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RE: Comet C/2011 O1 (LINEAR)

Blobrana · L

Comet C/2011 O1 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.232 AU) on the 29th June, 2012.

Google earth file: Comet C2011 O1 (LINEAR).kmz (18kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 06 28    20 27 38.9 -75 05 13   3.2322  3.9164   125.9    12.1  15.5
2012 06 29    20 25 56.7 -75 23 32   3.2323  3.9154   125.8    12.1  15.5
2012 06 30    20 24 08.1 -75 41 36   3.2328  3.9144   125.7    12.2  15.5
2012 07 01    20 22 13.1 -75 59 23   3.2335  3.9135   125.6    12.2  15.5
2012 07 02    20 20 11.3 -76 16 54   3.2344  3.9125   125.4    12.2  15.5
2012 07 03    20 18 02.6 -76 34 07   3.2356  3.9116   125.3    12.3  15.5
2012 07 04    20 15 46.7 -76 51 02   3.2370  3.9107   125.1    12.3  15.5
2012 07 05    20 13 23.4 -77 07 38   3.2386  3.9099   124.9    12.3  15.5
2012 07 06    20 10 52.5 -77 23 54   3.2405  3.9090   124.6    12.4  15.5
2012 07 07    20 08 13.8 -77 39 49   3.2426  3.9082   124.4    12.4  15.5
2012 07 08    20 05 27.1 -77 55 24   3.2450  3.9074   124.2    12.4  15.5
2012 07 09    20 02 32.3 -78 10 36   3.2476  3.9066   123.9    12.5  15.5
2012 07 10    19 59 29.1 -78 25 25   3.2504  3.9058   123.6    12.5  15.5
2012 07 11    19 56 17.4 -78 39 50   3.2534  3.9051   123.3    12.6  15.5
2012 07 12    19 52 57.2 -78 53 52   3.2566  3.9043   123.0    12.6  15.5
2012 07 13    19 49 28.3 -79 07 28   3.2601  3.9036   122.7    12.7  15.5
2012 07 14    19 45 50.8 -79 20 38   3.2638  3.9029   122.3    12.7  15.5
2012 07 15    19 42 04.5 -79 33 21   3.2677  3.9022   122.0    12.8  15.5
2012 07 16    19 38 09.6 -79 45 38   3.2718  3.9016   121.6    12.8  15.5
2012 07 17    19 34 06.0 -79 57 26   3.2761  3.9009   121.2    12.9  15.5
2012 07 18    19 29 54.1 -80 08 46   3.2805  3.9003   120.8    12.9  15.5
2012 07 19    19 25 34.0 -80 19 37   3.2852  3.8997   120.4    13.0  15.5
2012 07 20    19 21 05.9 -80 29 58   3.2901  3.8991   120.0    13.0  15.5
2012 07 21    19 16 30.1 -80 39 49   3.2952  3.8986   119.6    13.1  15.5
2012 07 22    19 11 47.1 -80 49 09   3.3005  3.8980   119.2    13.2  15.5
2012 07 23    19 06 57.4 -80 57 59   3.3059  3.8975   118.7    13.2  15.5
2012 07 24    19 02 01.4 -81 06 17   3.3115  3.8970   118.3    13.3  15.5
2012 07 25    18 56 59.7 -81 14 05   3.3173  3.8965   117.8    13.3  15.5
2012 07 26    18 51 53.0 -81 21 21   3.3233  3.8960   117.4    13.4  15.5
2012 07 27    18 46 42.1 -81 28 06   3.3294  3.8956   116.9    13.4  15.5
2012 07 28    18 41 27.5 -81 34 20   3.3357  3.8952   116.4    13.5  15.5
2012 07 29    18 36 10.2 -81 40 04   3.3421  3.8947   115.9    13.6  15.5
2012 07 30    18 30 51.0 -81 45 17   3.3487  3.8944   115.5    13.6  15.5
2012 07 31    18 25 30.7 -81 49 59   3.3554  3.8940   115.0    13.7  15.5

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
    C/2011 O1 (LINEAR)
T 2012 July 23.50280 TT                                 MPC
q   4.3529100            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  222.99029     +0.10993254     +0.13757301
                   Node    89.23249     -0.40550205     +0.91041315
e   1.0            Incl.   79.88605     -0.90745960     -0.39015583
From 35 observations 2011 July 31-Aug. 1.

MPEC 2011 - P03

Comet C/2011 O1 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 31st July, 2011, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd July, 2012, at a distance of 4.3 AU from the Sun.