Comet C/2012 BJ98 - Astronomy News

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Date: Jun 29 14:55 2013

Comet C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon)

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Comet C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon) is at Opposition (2.600 AU) on the 1st July, 2013.

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 06 30    18 40 57.5 -21 33 26   2.5931  3.6093   178.0     0.6  20.1
2013 07 01    18 40 15.7 -21 34 43   2.6003  3.6167   178.5     0.4  20.2
2013 07 02    18 39 34.2 -21 35 59   2.6078  3.6241   178.2     0.5  20.2
2013 07 03    18 38 52.9 -21 37 15   2.6155  3.6315   177.5     0.7  20.2
2013 07 04    18 38 11.9 -21 38 30   2.6236  3.6389   176.5     1.0  20.2
2013 07 05    18 37 31.2 -21 39 45   2.6319  3.6463   175.5     1.3  20.2
2013 07 06    18 36 50.9 -21 40 59   2.6405  3.6538   174.4     1.5  20.2
2013 07 07    18 36 11.0 -21 42 12   2.6494  3.6612   173.4     1.8  20.3
2013 07 08    18 35 31.5 -21 43 25   2.6586  3.6686   172.3     2.1  20.3
2013 07 09    18 34 52.5 -21 44 37   2.6681  3.6761   171.2     2.4  20.3
2013 07 10    18 34 14.0 -21 45 48   2.6778  3.6835   170.1     2.7  20.3
2013 07 11    18 33 36.0 -21 46 58   2.6878  3.6909   169.0     3.0  20.3
2013 07 12    18 32 58.7 -21 48 08   2.6981  3.6984   167.9     3.3  20.3
2013 07 13    18 32 21.9 -21 49 17   2.7087  3.7058   166.8     3.6  20.4
2013 07 14    18 31 45.7 -21 50 25   2.7195  3.7132   165.8     3.9  20.4
2013 07 15    18 31 10.3 -21 51 32   2.7307  3.7207   164.7     4.1  20.4
2013 07 16    18 30 35.5 -21 52 39   2.7421  3.7281   163.6     4.4  20.4
2013 07 17    18 30 01.4 -21 53 44   2.7537  3.7356   162.5     4.7  20.4
2013 07 18    18 29 28.1 -21 54 49   2.7657  3.7430   161.4     5.0  20.4
2013 07 19    18 28 55.5 -21 55 53   2.7778  3.7505   160.3     5.2  20.5
2013 07 20    18 28 23.7 -21 56 56   2.7903  3.7579   159.3     5.5  20.5
2013 07 21    18 27 52.8 -21 57 58   2.8030  3.7654   158.2     5.8  20.5
2013 07 22    18 27 22.6 -21 58 59   2.8160  3.7728   157.1     6.0  20.5
2013 07 23    18 26 53.3 -22 00 00   2.8292  3.7803   156.1     6.3  20.5
2013 07 24    18 26 24.9 -22 01 00   2.8427  3.7877   155.0     6.5  20.6
2013 07 25    18 25 57.3 -22 01 58   2.8564  3.7952   153.9     6.8  20.6
2013 07 26    18 25 30.6 -22 02 56   2.8704  3.8026   152.9     7.0  20.6
2013 07 27    18 25 04.9 -22 03 53   2.8846  3.8101   151.8     7.2  20.6
2013 07 28    18 24 40.0 -22 04 50   2.8990  3.8176   150.8     7.5  20.6
2013 07 29    18 24 16.1 -22 05 45   2.9137  3.8250   149.7     7.7  20.6
2013 07 30    18 23 53.1 -22 06 40   2.9286  3.8325   148.7     7.9  20.7
2013 07 31    18 23 31.1 -22 07 34   2.9438  3.8399   147.7     8.1  20.7

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Date: Sep 20 05:58 2012

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Comet C/2012 BJ98 (Lemmon) is at Perihelion (2.157 AU) on the 20th September, 2012. __________________

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Date: Mar 2 12:09 2012

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Orbital elements: C/2012 BJ98 Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 T 2012 Sept. 20.60655 TT MPC q 2.1568788 (2000.0) P Q n 0.01396060 Peri. 72.99394 -0.95535237 +0.29299310 a 17.0817890 Node 124.02788 -0.28557775 -0.88248896 e 0.8737323 Incl. 2.63972 -0.07581027 -0.36792429 P 70.6 From 27 observations 2011 Dec. 29-2012 Mar. 1 MPEC 2012 - E14 Comet C/2012 BJ98 was discovered on the 29th December, 2011. The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 20th September, 2012, at a distance of 2.16 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 70.6 years Google earth file: Comet C/2012 BJ98.kmz (18kb, kmz) __________________

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