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Comet C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) is at Opposition (3.738 AU) on the 18th October, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 10 17    00 51 52.6 +26 32 14   3.7324  4.6846   160.7     4.0  18.1
2013 10 18    00 50 40.2 +26 16 28   3.7382  4.6902   160.7     4.0  18.1
2013 10 19    00 49 28.5 +26 00 37   3.7445  4.6958   160.6     4.0  18.1
2013 10 20    00 48 17.7 +25 44 43   3.7511  4.7013   160.5     4.1  18.1
2013 10 21    00 47 07.6 +25 28 47   3.7582  4.7069   160.2     4.1  18.1
2013 10 22    00 45 58.5 +25 12 48   3.7657  4.7125   159.8     4.2  18.1
2013 10 23    00 44 50.2 +24 56 47   3.7736  4.7181   159.4     4.3  18.1
2013 10 24    00 43 42.8 +24 40 45   3.7820  4.7237   158.9     4.3  18.1
2013 10 25    00 42 36.4 +24 24 42   3.7907  4.7292   158.4     4.4  18.1
2013 10 26    00 41 30.9 +24 08 39   3.7999  4.7349   157.7     4.6  18.2
2013 10 27    00 40 26.4 +23 52 35   3.8095  4.7405   157.0     4.7  18.2
2013 10 28    00 39 22.9 +23 36 33   3.8196  4.7461   156.3     4.8  18.2
2013 10 29    00 38 20.4 +23 20 31   3.8300  4.7517   155.5     5.0  18.2
2013 10 30    00 37 18.9 +23 04 31   3.8408  4.7573   154.6     5.1  18.2
2013 10 31    00 36 18.5 +22 48 33   3.8521  4.7630   153.8     5.3  18.2


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Comet C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.018 AU) on the 6th December, 2012



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Comet C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) is at Perihelion (3.537 AU) on the 5th November, 2012 



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Comet C/2012 A2 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.521 AU) on the 2nd March, 2012.



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)
T 2012 Nov. 7.80977 TT                                  MPC
q   3.4987526            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  102.78894     +0.10241863     +0.98150857
                   Node   191.52695     +0.24166571     +0.13314731
e   1.0            Incl.  125.97615     +0.96493943     -0.13752355
From 41 observations 2012 Jan. 15-17.

MPEC 2012 - B05

Comet P/2012 A2 (LINEAR) was discovered by LINEAR telescope on the 15th January, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet  indicate a perihelion passage on the 7th November, 2012, at a distance of 3.5 AU from the Sun.



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