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Comet 97P/Metcalf-Brewington makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.809 AU) on the 9th December, 2011.

The comet was discovered on the 15th November, 1906, by Joel Hastings Metcalf.  The comet was then lost and rediscovered by Howard J. Brewington on the 7th January, 1991. The name includes the names of the two discoverers.
Comet 97P/Metcalf-Brewington has elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.45.
The perihelion is 2.61 AU and aphelion is 6.99 AU from the Sun. The orbital period is 10.52 years with an inclination to the ecliptic of 17.98.

Google earth file: Comet 97P Metcalf-Brewington.kmz (18kb, kmz)



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Comet 97P/Metcalf-Brewington is at perihelion on the 21st August, 2011.

Magnitude: 13.9
Distance to Sun: 2.597AU  
Distance to Earth:2.698AU  

Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5
T 2011 Aug. 21.0016 TT                                  MPC
q   2.596558             (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.0936418      Peri.  228.2094      +0.5992521      -0.8000748
a   4.802744       Node   185.2079      +0.7948976      +0.5987869
e   0.459359       Incl.   17.8858      +0.0950512      +0.0365305
P  10.5
From 184 observations 1906-2000

Source MPC 62881



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