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RE: Comet C/2011 C3 (GIBBS)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag 
2011 04 05    16 23 58.0 -59 00 12   0.8100  1.5175   113.5    37.2  18.4
2011 04 06    16 24 58.2 -60 16 23   0.8097  1.5173   113.5    37.2  18.4
2011 04 07    16 25 57.2 -61 32 08   0.8098  1.5172   113.4    37.2  18.4
2011 04 08    16 26 55.2 -62 47 22   0.8102  1.5171   113.4    37.3  18.4
2011 04 09    16 27 51.9 -64 01 59   0.8111  1.5173   113.3    37.3  18.4
2011 04 10    16 28 47.4 -65 15 55   0.8124  1.5175   113.1    37.4  18.4
2011 04 11    16 29 41.3 -66 29 05   0.8141  1.5179   113.0    37.4  18.4
2011 04 12    16 30 33.6 -67 41 24   0.8161  1.5184   112.8    37.5  18.4
2011 04 13    16 31 24.2 -68 52 49   0.8186  1.5191   112.7    37.5  18.4
2011 04 14    16 32 12.7 -70 03 16   0.8213  1.5198   112.5    37.6  18.4
2011 04 15    16 32 59.0 -71 12 40   0.8245  1.5207   112.3    37.6  18.4
2011 04 16    16 33 42.6 -72 20 59   0.8280  1.5217   112.0    37.7  18.4
2011 04 17    16 34 23.2 -73 28 09   0.8318  1.5229   111.8    37.7  18.4
2011 04 18    16 35 00.2 -74 34 09   0.8359  1.5241   111.6    37.8  18.4
2011 04 19    16 35 33.1 -75 38 55   0.8403  1.5255   111.3    37.8  18.5
2011 04 20    16 36 00.9 -76 42 25   0.8451  1.5271   111.0    37.9  18.5

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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 C3 (Gibbs)
T 2011 Apr. 8.50465 TT                                  MPC
q   1.5108836            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  207.65654     -0.72045201     +0.63813010
                   Node    20.87846     -0.40663342     -0.07151563
e   1.0            Incl.   49.63644     -0.56178124     -0.76659995
From 22 observations 2011 Feb. 12-15.

MPEC 2011 - D01

Comet P/2011 C3 (GIBBS) was discovered on the 12th February, 2011, by A. R. Gibbs (Mt. Lemmon Survey).
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 8th April, 2011, at a distance of 1.51 AU from the Sun.