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RE: Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)

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Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) at magnitude 8.2 will pass 0.48° from the magnitude 11.6 galaxy NGC 2880 in the constellation Ursa Major at 00:30 UT, 26th December, 2012.

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Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) at magnitude 8.4 will pass 0.98° from the magnitude 10.5 galaxy NGC 3359 in the constellation Ursa Major at 18:30 UT, 23rd December, 2012.

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Update:
Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.293AU) on the 31st December, 2012 @ 08:27 UT ± 00:04

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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
T 2012 Nov. 29.04389 TT                                 MPC
q   1.1542351            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  138.80461     -0.15084634     -0.06679332
                   Node   279.06176     +0.41536434     +0.90108818
e   1.0            Incl.   92.84949     +0.89706067     -0.42846090
From 102 observations 2012 May 25-28.

MPEC 2012 - K69

Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 25th May, 2012, by the LINEAR survey telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 29th November, 2012, at a distance of 1.15 AU from the Sun.

CBET3127

Google earth file: Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR).kmz (19kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2012 05 29    19 16 10.0 +28 35 39   2.2705  2.8497   114.9    18.8  18.3
2012 05 30    19 14 54.0 +29 04 22   2.2540  2.8386   115.3    18.8  18.3
2012 06 10    18 57 26.4 +34 22 59   2.0929  2.7158   117.5    19.4  17.9
2012 06 20    18 35 22.6 +39 01 18   1.9817  2.6036   116.8    20.4  17.6
2012 06 30    18 07 16.0 +43 03 10   1.9054  2.4909   113.4    22.0  17.4
2012 07 10    17 34 17.7 +46 04 30   1.8616  2.3778   107.8    24.0  17.1
2012 07 20    16 59 10.3 +47 50 34   1.8453  2.2646   100.6    26.2  16.9
2012 07 30    16 25 28.6 +48 22 52   1.8491  2.1515    92.7    28.1  16.7
2012 08 10    15 53 25.8 +47 52 22   1.8663  2.0277    83.9    29.8  16.4
2012 08 20    15 30 12.4 +46 47 23   1.8845  1.9162    76.3    30.9  16.2
2012 08 30    15 12 29.8 +45 27 02   1.8968  1.8063    69.3    31.5  16.0
2012 09 10    14 58 20.8 +43 57 23   1.8955  1.6884    62.6    32.0  15.7
2012 09 20    14 49 15.5 +42 44 33   1.8745  1.5853    57.7    32.4  15.4
2012 09 30    14 42 45.3 +41 46 19   1.8298  1.4875    54.3    33.1  15.0
2012 10 10    14 37 58.6 +41 06 24   1.7578  1.3972    52.5    34.6  14.7
2012 10 20    14 34 10.8 +40 48 14   1.6558  1.3168    52.7    37.0  14.3
2012 10 30    14 30 35.1 +40 55 52   1.5224  1.2493    54.8    40.5  13.9
2012 11 10    14 25 50.5 +41 41 10   1.3397  1.1936    59.4    45.6  13.4
2012 11 20    14 19 23.3 +43 09 52   1.1431  1.1633    65.7    50.7  12.9
2012 11 30    14 07 54.2 +45 52 48   0.9227  1.1543    74.3    55.3  12.4
2012 12 01    14 06 14.9 +46 15 11   0.8997  1.1547    75.4    55.7  12.4
2012 12 02    14 04 27.6 +46 39 01   0.8765  1.1552    76.4    56.1  12.3
