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Comet 168P/Hergenrother is at Opposition (3.262 AU) on the 21st February 2014

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 20    10 32 55.4 +22 45 09   3.2579  4.2282   167.4     2.9  24.3
2014 02 21    10 32 02.3 +22 47 34   3.2622  4.2327   167.4     2.9  24.3
2014 02 22    10 31 09.2 +22 49 53   3.2668  4.2372   167.3     2.9  24.3
2014 02 23    10 30 16.1 +22 52 07   3.2717  4.2417   167.1     3.0  24.3
2014 02 24    10 29 23.2 +22 54 15   3.2770  4.2462   166.7     3.1  24.4
2014 02 25    10 28 30.4 +22 56 18   3.2826  4.2508   166.3     3.2  24.4
2014 02 26    10 27 37.7 +22 58 14   3.2885  4.2552   165.8     3.3  24.4
2014 02 27    10 26 45.2 +23 00 05   3.2947  4.2597   165.2     3.4  24.4
2014 02 28    10 25 53.0 +23 01 49   3.3012  4.2642   164.6     3.5  24.4
2014 03 01    10 25 01.1 +23 03 27   3.3081  4.2687   163.9     3.7  24.4
2014 03 02    10 24 09.5 +23 04 59   3.3152  4.2731   163.1     3.9  24.4
2014 03 03    10 23 18.3 +23 06 24   3.3227  4.2776   162.3     4.0  24.4
2014 03 04    10 22 27.4 +23 07 43   3.3305  4.2821   161.4     4.2  24.4
2014 03 05    10 21 37.0 +23 08 55   3.3386  4.2865   160.6     4.4  24.4
2014 03 06    10 20 47.1 +23 10 01   3.3470  4.2909   159.6     4.6  24.4
2014 03 07    10 19 57.6 +23 11 00   3.3557  4.2954   158.7     4.8  24.5
2014 03 08    10 19 08.7 +23 11 52   3.3647  4.2998   157.8     5.0  24.5
2014 03 09    10 18 20.4 +23 12 37   3.3740  4.3042   156.8     5.2  24.5
2014 03 10    10 17 32.7 +23 13 16   3.3836  4.3086   155.8     5.4  24.5
2014 03 11    10 16 45.6 +23 13 49   3.3935  4.3130   154.8     5.6  24.5
2014 03 12    10 15 59.1 +23 14 14   3.4037  4.3174   153.8     5.8  24.5
2014 03 13    10 15 13.3 +23 14 33   3.4141  4.3217   152.8     6.0  24.5
2014 03 14    10 14 28.2 +23 14 45   3.4249  4.3261   151.7     6.2  24.5
2014 03 15    10 13 43.9 +23 14 51   3.4359  4.3305   150.7     6.5  24.5
2014 03 16    10 13 00.3 +23 14 50   3.4472  4.3348   149.7     6.7  24.6
2014 03 17    10 12 17.4 +23 14 42   3.4588  4.3392   148.6     6.9  24.6
2014 03 18    10 11 35.4 +23 14 28   3.4706  4.3435   147.6     7.1  24.6
2014 03 19    10 10 54.1 +23 14 07   3.4827  4.3479   146.5     7.3  24.6
2014 03 20    10 10 13.7 +23 13 40   3.4950  4.3522   145.5     7.4  24.6
2014 03 21    10 09 34.2 +23 13 06   3.5076  4.3565   144.4     7.6  24.6
2014 03 22    10 08 55.5 +23 12 26   3.5205  4.3608   143.4     7.8  24.6
2014 03 23    10 08 17.7 +23 11 40   3.5336  4.3651   142.3     8.0  24.6
2014 03 24    10 07 40.8 +23 10 47   3.5469  4.3694   141.3     8.2  24.7
2014 03 25    10 07 04.8 +23 09 49   3.5605  4.3737   140.2     8.4  24.7
2014 03 26    10 06 29.8 +23 08 44   3.5743  4.3780   139.2     8.6  24.7
2014 03 27    10 05 55.7 +23 07 33   3.5884  4.3823   138.1     8.7  24.7
2014 03 28    10 05 22.5 +23 06 16   3.6027  4.3866   137.1     8.9  24.7
2014 03 29    10 04 50.4 +23 04 53   3.6172  4.3908   136.0     9.1  24.7
2014 03 30    10 04 19.2 +23 03 24   3.6319  4.3951   135.0     9.2  24.7
2014 03 31    10 03 49.0 +23 01 49   3.6468  4.3993   134.0     9.4  24.7


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Scientists Monitor Comet Break-up

The Hergenrother comet is currently traversing the inner-solar system. Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been following the icy-dirt ball over the past several weeks as it has been generating a series of impressive outbursts of cometary-dust material. Now comes word that the comets nucleus has taken the next step in its relationship with Mother Nature.
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Comet Hergenrother Puts on a Show

Comet 168P/Hergenrother, which passed through the perihelion of its 6.9-year orbit on October 1st, has erupted unexpectedly and dramatically. Although no one expected it to become brighter than 15th magnitude, the comet has blossomed significantly - to better than 10th magnitude by one recent estimate.
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Ed ~ Comet 168P/Hergenrother is in the constellation Pegasus and very well placed for northern hemisphere observers



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Comet 168P/Hergenrother is experiencing an outburst. Currently magnitude ~10.

