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Comet 276P/Vorobjov

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Comet 276P/Vorobjov makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.076 AU) on the 15th February 2015.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 02 14    09 56 39.1 -04 16 22   4.0762  5.0259   162.3     3.4  21.6
2015 02 15    09 56 08.8 -04 13 09   4.0760  5.0281   162.8     3.3  21.6
2015 02 16    09 55 38.5 -04 09 51   4.0762  5.0302   163.2     3.2  21.6
2015 02 17    09 55 08.2 -04 06 28   4.0767  5.0323   163.6     3.2  21.6
2015 02 18    09 54 37.9 -04 03 02   4.0775  5.0344   163.9     3.1  21.6
2015 02 19    09 54 07.7 -03 59 31   4.0786  5.0365   164.1     3.1  21.6
2015 02 20    09 53 37.6 -03 55 56   4.0800  5.0387   164.2     3.1  21.6
2015 02 21    09 53 07.6 -03 52 17   4.0817  5.0408   164.3     3.0  21.6
2015 02 22    09 52 37.7 -03 48 35   4.0837  5.0429   164.3     3.0  21.6
2015 02 23    09 52 08.0 -03 44 49   4.0860  5.0450   164.2     3.1  21.6
2015 02 24    09 51 38.4 -03 40 59   4.0886  5.0471   164.0     3.1  21.6
2015 02 25    09 51 09.0 -03 37 07   4.0916  5.0493   163.7     3.1  21.6
2015 02 26    09 50 39.9 -03 33 11   4.0948  5.0514   163.4     3.2  21.6
2015 02 27    09 50 11.0 -03 29 12   4.0983  5.0535   163.0     3.3  21.6
2015 02 28    09 49 42.4 -03 25 11   4.1022  5.0556   162.5     3.4  21.6

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Comet 276P/Vorobjov is at Opposition (3.290 AU) on the 9th January 2014.

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 01 08    07 09 47.1 +04 22 20   3.2882  4.2345   162.0     4.1  20.4
2014 01 09    07 09 11.8 +04 22 53   3.2898  4.2361   162.0     4.1  20.4
2014 01 10    07 08 36.5 +04 23 32   3.2916  4.2377   162.0     4.1  20.4
2014 01 11    07 08 01.4 +04 24 17   3.2938  4.2393   161.8     4.1  20.4
2014 01 12    07 07 26.5 +04 25 07   3.2962  4.2409   161.6     4.2  20.4
2014 01 13    07 06 51.7 +04 26 03   3.2989  4.2425   161.4     4.2  20.4
2014 01 14    07 06 17.2 +04 27 04   3.3020  4.2441   161.0     4.3  20.4
2014 01 15    07 05 42.9 +04 28 10   3.3053  4.2457   160.6     4.4  20.4
2014 01 16    07 05 08.8 +04 29 22   3.3089  4.2474   160.2     4.5  20.4
2014 01 17    07 04 35.1 +04 30 38   3.3128  4.2490   159.7     4.6  20.4
2014 01 18    07 04 01.7 +04 32 00   3.3170  4.2506   159.1     4.7  20.4
2014 01 19    07 03 28.7 +04 33 27   3.3214  4.2523   158.5     4.9  20.4
2014 01 20    07 02 56.0 +04 34 58   3.3262  4.2539   157.9     5.0  20.4

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RE: Comet P/2012 T7 (VOROBJOV)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2013 01 13    03 00 20.3 +09 46 13   3.4404  3.9239   112.5    13.4  20.1
2013 01 14    03 00 30.8 +09 46 26   3.4543  3.9239   111.6    13.5  20.1
2013 01 15    03 00 42.3 +09 46 45   3.4682  3.9239   110.6    13.6  20.1
2013 01 16    03 00 54.8 +09 47 09   3.4823  3.9239   109.6    13.7  20.1
2013 01 17    03 01 08.2 +09 47 38   3.4964  3.9239   108.7    13.7  20.2
2013 01 18    03 01 22.7 +09 48 12   3.5107  3.9239   107.7    13.8  20.2
2013 01 19    03 01 38.1 +09 48 51   3.5250  3.9239   106.8    13.9  20.2
2013 01 20    03 01 54.4 +09 49 36   3.5393  3.9239   105.8    14.0  20.2
2013 01 21    03 02 11.7 +09 50 25   3.5538  3.9239   104.9    14.0  20.2
2013 01 22    03 02 29.9 +09 51 19   3.5683  3.9240   104.0    14.1  20.2
2013 01 23    03 02 49.1 +09 52 18   3.5829  3.9240   103.0    14.1  20.2
2013 01 24    03 03 09.2 +09 53 21   3.5975  3.9240   102.1    14.2  20.2
2013 01 25    03 03 30.2 +09 54 29   3.6122  3.9241   101.2    14.2  20.2
2013 01 26    03 03 52.2 +09 55 41   3.6269  3.9241   100.3    14.3  20.2
2013 01 27    03 04 15.0 +09 56 57   3.6417  3.9242    99.4    14.3  20.2
2013 01 28    03 04 38.7 +09 58 18   3.6565  3.9242    98.5    14.4  20.3
2013 01 29    03 05 03.3 +09 59 43   3.6713  3.9243    97.6    14.4  20.3
2013 01 30    03 05 28.8 +10 01 12   3.6862  3.9244    96.7    14.4  20.3
2013 01 31    03 05 55.1 +10 02 45   3.7011  3.9244    95.8    14.5  20.3

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Comet P/2012 T7 (Vorobjov) is at Perihelion (3.924 AU) on the 13th January, 2013

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Orbital elements:
    P/2012 T7 (Vorobjov)
Epoch 2013 Jan. 28.0 TT = JDT 2456320.5
T 2013 Jan. 16.13888 TT                                 MPC
q   3.9238623            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.07862444     Peri.  205.78754     +0.50633798     -0.85076368
a   5.3963197      Node   214.30738     +0.82809636     +0.52525956
e   0.2728633      Incl.   14.46555     +0.24057901     -0.01742283
P  12.5
From 136 observations 2000 Dec. 19-2012 Dec. 18

MPEC 2012 - Y39

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Comet P/2012 T7 (Vorobjov) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.982 AU) on the 13th November, 2012

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Slovakian uses remote-control telescope on Mt. Lemmon to discover comet

The telescope is capable of being operated remotely over the Internet; it was this ability that amateur astronomer Tomas Vorobjov took advantage of to discover this previously unknown comet orbiting around Jupiter, according to a news release from the University of Arizona. He used the telescope to gather data for an asteroid search in one of the school campaigns organized by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration, or IASC (pronounced "Isaac"), an education outreach program. It enables high school and college students to make original discoveries of Main Belt asteroids, which are space rocks left over from the formation of the solar system.
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P/2012 T7 (VOROBJOV) is a Jupiter-family comet discovered on 15 October 2012 by Tomas Vorobjov on three 120-s images taken remotely using the 0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien Schulman Telescope located at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter via the Sierra Stars Observatory Network in the course of a minor-planet search survey undertaken as part of the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) school campaigns.
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