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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 09 17    23 38 23.8 +02 14 23   3.3969  4.3996   175.4     1.0  17.6
2013 09 18    23 37 09.6 +01 56 09   3.3979  4.4008   175.9     0.9  17.6
2013 09 19    23 35 55.4 +01 37 54   3.3994  4.4021   176.0     0.9  17.6
2013 09 20    23 34 41.3 +01 19 38   3.4013  4.4034   175.6     1.0  17.6
2013 09 21    23 33 27.5 +01 01 24   3.4038  4.4047   174.9     1.2  17.6
2013 09 22    23 32 13.8 +00 43 10   3.4066  4.4060   173.9     1.4  17.6
2013 09 23    23 31 00.5 +00 24 58   3.4100  4.4073   172.8     1.6  17.6
2013 09 24    23 29 47.4 +00 06 48   3.4138  4.4087   171.6     1.9  17.6
2013 09 25    23 28 34.7 -00 11 20   3.4181  4.4100   170.4     2.2  17.6
2013 09 26    23 27 22.3 -00 29 24   3.4228  4.4114   169.1     2.5  17.6
2013 09 27    23 26 10.4 -00 47 25   3.4280  4.4128   167.8     2.8  17.6
2013 09 28    23 24 58.9 -01 05 21   3.4337  4.4142   166.5     3.0  17.6
2013 09 29    23 23 47.9 -01 23 13   3.4398  4.4156   165.1     3.3  17.6
2013 09 30    23 22 37.4 -01 40 59   3.4464  4.4170   163.8     3.6  17.6


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Comet C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.398 AU) on the 18 September, 2013



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Comet C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.396 AU) on the 15th September, 2013



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Comet C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) is at perihelion (4.349 AU) on the 26th June, 2013 

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 06 26    00 40 58.3 +18 36 42   4.4465  4.3487    77.9    13.2  18.1
2013 06 27    00 40 53.3 +18 31 51   4.4287  4.3486    78.9    13.3  18.1
2013 06 28    00 40 47.5 +18 26 54   4.4109  4.3486    79.9    13.3  18.1
2013 06 29    00 40 40.8 +18 21 50   4.3930  4.3486    80.8    13.3  18.1
2013 06 30    00 40 33.2 +18 16 38   4.3750  4.3487    81.8    13.4  18.1
2013 07 01    00 40 24.6 +18 11 19   4.3570  4.3487    82.8    13.4  18.1
2013 07 02    00 40 15.2 +18 05 52   4.3390  4.3488    83.8    13.4  18.1
2013 07 03    00 40 04.7 +18 00 17   4.3209  4.3488    84.8    13.5  18.1
2013 07 04    00 39 53.4 +17 54 34   4.3028  4.3489    85.8    13.5  18.1
2013 07 05    00 39 41.1 +17 48 43   4.2847  4.3490    86.9    13.5  18.0
2013 07 06    00 39 27.8 +17 42 44   4.2665  4.3491    87.9    13.5  18.0
2013 07 07    00 39 13.5 +17 36 36   4.2484  4.3493    88.9    13.5  18.0
2013 07 08    00 38 58.2 +17 30 19   4.2302  4.3494    89.9    13.5  18.0
2013 07 09    00 38 41.9 +17 23 53   4.2121  4.3496    91.0    13.5  18.0
2013 07 10    00 38 24.6 +17 17 19   4.1939  4.3498    92.0    13.5  18.0
2013 07 11    00 38 06.3 +17 10 35   4.1758  4.3499    93.0    13.5  18.0
2013 07 12    00 37 46.9 +17 03 42   4.1577  4.3502    94.1    13.5  18.0
2013 07 13    00 37 26.5 +16 56 39   4.1396  4.3504    95.2    13.5  18.0
2013 07 14    00 37 05.1 +16 49 26   4.1216  4.3506    96.2    13.4  18.0
2013 07 15    00 36 42.6 +16 42 03   4.1036  4.3509    97.3    13.4  18.0
2013 07 16    00 36 19.1 +16 34 31   4.0857  4.3512    98.4    13.4  17.9
2013 07 17    00 35 54.5 +16 26 48   4.0678  4.3514    99.4    13.3  17.9
2013 07 18    00 35 28.8 +16 18 55   4.0500  4.3517   100.5    13.3  17.9
2013 07 19    00 35 02.0 +16 10 51   4.0323  4.3521   101.6    13.2  17.9
2013 07 20    00 34 34.2 +16 02 36   4.0146  4.3524   102.7    13.2  17.9
2013 07 21    00 34 05.2 +15 54 11   3.9970  4.3527   103.8    13.1  17.9
2013 07 22    00 33 35.2 +15 45 34   3.9796  4.3531   104.9    13.0  17.9
2013 07 23    00 33 04.1 +15 36 47   3.9622  4.3535   106.0    13.0  17.9
2013 07 24    00 32 31.9 +15 27 48   3.9450  4.3539   107.1    12.9  17.9
2013 07 25    00 31 58.5 +15 18 37   3.9278  4.3543   108.3    12.8  17.9
2013 07 26    00 31 24.1 +15 09 16   3.9108  4.3547   109.4    12.7  17.9
2013 07 27    00 30 48.6 +14 59 42   3.8939  4.3552   110.5    12.6  17.8
2013 07 28    00 30 11.9 +14 49 56   3.8772  4.3556   111.7    12.5  17.8
2013 07 29    00 29 34.1 +14 39 59   3.8606  4.3561   112.8    12.4  17.8
2013 07 30    00 28 55.3 +14 29 49   3.8441  4.3566   114.0    12.3  17.8
2013 07 31    00 28 15.2 +14 19 27   3.8279  4.3571   115.1    12.2  17.8


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Comet C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.002 AU) on the 4th November, 2012 

Google earth file: Comet C2012 S4 (PANSTARRS).kmz (17kb, kmz)



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)
T 2013 June 22.88479 TT                                 MPC
q   4.3835859            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  162.44831     +0.96839969     +0.22877445
                   Node   172.88832     -0.04062010     -0.24823304
e   1.0            Incl.  126.65636     +0.24607325     -0.94129836
From 81 observations 2012 Sept. 28-Oct. 2.

MPEC 2012 - T04

Comet C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 28th September 2012 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 22nd June, 2013.



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