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Comet 189P/NEAT is at Opposition (3.045 AU) on the 23rd December 2013

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 12 22    06 08 05.1 +28 40 37   3.0416  4.0218   174.5     1.3  27.5
2013 12 23    06 07 03.3 +28 38 28   3.0447  4.0252   174.8     1.3  27.5
2013 12 24    06 06 01.7 +28 36 16   3.0481  4.0286   174.8     1.3  27.5
2013 12 25    06 05 00.2 +28 34 00   3.0519  4.0320   174.5     1.3  27.5
2013 12 26    06 03 59.0 +28 31 41   3.0560  4.0353   173.9     1.5  27.5
2013 12 27    06 02 58.1 +28 29 19   3.0605  4.0387   173.2     1.6  27.5
2013 12 28    06 01 57.6 +28 26 54   3.0652  4.0421   172.4     1.9  27.5
2013 12 29    06 00 57.4 +28 24 26   3.0703  4.0454   171.4     2.1  27.5
2013 12 30    05 59 57.7 +28 21 55   3.0758  4.0487   170.4     2.3  27.5
2013 12 31    05 58 58.4 +28 19 21   3.0816  4.0520   169.3     2.6  27.5


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Comet 189P/NEAT is at Perihelion (1.177 AU) on the 20th July, 2012.



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The celestial body 189P/NEAT was first observed on the 30th July, 2002. The size is currently unknown but is likely to be ~7000 metres wide. It has an orbital period of 4.9777 years.

