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Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer) was at perihelion (6.113 AU) on the 13th June, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer) will make its closest approach to the Earth (5.190 AU) on the 4th February, 2010.

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
Epoch 2010 June 13.0 TT = JDT 2455360.5
T 2010 June 22.75738 TT                                 MPC
q   6.0935870            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0000539      Peri.   23.84113     -0.78567266     -0.49731209
 +/-0.0000387      Node   121.17251     +0.47557925     -0.86593192
e   0.9996717      Incl.   25.47147     +0.39565497     +0.05331600

MPEC 2009 - Y42

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 June 28.0794 TT                                  MPC
q   6.083595             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   24.3511      -0.7900565      -0.4901236
                   Node   121.1767      +0.4677778      -0.8702134
e   1.0            Incl.   25.4919      +0.3962254      +0.0500753
From 71 observations 2009 Oct. 23-Dec. 1.

MPEC 2009 - X24

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 June 28.5671 TT                                  MPC
q   6.082603             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   24.3981      -0.7904556      -0.4894631
                   Node   121.1768      +0.4670596      -0.8706023
e   1.0            Incl.   25.4935      +0.3962768      +0.0497741
From 65 observations 2009 Oct. 23-Nov. 29.

MPEC 2009 - W145

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 July 14.924 TT                                   MPC
q   6.04624              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   25.997       -0.803667       -0.466848
                   Node   121.179       +0.442485       -0.883454
e   1.0            Incl.   25.551       +0.397903       +0.039520
From 50 observations 2009 Oct. 23-Nov. 15.

MPEC 2009 - W24

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 June 14.104 TT                                   MPC
q   6.11324              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   23.001       -0.778403       -0.508929
                   Node   121.176       +0.488227       -0.858809
e   1.0            Incl.   25.440       +0.394618       +0.058643
From 35 observations 2009 Oct. 23-Nov. 5.

MPEC 2009 - V60

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
T 2010 May 6.915 TT                                     MPC
q   6.18018              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   19.408       -0.745173       -0.557652
                   Node   121.167       +0.541315       -0.826093
e   1.0            Incl.   25.302       +0.389482       +0.081210
From 32 observations 2009 Oct. 23-29.

MPEC 2009 - U136


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This is a comet worth following as it is predicted to reach magnitude 7.3 in august 2010.

Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag  
2009 10 26    08 59.12   +18 03.5    4.496    4.442    80.5    12.8  19.7

2010 08 02    10 50.29   +29 58.5    1.405    0.738    30.4    44.1   9.4
2010 08 07    11 11.97   +27 45.3    1.299    0.675    30.9    50.6   8.9
2010 08 12    11 34.61   +24 46.8    1.188    0.623    31.7    58.6   8.3
2010 08 17    11 57.74   +20 48.8    1.075    0.587    32.5    67.9   7.8
2010 08 22    12 20.69   +15 35.5    0.964    0.572    33.5    77.8   7.5
2010 08 27    12 42.95   +08 52.6    0.862    0.578    34.8    86.7   7.3
2010 09 01    13 04.40   +00 32.4    0.775    0.606    36.9    93.1   7.3
2010 09 06    13 25.51   -09 19.2    0.710    0.652    40.1    95.4   7.4
2010 09 11    13 47.29   -20 15.5    0.670    0.711    44.8    93.6   7.6
2010 09 16    14 11.14   -31 29.1    0.657    0.778    50.7    88.5   8.0
2010 09 21    14 38.82   -42 04.6    0.669    0.852    57.1    81.6   8.4
2010 09 26    15 12.47   -51 17.2    0.703    0.929    63.2    74.4   8.9


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Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer) was discovered by Al Grauer on the 23 October, 2009.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd August, 2010, at a distance of 0.57 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

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