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RE: Comet C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Blobrana · L

Comet C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.338 AU) on the 1st August, 2013.

Blobrana · L

Comet C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (1.341 AU) on the 30th July, 2013

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 07 29    20 12 11.2 -04 33 49   1.3431  2.3383   164.9     6.5
2013 07 30    20 08 52.2 -05 23 12   1.3407  2.3366   165.2     6.4
2013 07 31    20 05 32.4 -06 12 49   1.3391  2.3348   165.2     6.4
2013 08 01    20 02 11.9 -07 02 35   1.3382  2.3331   164.9     6.5
2013 08 02    19 58 51.1 -07 52 26   1.3382  2.3315   164.3     6.7
2013 08 03    19 55 30.1 -08 42 17   1.3389  2.3300   163.6     7.1
2013 08 04    19 52 09.2 -09 32 03   1.3404  2.3284   162.6     7.5
2013 08 05    19 48 48.6 -10 21 39   1.3427  2.3270   161.5     8.0 
2013 08 06    19 45 28.5 -11 11 00   1.3458  2.3256   160.2     8.5
2013 08 07    19 42 09.2 -12 00 03   1.3496  2.3242   158.8     9.1
2013 08 08    19 38 51.0 -12 48 42   1.3542  2.3229   157.3     9.7
2013 08 09    19 35 33.9 -13 36 53   1.3595  2.3217   155.8    10.3
2013 08 10    19 32 18.3 -14 24 33   1.3656  2.3205   154.2    11.0

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
    C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS)
T 2013 Sept. 3.64456 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5987979            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  176.04285     +0.50994126     -0.30691366
                   Node   119.17937     -0.81233762     +0.13547948
e   1.0            Incl.  113.01617     -0.28296201     -0.94204528
From 62 observations 2012 Sept. 27-Oct. 2.

MPEC 2012 - T03

Comet C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 27th September 2012 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 3rd September, 2013.