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Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) is at Opposition (4.180 AU) on the 15th June 2014

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 06 14    15 33 57.7 -68 29 24   4.1699  4.9026   131.5     8.9  20.0
2014 06 15    15 32 34.1 -68 18 23   4.1804  4.9117   131.4     8.9  20.0
2014 06 16    15 31 13.4 -68 07 14   4.1910  4.9208   131.3     8.9  20.0
2014 06 17    15 29 55.6 -67 55 59   4.2019  4.9299   131.1     8.9  20.0
2014 06 18    15 28 40.6 -67 44 37   4.2130  4.9390   131.0     8.9  20.1
2014 06 19    15 27 28.5 -67 33 08   4.2244  4.9481   130.8     8.9  20.1
2014 06 20    15 26 19.1 -67 21 34   4.2360  4.9572   130.6     9.0  20.1
2014 06 21    15 25 12.6 -67 09 55   4.2479  4.9663   130.3     9.0  20.1
2014 06 22    15 24 08.8 -66 58 11   4.2600  4.9754   130.1     9.0  20.1
2014 06 23    15 23 07.7 -66 46 22   4.2723  4.9844   129.8     9.0  20.1
2014 06 24    15 22 09.3 -66 34 30   4.2849  4.9935   129.5     9.0  20.1
2014 06 25    15 21 13.6 -66 22 34   4.2977  5.0026   129.2     9.1  20.2
2014 06 26    15 20 20.5 -66 10 34   4.3107  5.0116   128.9     9.1  20.2
2014 06 27    15 19 29.9 -65 58 32   4.3240  5.0207   128.5     9.1  20.2
2014 06 28    15 18 41.9 -65 46 28   4.3375  5.0297   128.2     9.1  20.2
2014 06 29    15 17 56.4 -65 34 22   4.3512  5.0388   127.8     9.2  20.2
2014 06 30    15 17 13.4 -65 22 15   4.3651  5.0478   127.4     9.2  20.2


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Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) is at perihelion (1.509 AU) in the constellation Orion on the 9th May, 2013.



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Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.738 AU) on the 26th January, 2013



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Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) at magnitude 13.1 will pass 0.83° from the magnitude 6.5 open cluster NGC 129 in the constellation Cassiopeia, at 14:00 UT, 13th January, 2013.



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Google earth file: Comet C2012 L2 (LINEAR) V2.kmz (19kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 06 23    00 08 14.6 +72 57 06   4.4254  4.1463    67.6    13.1  19.4
2012 06 30    00 19 48.6 +74 29 52   4.3344  4.0792    68.8    13.4  19.3
2012 07 10    00 36 49.2 +76 41 49   4.2012  3.9828    70.7    13.9  19.1
2012 07 20    00 54 27.8 +78 52 12   4.0641  3.8860    72.8    14.5  18.9
2012 07 30    01 12 46.2 +80 59 44   3.9232  3.7887    75.0    15.0  18.8
2012 08 10    01 33 42.7 +83 15 21   3.7642  3.6812    77.5    15.6  18.5
2012 08 20    01 53 03.7 +85 13 10   3.6161  3.5830    80.1    16.2  18.3
2012 08 30    02 10 47.4 +87 04 23   3.4651  3.4844    82.7    16.7  18.1
2012 09 10    02 09 41.3 +88 57 31   3.2960  3.3755    85.8    17.3  17.9
2012 09 20    16 51 02.3 +89 23 37   3.1403  3.2762    88.8    17.8  17.6
2012 09 30    16 26 32.1 +87 58 32   2.9834  3.1766    91.8    18.4  17.4
2012 10 10    16 55 53.3 +86 39 23   2.8265  3.0768    94.9    18.9  17.1
2012 10 20    17 36 35.7 +85 24 52   2.6707  2.9769    98.0    19.3  16.9
2012 10 30    18 24 46.2 +84 10 20   2.5179  2.8770   101.0    19.8  16.6
2012 11 10    19 24 04.6 +82 38 45   2.3555  2.7673   104.0    20.3  16.3
2012 11 20    20 20 58.6 +80 55 28   2.2160  2.6678   106.3    20.8  16.0
2012 11 30    21 17 13.8 +78 41 53   2.0870  2.5688   108.0    21.4  15.7
2012 12 10    22 10 00.1 +75 48 46   1.9720  2.4704   108.7    22.2  15.4
2012 12 20    22 57 50.9 +72 11 18   1.8743  2.3731   108.2    23.2  15.1
2012 12 30    23 40 28.8 +67 50 10   1.7972  2.2771   106.2    24.5  14.8
2013 01 10    00 21 56.5 +62 19 23   1.7393  2.1735   102.4    26.2  14.6
2013 01 20    00 55 35.0 +56 50 54   1.7124  2.0816    97.4    28.0  14.4
2013 01 30    01 26 07.2 +51 09 57   1.7096  1.9928    91.3    29.6  14.2
2013 02 10    01 56 53.4 +44 55 53   1.7319  1.8992    83.8    31.1  14.0
2013 02 20    02 22 52.8 +39 28 01   1.7713  1.8190    76.7    31.9  13.8
2013 03 01    02 44 58.7 +34 48 03   1.8183  1.7516    70.2    32.2  13.7
2013 03 10    03 06 05.5 +30 23 58   1.8728  1.6896    63.9    31.8  13.6
2013 03 20    03 28 38.7 +25 48 39   1.9378  1.6282    57.1    30.9  13.6
2013 03 30    03 50 25.7 +21 29 44   2.0033  1.5760    50.8    29.4  13.5
2013 04 10    04 13 43.9 +16 59 30   2.0718  1.5307    44.7    27.4  13.4
2013 04 20    04 34 31.5 +13 02 46   2.1276  1.5019    39.9    25.4  13.4
2013 04 30    04 55 06.0 +09 10 29   2.1754  1.4858    36.1    23.6  13.4
2013 05 10    05 15 38.8 +05 19 08   2.2144  1.4831    33.6    22.2  13.4
2013 05 14    05 23 54.0 +03 46 08   2.2275  1.4857    33.0    21.8  13.5


