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Post Info TOPIC: Comet C/2012 E1 (HILL)


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Comet C/2012 E1 (Hill) makes its closest approach to the Earth  (7.170 AU) on the 3rd May, 2012.



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 E1 (Hill)
T 2011 June 19.97362 TT                                 MPC
q   7.4814837            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   47.84591     -0.19498004     -0.55348622
                   Node   286.22837     -0.94205210     +0.33545759
e   1.0            Incl.  122.50816     +0.27298465     +0.76231306
From 44 observations 2012 Mar. 2-5.

MPEC 2012 - E39

 

Comet C/2012 E1 (HILL) was discovered by R. Hill (Mount Lemmon Survey) on the 2nd March, 2012.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 19th June, 2011, at a distance of 7.48 AU from the Sun.

Google earth file: Comet C/2012 E1 (HILL).kmz (18kb, kmz)



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