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Comet P/2010 UH55 (Spacewatch) is at Opposition (4.458 AU) on the 18th April, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 04 17    13 35 32.8 -15 17 03   4.4540  5.4547   175.0     0.9
2013 04 18    13 35 02.3 -15 13 24   4.4581  5.4592   175.0     0.9
2013 04 19    13 34 31.9 -15 09 45   4.4626  5.4636   174.8     0.9
2013 04 20    13 34 01.7 -15 06 04   4.4673  5.4680   174.4     1.0
2013 04 21    13 33 31.6 -15 02 23   4.4723  5.4725   173.8     1.1
2013 04 22    13 33 01.6 -14 58 41   4.4777  5.4769   173.1     1.3
2013 04 23    13 32 31.9 -14 54 59   4.4833  5.4813   172.3     1.4
2013 04 24    13 32 02.4 -14 51 17   4.4892  5.4858   171.4     1.6
2013 04 25    13 31 33.1 -14 47 35   4.4955  5.4902   170.5     1.7
2013 04 26    13 31 04.1 -14 43 52   4.5020  5.4946   169.6     1.9
2013 04 27    13 30 35.3 -14 40 10   4.5089  5.4991   168.6     2.1
2013 04 28    13 30 06.8 -14 36 29   4.5160  5.5035   167.6     2.3
2013 04 29    13 29 38.6 -14 32 47   4.5235  5.5079   166.6     2.4
2013 04 30    13 29 10.7 -14 29 07   4.5312  5.5123   165.5     2.6


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Comet P/2010 UH55 (Spacewatch) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.557 AU) on the 19th February, 2012



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Google earth file: Comet P2010 UH55 (SPACEWATCH).kmz (17kb, kmz)



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Orbital elements:
    P/2010 UH55 (Spacewatch)
Epoch 2011 Apr. 29.0 TT = JDT 2455680.5
T 2011 May 10.36035 TT                                  MPC
q   2.7679685            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05926901     Peri.  221.61772     -0.11360539     -0.98578606
a   6.5150478      Node   235.26466     +0.94670025     -0.06961276
e   0.5751423      Incl.    8.66245     +0.30141740     -0.15290488
P  16.63
From 114 observations 2010 Sept. 12-2011 Nov. 28

MPEC 2011 - W82

Asteroid 2010 UH55 was discovered on the 12th September, 2010. Further observations revealed its cometary nature.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 10th May, 2011, at a distance of 2.7 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 16.63 years.



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