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Google earth file: Comet C2012 L2 (LINEAR).kmz (19kb, kmz)



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 06 10    23 47 20.8 +70 05 34   4.4481  4.1331    65.6    12.9  19.4
2012 06 20    00 03 18.8 +72 18 18   4.3157  4.0309    67.1    13.4  19.2
2012 06 30    00 19 41.3 +74 32 22   4.1789  3.9280    68.8    14.0  19.0
2012 07 10    00 36 34.5 +76 46 44   4.0378  3.8243    70.7    14.5  18.9
2012 07 20    00 54 02.1 +79 00 27   3.8927  3.7198    72.7    15.1  18.7
2012 07 30    01 12 04.7 +81 12 21   3.7436  3.6145    74.9    15.7  18.4
2012 08 10    01 32 35.8 +83 34 01   3.5755  3.4977    77.4    16.4  18.2
2012 08 20    01 51 16.8 +85 38 37   3.4190  3.3906    79.9    17.1  18.0
2012 08 30    02 06 59.4 +87 37 52   3.2594  3.2827    82.4    17.8  17.7
2012 09 10    00 50 58.8 +89 39 48   3.0807  3.1630    85.4    18.5  17.4
2012 09 20    15 46 06.3 +88 31 03   2.9161  3.0534    88.1    19.2  17.2
2012 09 30    16 04 00.8 +86 52 46   2.7501  2.9429    91.0    19.9  16.9
2012 10 10    16 35 34.9 +85 20 42   2.5836  2.8318    93.9    20.6  16.6
2012 10 20    17 14 10.3 +83 52 55   2.4179  2.7199    96.7    21.3  16.3
2012 10 30    17 58 49.3 +82 25 19   2.2543  2.6074    99.4    22.1  15.9
2012 11 10    18 54 12.0 +80 39 52   2.0793  2.4830   102.1    23.0  15.5
2012 11 20    19 48 47.6 +78 43 36   1.9272  2.3696   104.1    23.9  15.2
2012 11 30    20 44 47.1 +76 13 48   1.7848  2.2560   105.3    24.9  14.8
2012 12 10    21 39 17.7 +72 56 12   1.6557  2.1425   105.6    26.3  14.4
2012 12 20    22 30 09.2 +68 40 12   1.5437  2.0294   104.6    28.0  14.0
2012 12 30    23 16 13.6 +63 21 51   1.4531  1.9174   102.1    30.1  13.6
2013 01 10    00 01 18.5 +56 24 54   1.3821  1.7959    97.4    32.9  13.2
2013 01 20    00 37 47.9 +49 20 35   1.3463  1.6882    91.5    35.6  12.9
2013 01 30    01 10 40.7 +41 54 35   1.3374  1.5842    84.6    38.2  12.6
2013 02 10    01 43 28.1 +33 44 16   1.3557  1.4761    76.3    40.5  12.4
2013 02 20    02 10 50.4 +26 36 50   1.3923  1.3856    68.8    41.7  12.1
2013 03 10    02 55 38.5 +14 54 41   1.4853  1.2503    56.5    41.5  11.8
2013 03 20    03 18 44.5 +09 01 45   1.5406  1.1960    50.9    40.3  11.7
2013 03 30    03 41 00.4 +03 30 16   1.5911  1.1606    46.6    38.7  11.7
2013 04 10    04 05 02.6 -02 15 26   1.6365  1.1464    43.8    37.2  11.7
2013 04 20    04 27 02.2 -07 17 54   1.6661  1.1569    43.0    36.3  11.7
2013 04 30    04 49 44.7 -12 13 51   1.6846  1.1889    44.1    36.1  11.9
2013 05 10    05 13 50.1 -17 07 12   1.6944  1.2404    46.6    36.2  12.1
2013 05 20    05 39 59.8 -22 00 55   1.6996  1.3082    50.2    36.5  12.3
2013 05 30    06 08 53.4 -26 55 17   1.7058  1.3889    54.5    36.5  12.6
2013 06 10    06 44 36.2 -32 15 26   1.7215  1.4893    59.5    36.0  12.9
2013 06 20    07 21 07.8 -36 54 29   1.7506  1.5882    63.7    35.0  13.2
2013 06 30    08 01 36.9 -41 09 22   1.7997  1.6923    67.4    33.7  13.6


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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)
T 2013 Apr. 10.29633 TT                                 MPC
q   1.1463432            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  215.70685     -0.13659703     -0.29001862
                   Node   266.65505     +0.97388488     -0.21436406
e   1.0            Incl.   71.59328     -0.18135462     -0.93270427
From 35 observations 2012 June 1-5.

MPEC 2012 - L13

Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 1st June, 2012, by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Survey.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 10th April, 2013, at a distance of 1.1 AU from the Sun.



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