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2012 10 07 000000 00 02 25.2 +23 47 59   0.439   1.416  158.2  15.2  15.2
2012 10 08 000000 00 00 55.7 +24 29 49   0.441   1.417  157.3  15.8  15.2
2012 10 09 000000 23 59 27.8 +25 10 34   0.444   1.417  156.4  16.4  15.3
2012 10 10 000000 23 58 01.8 +25 50 15   0.448   1.418  155.4  17.0  15.3
2012 10 11 000000 23 56 38.0 +26 28 50   0.451   1.419  154.5  17.6  15.3
2012 10 12 000000 23 55 16.4 +27 06 19   0.455   1.419  153.5  18.3  15.3
2012 10 13 000000 23 53 57.2 +27 42 41   0.458   1.420  152.6  18.9  15.3
2012 10 14 000000 23 52 40.8 +28 17 55   0.462   1.421  151.7  19.4  15.4
2012 10 15 000000 23 51 27.2 +28 52 03   0.466   1.423  150.8  20.0  15.4
2012 10 16 000000 23 50 16.6 +29 25 05   0.471   1.424  149.8  20.6  15.4
2012 10 17 000000 23 49 09.2 +29 57 01   0.475   1.425  148.9  21.1  15.4
2012 10 18 000000 23 48 05.2 +30 27 52   0.480   1.426  148.1  21.7  15.4
2012 10 19 000000 23 47 04.6 +30 57 40   0.485   1.428  147.2  22.2  15.5
2012 10 20 000000 23 46 07.6 +31 26 25   0.490   1.429  146.3  22.7  15.5


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Google earth file: Comet 168PHergenrother.kmz (16kb, kmz)



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Comet 168P/Hergenrother is at Perihelion (1.415 AU) on the 1st October, 2012.



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Comet 168P/Hergenrother makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.423 AU) on the 26th September, 2012.



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 09 23    00 24 13.9 +12 34 47   0.4238  1.4186   166.2     9.7  15.2
2012 09 24    00 22 43.4 +13 26 30   0.4232  1.4178   166.2     9.7  15.1
2012 09 25    00 21 11.7 +14 17 56   0.4230  1.4172   166.2     9.7  15.1
2012 09 26    00 19 38.9 +15 09 01   0.4229  1.4166   166.0     9.9  15.1
2012 09 27    00 18 05.2 +15 59 41   0.4232  1.4161   165.6    10.1  15.1
2012 09 28    00 16 30.8 +16 49 50   0.4236  1.4157   165.2    10.4  15.1
2012 09 29    00 14 56.0 +17 39 24   0.4243  1.4154   164.6    10.8  15.1
2012 09 30    00 13 20.8 +18 28 20   0.4253  1.4151   164.0    11.2  15.2


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Comet 168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in the solar system. The comet originally named P/1998 W2 returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2. The comet will come to perihelion on 1 October 2012, and is expected to reach about apparent magnitude 15.2.
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168P/Hergenrother
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5
T 2012 Oct. 1.97189 TT                                  MPC
q   1.4149610            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.14294583     Peri.   13.95567     +0.98241965     -0.18526330
a   3.6226112      Node   356.46874     +0.11420003     +0.69386288
e   0.6094085      Incl.   21.92960     +0.14768202     +0.69586767
P   6.89
From 264 observations 1998 Nov. 21-2012 July 29

MPEC 2012 - O43

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 07 30    00 35 12.9 -20 55 46   0.7699  1.5832   124.4    31.9  16.9
2012 08 10    00 44 27.7 -16 59 58   0.6634  1.5335   131.1    29.9  16.5
2012 08 20    00 48 34.9 -12 24 34   0.5789  1.4946   138.3    26.8  16.1
2012 08 30    00 47 45.9 -06 32 45   0.5091  1.4627   146.9    22.2  15.7
2012 09 10    00 40 34.8 +01 31 54   0.4536  1.4365   157.4    15.6  15.4
2012 09 20    00 28 35.8 +09 58 50   0.4269  1.4214   165.3    10.3  15.2
2012 09 30    00 13 21.0 +18 28 24   0.4253  1.4151   164.0    11.2  15.2
2012 10 10    23 58 02.1 +25 50 16   0.4475  1.4179   155.4    17.0  15.3
2012 10 20    23 46 07.8 +31 26 27   0.4899  1.4295   146.3    22.7  15.5
2012 10 30    23 40 10.8 +35 21 57   0.5477  1.4497   138.6    27.0  15.8
2012 10 31    23 39 57.2 +35 40 53   0.5542  1.4521   137.9    27.3  15.8


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