2012 12 03    14 02 31.1 +47 04 23   0.8532  1.1560    77.5    56.4  12.3
2012 12 04    14 00 24.4 +47 31 26   0.8298  1.1570    78.7    56.6  12.2
2012 12 05    13 58 06.2 +48 00 16   0.8063  1.1582    79.9    56.9  12.2
2012 12 06    13 55 35.0 +48 31 02   0.7827  1.1596    81.1    57.1  12.1
2012 12 07    13 52 48.9 +49 03 53   0.7591  1.1612    82.4    57.2  12.1
2012 12 08    13 49 45.9 +49 38 58   0.7355  1.1631    83.7    57.3  12.0
2012 12 09    13 46 23.3 +50 16 29   0.7118  1.1652    85.1    57.4  11.9
2012 12 10    13 42 38.1 +50 56 35   0.6881  1.1675    86.6    57.4  11.9
2012 12 11    13 38 26.7 +51 39 27   0.6645  1.1700    88.1    57.3  11.8
2012 12 12    13 33 44.6 +52 25 17   0.6410  1.1727    89.8    57.1  11.7
2012 12 13    13 28 26.4 +53 14 14   0.6176  1.1756    91.5    56.8  11.7
2012 12 14    13 22 25.5 +54 06 27   0.5943  1.1787    93.3    56.5  11.6
2012 12 15    13 15 33.7 +55 02 02   0.5713  1.1820    95.2    56.0  11.5
2012 12 16    13 07 40.7 +56 00 58   0.5485  1.1856    97.2    55.4  11.4
2012 12 17    12 58 34.1 +57 03 08   0.5260  1.1893    99.4    54.7  11.4
2012 12 18    12 47 58.1 +58 08 13   0.5040  1.1932   101.7    53.8  11.3
2012 12 19    12 35 33.4 +59 15 33   0.4824  1.1974   104.2    52.8  11.2
2012 12 20    12 20 56.4 +60 23 59   0.4614  1.2017   106.9    51.6  11.1
2012 12 21    12 03 39.5 +61 31 42   0.4411  1.2062   109.7    50.2  11.0
2012 12 22    11 43 12.0 +62 35 52   0.4215  1.2109   112.8    48.5  11.0
2012 12 23    11 19 04.0 +63 32 20   0.4030  1.2158   116.1    46.6  10.9
2012 12 24    10 50 54.7 +64 15 26   0.3856  1.2208   119.6    44.5  10.8
2012 12 25    10 18 46.0 +64 37 55   0.3695  1.2260   123.3    42.1  10.7
2012 12 26    09 43 17.6 +64 31 39   0.3549  1.2314   127.3    39.4  10.7
2012 12 27    09 05 54.4 +63 48 59   0.3420  1.2370   131.5    36.5  10.6
2012 12 28    08 28 33.7 +62 24 45   0.3311  1.2428   135.9    33.4  10.5
2012 12 29    07 53 12.1 +60 17 41   0.3224  1.2487   140.4    30.2  10.5
2012 12 30    07 21 13.1 +57 30 49   0.3161  1.2547   144.7    26.9  10.5
2012 12 31    06 53 15.1 +54 10 32   0.3123  1.2610   148.8    23.8  10.5
2013 01 01    06 29 18.9 +50 25 11   0.3112  1.2673   152.4    21.1  10.5
2013 01 02    06 09 03.3 +46 23 46   0.3128  1.2739   155.1    19.0  10.5
2013 01 03    05 51 58.4 +42 14 58   0.3171  1.2805   156.6    17.8  10.6
2013 01 04    05 37 33.5 +38 06 20   0.3240  1.2874   156.8    17.5  10.6
2013 01 05    05 25 21.0 +34 03 57   0.3333  1.2943   155.7    18.2  10.7
2013 01 06    05 14 57.6 +30 12 18   0.3449  1.3014   153.6    19.6  10.8
2013 01 07    05 06 04.0 +26 34 17   0.3585  1.3087   151.1    21.3  10.9
2013 01 08    04 58 24.7 +23 11 31   0.3740  1.3160   148.2    23.2  11.1
2013 01 09    04 51 47.2 +20 04 32   0.3911  1.3235   145.2    25.1  11.2
2013 01 10    04 46 01.4 +17 13 11   0.4095  1.3312   142.3    26.9  11.3
2013 01 11    04 40 59.3 +14 36 47   0.4292  1.3389   139.4    28.5  11.4
2013 01 12    04 36 34.2 +12 14 23   0.4500  1.3468   136.7    30.1  11.6
2013 01 13    04 32 40.7 +10 04 53   0.4717  1.3548   134.1    31.4  11.7
2013 01 14    04 29 14.5 +08 07 10   0.4942  1.3629   131.6    32.7  11.8
2013 01 15    04 26 11.8 +06 20 07   0.5174  1.3711   129.3    33.7  11.9