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Comet C/2009 UG89 (Lemmon) is at Perihelion (3.931 AU) on the 16th December, 2010.


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Comet C/2009 UG89 (Lemmon) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.253 AU) on the 23rd July, 2010.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2010 07 23    19 24 38.5 +12 32 25   3.2529  4.1310   145.6     8.0  17.7
2010 07 24    19 22 44.6 +12 35 28   3.2530  4.1283   145.2     8.1  17.7
2010 07 25    19 20 51.0 +12 38 17   3.2535  4.1257   144.9     8.1  17.7
2010 07 26    19 18 57.7 +12 40 55   3.2545  4.1231   144.4     8.2  17.7
2010 07 27    19 17 04.7 +12 43 19   3.2559  4.1205   143.9     8.3  17.7
2010 07 28    19 15 12.2 +12 45 31   3.2577  4.1180   143.4     8.4  17.7
2010 07 29    19 13 20.1 +12 47 31   3.2600  4.1154   142.9     8.6  17.7
2010 07 30    19 11 28.5 +12 49 19   3.2626  4.1129   142.3     8.7  17.7
2010 07 31    19 09 37.5 +12 50 55   3.2657  4.1104   141.7     8.8  17.7


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Asteroid UG89 2009 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 22ud October 2009. Later Observations by H. Sato (RAS Observatory) and other observers revealed the that the object had a cometary appearance.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 16th December, 2010, at a distance of approximately 3.9 AU from the Sun.

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 UG89 (Lemmon)
Epoch 2010 Dec. 30.0 TT = JDT 2455560.5
T 2010 Dec. 16.26592 TT                                 MPC
q   3.9313590            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0020510      Peri.   60.65043     +0.02768606     -0.87612283
 +/-0.0000137      Node   321.00843     -0.94853295     +0.12892214
e   1.0080631      Incl.  130.10013     +0.31546590     +0.46452972
From 64 observations 2009 Oct. 22-2010 Apr. 27

MPEC 2010 - H68

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Asteroid 2009 UG89 has a retrograde orbit.

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Orbital elements:
2009 UG89
Epoch 2009 Oct. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455120.5                 MPC
M 359.38157              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.00154198     Peri.   51.58611     +0.15697828     -0.86637829
a  74.2022020      Node   320.93041     -0.96151084     -0.02446229
e   0.9414279      Incl.  131.22009     +0.22550992     +0.49878878
P 639              H   12.6           G   0.15
From 37 observations 2009 Oct. 22-25.

MPEC 2009 - U123

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