 36 11.4 -26 14 07   4.1509  5.1498   169.2     2.1  22.7
2014 05 29    15 35 22.0 -26 14 29   4.1508  5.1474   168.3     2.3  22.7
2014 05 30    15 34 32.7 -26 14 49   4.1511  5.1449   167.3     2.5  22.7
2014 05 31    15 33 43.7 -26 15 07   4.1517  5.1424   166.3     2.7  22.7


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Orbital Elements
226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski
Epoch 2009 May 9.0 TT = JDT 2454960.5
T 2009 May 11.2261 TT                                   MPC
q   1.769111             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.1350093      Peri.  340.9481      +0.7446999      -0.3588146
a   3.763226       Node    54.0711      +0.6661056      +0.3471193
e   0.529895       Incl.   44.0238      +0.0415378      +0.8664642
P   7.30

Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag   
2009 12 05    11 06.78   +61 43.6    2.063    2.535   107.1    21.8  18.1
2009 12 10    11 15.01   +63 00.1    2.060    2.562   109.4    21.3  18.2
2009 12 15    11 22.31   +64 17.7    2.060    2.590   111.6    20.7  18.2
2009 12 20    11 28.52   +65 35.7    2.063    2.617   113.6    20.2  18.3
2009 12 25    11 33.49   +66 53.4    2.070    2.645   115.4    19.6  18.3
2009 12 30    11 37.03   +68 10.2    2.080    2.673   116.9    19.2  18.4

Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski makes its closest approach (2.060 AU) to the Earth on the 12th December, 2009.

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RE: Comet 2009 R2 (Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski)
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A new comet was discovered on the 10th September, 2009, by Richard A. Kowalski (Catalina Sky Survey).
The comet was found by  Dimitry Chestnow to have the same orbital elements as comet P/2003 A1 (LINEAR) discovered on January 5, 2003, and with a similar orbit as comet D/1783 W1 (Pigott) which was presumed lost. Comet D/1783 W1 (Pigott) had been discovered in the constellation of Cetus by Edouard Pigott on the 19th November, 1783; this comet was independently found by Pierre Méchain on November 26 and observed by several astronomers including Charles Messier.
The orbital elements of the comet p/2009 R2 (Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski), indicating a perihelion passage on the 11th May, 2009, at a distance of  1.77 AU from the Sun, and a 7.30 year orbital period.

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Orbital elements:
    P/2003 A1 = 2009 R2
Epoch 2009 May 9.0 TT = JDT 2454960.5
T 2009 May 11.22308 TT                                  MPC
q   1.7691249            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13500853     Peri.  340.94750     +0.74470417     -0.35881004
a   3.7632400      Node    54.07108     +0.66610130     +0.34712888
e   0.5298932      Incl.   44.02350     +0.04153018     +0.86646229
P   7.30


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Comet P/1783 W1 = 2003 A1 = 2009 R2 (Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski) 

Orbital elements:
    P/2003 A1 = 2009 R2
Id. D. Chestnov
Epoch 2003 Feb. 10.0 TT = JDT 2452680.5
T 2003 Feb. 1.25508 TT                                  MPC
q   1.9157137            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13907171     Peri.  357.08440     +0.59893561     -0.53790383
a   3.6895794      Node    55.19398     +0.74856136     +0.11289234
e   0.4807772      Incl.   46.26174     +0.28448556     +0.83541294
P   7.09

MPEC 2009 - R40

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