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Comet C/2011 UF305 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.917 AU) on the 2nd January 2013

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 Comet C/2011 UF305 (LINEAR) is at Perihelion (2.138 AU) on the 22nd July, 2012.



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An asteroid discovered on the 31st October, 2011, by the LINEAR survey telescope, and catalogued as 2011 UF305, revealed a cometary nature with follow-up observations.  The object was also identified on archival images taken by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 25th July, 2011.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 22nd July, 2012, at a distance of 2.13 AU from the Sun.



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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 UF305 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2012 July 12.0 TT = JDT 2456120.5
T 2012 July 22.15150 TT                                 MPC
q   2.1381146            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.0003350      Peri.  121.99323     -0.29609794     -0.35829149
 +/-0.0000501      Node   297.43546     +0.07011452     +0.91632521
e   1.0007164      Incl.   93.96008     +0.95258069     -0.17881643
From 94 observations 2011 July 25-Dec. 16

MPEC 2011 - Y51



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Orbital elements:
2011 UF305
Epoch 2011 Oct. 26.0 TT = JDT 2455860.5                 MPC
M 355.75691              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.01412949     Peri.  119.09024     -0.30293023     -0.37237551
a  16.9453964      Node   298.20859     +0.01107666     +0.91906526
e   0.8579296      Incl.   95.44845     +0.95294836     -0.12905629
P  69.8            H   11.2           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2011 Oct. 31-Nov. 3.

MPEC 2011 - V16



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