Comet 268P/Bernardi is at Perihelion (2.420 AU) in the constellation Gemini on the 27th April 2015
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 04 25 07 02 15.0 +22 34 55 2.5707 2.4201 70.1 23.0 19.9 2015 04 26 07 03 58.0 +22 37 20 2.5817 2.4201 69.5 22.9 19.9 2015 04 27 07 05 41.6 +22 39 37 2.5928 2.4201 68.9 22.8 19.9 2015 04 28 07 07 25.8 +22 41 47 2.6038 2.4201 68.3 22.7 19.9 2015 04 29 07 09 10.6 +22 43 49 2.6148 2.4201 67.7 22.6 19.9 2015 04 30 07 10 56.0 +22 45 44 2.6257 2.4201 67.2 22.6 19.9 2015 05 01 07 12 42.0 +22 47 31 2.6367 2.4202 66.6 22.5 19.9 2015 05 02 07 14 28.5 +22 49 11 2.6476 2.4203 66.0 22.4 20.0 2015 05 03 07 16 15.5 +22 50 43 2.6585 2.4204 65.5 22.3 20.0 2015 05 04 07 18 03.1 +22 52 07 2.6693 2.4206 64.9 22.2 20.0 2015 05 05 07 19 51.2 +22 53 24 2.6801 2.4208 64.3 22.1 20.0 2015 05 06 07 21 39.8 +22 54 33 2.6909 2.4209 63.8 21.9 20.0 2015 05 07 07 23 28.8 +22 55 34 2.7017 2.4212 63.2 21.8 20.0 2015 05 08 07 25 18.4 +22 56 28 2.7124 2.4214 62.7 21.7 20.0 2015 05 09 07 27 08.3 +22 57 15 2.7231 2.4217 62.1 21.6 20.0 2015 05 10 07 28 58.8 +22 57 53 2.7338 2.4220 61.6 21.5 20.0 2015 05 11 07 30 49.7 +22 58 25 2.7444 2.4223 61.0 21.4 20.0 2015 05 12 07 32 41.0 +22 58 48 2.7550 2.4226 60.5 21.3 20.0 2015 05 13 07 34 32.7 +22 59 04 2.7656 2.4230 59.9 21.2 20.1 2015 05 14 07 36 24.8 +22 59 12 2.7761 2.4233 59.4 21.0 20.1 2015 05 15 07 38 17.3 +22 59 13 2.7866 2.4237 58.9 20.9 20.1
Comet 268P/Bernardi is at Opposition (3.388 AU) on the 7 October 2013
Orbital elements: P/2005 V1 = 2012 P2 (Bernardi) Epoch 2015 Apr. 8.0 TT = JDT 2457120.5 T 2015 Apr. 27.39763 TT MPC q 2.4200663 (2000.0) P Q n 0.10097294 Peri. 0.43822 -0.61671162 -0.75594913 a 4.5673686 Node 127.65546 +0.72138558 -0.65436715 e 0.4701399 Incl. 16.10097 +0.31507081 +0.01856222 P 9.76 From 49 observations 2005 Nov. 1-2012 Aug. 16
MPEC 2012 - R30