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Comet C/2012 T5 (BRESSI)

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Comet C/2012 T5 (Bressi) at magnitude 9.4 will pass 2.8° from the magnitude 6.3 globular cluster Messier 2 in the constellation Aquarius, at 00:00 UT, 9th March, 2013.

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Comet C/2012 T5 (Bressi) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.913 AU) on the 25th February, 2013

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Comet C/2012 T5 (Bressi) is at perihelion (0.323 AU) on the 24th February, 2013.

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Google earth file: Comet C/2012 T5 (Bressi).kmz (19kb, kmz)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 02 23    22 00 29.8 -28 08 30   0.9161  0.3244    19.1    93.3   7.9
2013 02 24    21 54 07.5 -26 41 32   0.9139  0.3228    19.0    93.9   7.9
2013 02 25    21 48 14.7 -25 04 08   0.9129  0.3241    19.1    94.0   7.9
2013 02 26    21 42 56.9 -23 17 32   0.9130  0.3281    19.3    93.7   8.0
2013 02 27    21 38 17.5 -21 23 19   0.9143  0.3348    19.7    93.1   8.1
2013 02 28    21 34 18.0 -19 23 12   0.9168  0.3439    20.3    92.0   8.2
2013 03 01    21 30 57.9 -17 18 56   0.9205  0.3552    21.0    90.7   8.3
2013 03 02    21 28 15.2 -15 12 08   0.9253  0.3684    21.8    89.2   8.5
2013 03 03    21 26 07.2 -13 04 11   0.9312  0.3833    22.7    87.5   8.7
2013 03 04    21 24 30.7 -10 56 18   0.9381  0.3996    23.7    85.7   8.9
2013 03 05    21 23 22.1 -08 49 23   0.9458  0.4170    24.7    83.8   9.1
2013 03 06    21 22 38.1 -06 44 12   0.9544  0.4353    25.8    82.0   9.3
2013 03 07    21 22 15.7 -04 41 16   0.9638  0.4544    26.8    80.1   9.5
2013 03 08    21 22 11.8 -02 40 59   0.9739  0.4741    27.9    78.3   9.7
2013 03 09    21 22 24.0 -00 43 38   0.9846  0.4943    28.9    76.5   9.9
2013 03 10    21 22 50.0 +01 10 39   0.9958  0.5149    30.0    74.7  10.1
2013 03 11    21 23 28.0 +03 01 44   1.0076  0.5357    31.0    73.0  10.3
2013 03 12    21 24 16.1 +04 49 35   1.0198  0.5568    32.1    71.4  10.5
2013 03 13    21 25 13.0 +06 34 14   1.0325  0.5780    33.1    69.8  10.7
2013 03 14    21 26 17.4 +08 15 41   1.0456  0.5993    34.1    68.3  10.9
2013 03 15    21 27 28.3 +09 54 00   1.0590  0.6207    35.0    66.8  11.1
2013 03 16    21 28 44.7 +11 29 17   1.0728  0.6421    35.9    65.4  11.2
2013 03 17    21 30 05.7 +13 01 35   1.0868  0.6635    36.8    64.0  11.4
2013 03 18    21 31 30.8 +14 31 01   1.1011  0.6849    37.7    62.7  11.6
2013 03 19    21 32 59.2 +15 57 41   1.1156  0.7062    38.6    61.5  11.7
2013 03 20    21 34 30.6 +17 21 40   1.1304  0.7276    39.4    60.3  11.9

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Comet C/2012 T5 (Bressi) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.931 AU) on the 14th December, 2012

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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 T5 (Bressi)
T 2013 Feb. 23.55837 TT                                 MPC
q   0.3198913            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  318.27381     -0.63406825     -0.24350976
                   Node   230.55777     -0.15649561     -0.88907314
e   1.0            Incl.   71.87241     -0.75727576     +0.38762346
From 78 observations 2012 Oct. 14-18.

MPEC 2012 - U38

Comet C/2012 T5 (BRESSI) was discovered by T. H. Bressi on the 14th October, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd February, 2013 at a distance of approximately 0.31 AU from the Sun.