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Google earth file: Comet 189PNEAT.kmz (18kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2012 05 15    17 12 45.1 -62 10 08   0.5200  1.4177   133.0    31.4  19.1
2012 05 16    17 14 33.5 -62 12 28   0.5106  1.4114   133.4    31.4  19.0
2012 05 17    17 16 21.7 -62 14 03   0.5012  1.4052   133.7    31.3  19.0
2012 05 18    17 18 09.7 -62 14 50   0.4920  1.3991   134.1    31.3  18.9
2012 05 19    17 19 57.5 -62 14 47   0.4828  1.3930   134.4    31.3  18.9
2012 05 20    17 21 45.0 -62 13 52   0.4737  1.3869   134.8    31.2  18.8
2012 05 21    17 23 32.3 -62 12 01   0.4647  1.3809   135.1    31.1  18.7
2012 05 22    17 25 19.4 -62 09 13   0.4558  1.3750   135.5    31.1  18.7
2012 05 23    17 27 06.3 -62 05 23   0.4470  1.3691   135.9    31.0  18.6
2012 05 24    17 28 53.0 -62 00 30   0.4382  1.3633   136.2    30.9  18.6
2012 05 25    17 30 39.4 -61 54 30   0.4295  1.3576   136.6    30.8  18.5
2012 05 26    17 32 25.6 -61 47 20   0.4209  1.3519   137.0    30.7  18.4
2012 05 27    17 34 11.7 -61 38 56   0.4124  1.3462   137.5    30.6  18.4
2012 05 28    17 35 57.5 -61 29 14   0.4039  1.3407   137.9    30.5  18.3
2012 05 29    17 37 43.1 -61 18 12   0.3956  1.3352   138.3    30.3  18.2
2012 05 30    17 39 28.6 -61 05 43   0.3873  1.3297   138.8    30.2  18.2
2012 05 31    17 41 13.8 -60 51 45   0.3791  1.3244   139.3    30.0  18.1
2012 06 01    17 42 58.9 -60 36 13   0.3710  1.3191   139.7    29.8  18.0
2012 06 02    17 44 43.7 -60 19 02   0.3629  1.3139   140.2    29.6  18.0
2012 06 03    17 46 28.3 -60 00 06   0.3550  1.3087   140.8    29.3  17.9
2012 06 04    17 48 12.6 -59 39 21   0.3471  1.3037   141.3    29.1  17.9
2012 06 05    17 49 56.6 -59 16 40   0.3394  1.2987   141.9    28.8  17.8
2012 06 06    17 51 40.2 -58 51 58   0.3317  1.2938   142.5    28.5  17.7
2012 06 07    17 53 23.4 -58 25 08   0.3241  1.2889   143.1    28.2  17.7
2012 06 08    17 55 06.1 -57 56 02   0.3166  1.2842   143.8    27.8  17.6
2012 06 09    17 56 48.3 -57 24 34   0.3093  1.2795   144.5    27.5  17.5
2012 06 10    17 58 29.9 -56 50 36   0.3020  1.2749   145.2    27.0  17.5
2012 06 11    18 00 11.0 -56 13 59   0.2948  1.2704   145.9    26.6  17.4
2012 06 12    18 01 51.5 -55 34 35   0.2878  1.2660   146.7    26.1  17.3
2012 06 13    18 03 31.3 -54 52 15   0.2808  1.2617   147.6    25.6  17.3
2012 06 14    18 05 10.6 -54 06 48   0.2740  1.2574   148.5    25.0  17.2
2012 06 15    18 06 49.2 -53 18 07   0.2674  1.2533   149.4    24.4  17.1
2012 06 16    18 08 27.3 -52 25 59   0.2608  1.2493   150.4    23.7  17.0
2012 06 17    18 10 04.7 -51 30 16   0.2544  1.2453   151.4    23.0  17.0
2012 06 18    18 11 41.5 -50 30 46   0.2482  1.2415   152.5    22.2  16.9
2012 06 19    18 13 17.8 -49 27 19   0.2421  1.2377   153.6    21.4  16.8
2012 06 20    18 14 53.5 -48 19 45   0.2362  1.2341   154.8    20.5  16.8
2012 06 21    18 16 28.7 -47 07 53   0.2305  1.2305   156.1    19.6  16.7
2012 06 22    18 18 03.4 -45 51 34   0.2250  1.2271   157.4    18.6  16.6
2012 06 23    18 19 37.7 -44 30 39   0.2196  1.2237   158.8    17.5  16.6
2012 06 24    18 21 11.5 -43 04 59   0.2145  1.2205   160.2    16.4  16.5
2012 06 25    18 22 44.9 -41 34 29   0.2096  1.2174   161.8    15.2  16.5
2012 06 26    18 24 17.9 -39 59 03   0.2050  1.2143   163.3    13.9  16.4
2012 06 27    18 25 50.5 -38 18 39   0.2006  1.2114   165.0    12.5  16.3
2012 06 28    18 27 22.8 -36 33 16   0.1965  1.2086   166.7    11.1  16.3
2012 06 29    18 28 54.7 -34 42 58   0.1926  1.2059   168.5     9.7  16.2
2012 06 30    18 30 26.3 -32 47 51   0.1890  1.2034   170.3     8.2  16.2
2012 07 01    18 31 57.6 -30 48 05   0.1858  1.2009   172.0     6.7  16.1
2012 07 02    18 33 28.4 -28 43 55   0.1828  1.1986   173.7     5.3  16.1
2012 07 03    18 34 58.9 -26 35 38   0.1802  1.1963   175.1     4.1  16.1
2012 07 04    18 36 28.9 -24 23 39   0.1780  1.1942   175.9     3.5  16.0
2012 07 05    18 37 58.5 -22 08 26   0.1760  1.1923   175.5     3.9  16.0
2012 07 06    18 39 27.7 -19 50 30   0.1745  1.1904   174.1     5.0  16.0
2012 07 07    18 40 56.3 -17 30 27   0.1733  1.1886   172.3     6.6  15.9
2012 07 08    18 42 24.5 -15 08 55   0.1725  1.1870   170.2     8.4  15.9
2012 07 09    18 43 52.2 -12 46 36   0.1720  1.1855   168.1    10.2  15.9
2012 07 10    18 45 19.4 -10 24 11   0.1720  1.1841   165.8    12.1  15.9
2012 07 11    18 46 46.1 -08 02 23   0.1723  1.1829   163.6    14.1  15.9
2012 07 12    18 48 12.5 -05 41 53   0.1730  1.1817   161.3    16.0  15.9
2012 07 13    18 49 38.4 -03 23 20   0.1740  1.1807   159.1    17.9  15.9
2012 07 14    18 51 04.0 -01 07 20   0.1754  1.1799   156.9    19.7  15.9
2012 07 15    18 52 29.3 +01 05 34   0.1771  1.1791   154.8    21.6  16.0


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The ~7000 metre wide comet 189P/NEAT will make a close pass (66.9 lunar distances, 0.1720 AU), travelling at 12.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th July, 2012 @ 16:16 UT ±00:01.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).



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