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Comet P/2011 W1 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.778 AU) on the 6th April 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 04 05    13 04 40.1 -04 00 59   3.7764  4.7756   177.0     0.6  21.2
2014 04 06    13 04 07.7 -03 57 14   3.7781  4.7778   177.3     0.6  21.2
2014 04 07    13 03 35.4 -03 53 31   3.7801  4.7800   177.2     0.6  21.2
2014 04 08    13 03 03.1 -03 49 48   3.7824  4.7822   176.7     0.7  21.2
2014 04 09    13 02 30.8 -03 46 07   3.7850  4.7845   176.0     0.8  21.2
2014 04 10    13 01 58.7 -03 42 27   3.7879  4.7867   175.1     1.0  21.2
2014 04 11    13 01 26.6 -03 38 48   3.7911  4.7889   174.1     1.2  21.2
2014 04 12    13 00 54.7 -03 35 11   3.7947  4.7911   173.1     1.4  21.2
2014 04 13    13 00 23.0 -03 31 36   3.7985  4.7933   172.0     1.7  21.2
2014 04 14    12 59 51.4 -03 28 02   3.8026  4.7955   170.9     1.9  21.2
2014 04 15    12 59 20.0 -03 24 31   3.8071  4.7978   169.9     2.1  21.2
2014 04 16    12 58 48.9 -03 21 01   3.8118  4.8000   168.8     2.3  21.2
2014 04 17    12 58 18.0 -03 17 34   3.8168  4.8022   167.7     2.6  21.2
2014 04 18    12 57 47.4 -03 14 10   3.8222  4.8044   166.6     2.8  21.2
2014 04 19    12 57 17.0 -03 10 48   3.8278  4.8066   165.5     3.0  21.2
2014 04 20    12 56 47.0 -03 07 28   3.8337  4.8088   164.4     3.2  21.2
2014 04 21    12 56 17.3 -03 04 11   3.8399  4.8110   163.3     3.4  21.2
2014 04 22    12 55 47.9 -03 00 58   3.8464  4.8132   162.2     3.7  21.2
2014 04 23    12 55 19.0 -02 57 47   3.8531  4.8154   161.1     3.9  21.3
2014 04 24    12 54 50.4 -02 54 40   3.8602  4.8176   160.0     4.1  21.3
2014 04 25    12 54 22.2 -02 51 35   3.8676  4.8198   158.9     4.3  21.3
2014 04 26    12 53 54.4 -02 48 35   3.8752  4.8220   157.8     4.5  21.3
2014 04 27    12 53 27.1 -02 45 37   3.8831  4.8242   156.7     4.7  21.3
2014 04 28    12 53 00.3 -02 42 44   3.8913  4.8264   155.7     4.9  21.3
2014 04 29    12 52 33.9 -02 39 54   3.8997  4.8286   154.6     5.1  21.3
2014 04 30    12 52 08.1 -02 37 08   3.9084  4.8307   153.5     5.3  21.3


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Comet P/2011 W1 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (3.309 AU) on the 24th January, 2012.



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Orbital elements:
    P/2011 W1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2012 June 1.16141 TT                                  MPC
q   3.2692119            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09807145     Peri.  307.97770     -0.31878506     -0.94757612
a   4.6570153      Node   160.57766     +0.88888286     -0.30686824
e   0.2980027      Incl.    3.76024     +0.32903395     -0.08905826
P  10.0
From 35 observations 2011 Nov. 23-27.

MPEC 2011 - W66

Comet P/2011 W1 (PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 23rd November, 2011, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 1st June, 2012, at a distance of 3.3 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 10 years.



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