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Comet P/2011 UA134 (Spacewatch-PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.345 AU) on the 25th March, 2013

 Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 24    12 30 19.3 +05 35 38   3.3397  4.3287   171.7     1.9  26.5
2013 03 25    12 29 39.2 +05 38 39   3.3447  4.3342   171.9     1.9  26.5
2013 03 26    12 28 59.1 +05 41 36   3.3500  4.3398   171.8     1.9  26.5
2013 03 27    12 28 19.1 +05 44 31   3.3557  4.3453   171.7     1.9  26.5
2013 03 28    12 27 39.2 +05 47 22   3.3616  4.3508   171.3     2.0  26.5
2013 03 29    12 26 59.5 +05 50 09   3.3678  4.3564   170.8     2.1  26.5
2013 03 30    12 26 19.9 +05 52 53   3.3744  4.3619   170.3     2.2  26.5
2013 03 31    12 25 40.5 +05 55 33   3.3812  4.3674   169.6     2.4  26.5


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Comet P/2011 UA134 (Spacewatch-PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.074 AU) on the 3rd December, 2011.



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Orbital elements:
    P/2011 UA134 (Spacewatch-PANSTARRS)
T 2011 Dec. 4.92546 TT                                  MPC
q   2.0468925            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.07638763     Peri.   31.49101     +0.31510137     -0.94172336
a   5.5011568      Node    40.48138     +0.82870122     +0.21253680
e   0.6279160      Incl.   10.45118     +0.46256396     +0.26073977
P  12.9
From 31 observations 2011 Oct. 24-30.

MPEC 2011 - U108

Comet P/2011 UA134 (SPACEWATCH-PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 24th October, 2011, by the SPACEWATCH survey and Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 4th December, 2011, at a distance of 2.0 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 12.9 years.



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