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RE: Comet C/2012 J1 (CATALINA)

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Comet C/2012 J1 (Catalina) is at Perihelion (3.159 AU) on the 7th December, 2012.

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 12 06    23 59 34.5 +23 35 32   2.6304  3.1587   113.8    16.6  15.1
2012 12 07    00 00 25.7 +23 24 52   2.6413  3.1587   113.0    16.7  15.1
2012 12 08    00 01 17.8 +23 14 22   2.6524  3.1587   112.2    16.8  15.1
2012 12 09    00 02 10.9 +23 04 02   2.6636  3.1588   111.4    16.9  15.1
2012 12 10    00 03 04.8 +22 53 53   2.6749  3.1588   110.6    17.0  15.1
2012 12 11    00 03 59.7 +22 43 53   2.6864  3.1589   109.8    17.1  15.1
2012 12 12    00 04 55.4 +22 34 04   2.6981  3.1590   109.0    17.1  15.2
2012 12 13    00 05 51.9 +22 24 25   2.7098  3.1592   108.2    17.2  15.2
2012 12 14    00 06 49.3 +22 14 57   2.7217  3.1594   107.4    17.3  15.2
2012 12 15    00 07 47.6 +22 05 39   2.7338  3.1596   106.6    17.4  15.2
2012 12 16    00 08 46.6 +21 56 32   2.7459  3.1598   105.8    17.4  15.2
2012 12 17    00 09 46.5 +21 47 35   2.7582  3.1601   105.1    17.5  15.2

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Comet C/2012 J1 (Catalina) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.332 AU) on the 16th October, 2012

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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
T 2012 Sept. 13.46046 TT                                MPC
q   3.5799440            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  125.56241     +0.88413378     +0.06283432
                   Node   235.57566     -0.09066961     +0.99515241
e   1.0            Incl.   34.14475     +0.45835192     +0.07565396
From 83 observations 2012 May 13-14.

MPEC 2012 - J49

Comet C/2012 J1 (Catalina) was discovered by A. R. Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey) on the 13th May, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 13th September, 2012 at a distance of approximately 3.58 AU from the Sun.