Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy 7 is at Opposition (3.602 AU) on the 30th March 2014
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 03 29 12 16 52.4 -13 59 15 3.5995 4.5828 168.8 2.4 2014 03 30 12 16 11.3 -13 55 22 3.6023 4.5861 168.8 2.4 2014 03 31 12 15 30.4 -13 51 25 3.6054 4.5893 168.8 2.4 2014 04 01 12 14 49.6 -13 47 26 3.6088 4.5926 168.6 2.5 2014 04 02 12 14 09.1 -13 43 24 3.6125 4.5959 168.4 2.5 2014 04 03 12 13 28.9 -13 39 19 3.6165 4.5991 168.0 2.6 2014 04 04 12 12 48.9 -13 35 12 3.6208 4.6024 167.5 2.7 2014 04 05 12 12 09.2 -13 31 03 3.6255 4.6056 167.0 2.8 2014 04 06 12 11 29.9 -13 26 53 3.6305 4.6088 166.3 2.9 2014 04 07 12 10 51.0 -13 22 40 3.6357 4.6121 165.7 3.1 2014 04 08 12 10 12.5 -13 18 26 3.6413 4.6153 164.9 3.2 2014 04 09 12 09 34.4 -13 14 11 3.6472 4.6185 164.1 3.4 2014 04 10 12 08 56.7 -13 09 55 3.6533 4.6217 163.3 3.6
Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.651 AU) on the 19th January, 2013.
Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy is at Perihelion (1.701 AU) on the 11th June, 2012.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag2012 06 11 03 36 26.4 +26 07 26 2.5861 1.7006 23.2 13.6 20.52012 06 12 03 39 28.4 +26 17 14 2.5835 1.7006 23.4 13.7 20.5