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Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (5.007 AU) on the 28th January 2015 

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 01 27    12 39 29.7 +77 31 52   5.0049  5.4840   114.3     9.4  18.4
2015 01 28    12 38 30.5 +77 36 00   5.0074  5.4861   114.3     9.4  18.4
2015 01 29    12 37 27.6 +77 40 02   5.0101  5.4881   114.2     9.4  18.4
2015 01 30    12 36 21.0 +77 43 57   5.0128  5.4903   114.2     9.4  18.4
2015 01 31    12 35 10.6 +77 47 46   5.0157  5.4924   114.1     9.4  18.4
2015 02 01    12 33 56.5 +77 51 27   5.0187  5.4945   114.1     9.4  18.4
2015 02 02    12 32 38.7 +77 55 01   5.0218  5.4966   114.0     9.4  18.4
2015 02 03    12 31 17.2 +77 58 26   5.0251  5.4988   113.9     9.4  18.4
2015 02 04    12 29 52.1 +78 01 44   5.0285  5.5009   113.8     9.4  18.4
2015 02 05    12 28 23.4 +78 04 53   5.0320  5.5031   113.7     9.4  18.4
2015 02 06    12 26 51.2 +78 07 53   5.0356  5.5052   113.6     9.4  18.4
2015 02 07    12 25 15.5 +78 10 44   5.0394  5.5074   113.5     9.5  18.4
2015 02 08    12 23 36.4 +78 13 25   5.0433  5.5096   113.4     9.5  18.4
2015 02 09    12 21 54.0 +78 15 56   5.0473  5.5118   113.3     9.5  18.4
2015 02 10    12 20 08.4 +78 18 16   5.0514  5.5140   113.1     9.5  18.4


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Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (5.264 AU) on the 4th July 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 07 01    05 36 29.2 +67 11 34   5.9316  5.2638    45.1     7.9  18.6
2014 07 02    05 39 03.6 +67 16 23   5.9288  5.2638    45.3     7.9  18.6
2014 07 03    05 41 38.7 +67 21 10   5.9259  5.2638    45.5     7.9  18.6
2014 07 04    05 44 14.5 +67 25 54   5.9229  5.2638    45.7     7.9  18.6
2014 07 05    05 46 51.1 +67 30 36   5.9198  5.2638    45.9     8.0  18.6
2014 07 06    05 49 28.4 +67 35 15   5.9167  5.2638    46.2     8.0  18.6
2014 07 07    05 52 06.3 +67 39 51   5.9134  5.2638    46.4     8.0  18.6
2014 07 08    05 54 45.0 +67 44 24   5.9101  5.2638    46.6     8.1  18.6
2014 07 09    05 57 24.4 +67 48 55   5.9066  5.2638    46.8     8.1  18.6
2014 07 10    06 00 04.5 +67 53 23   5.9031  5.2639    47.1     8.1  18.6
2014 07 11    06 02 45.3 +67 57 48   5.8996  5.2640    47.3     8.2  18.6
2014 07 12    06 05 26.7 +68 02 10   5.8959  5.2640    47.6     8.2  18.6
2014 07 13    06 08 08.8 +68 06 29   5.8922  5.2641    47.8     8.2  18.6
2014 07 14    06 10 51.5 +68 10 46   5.8883  5.2642    48.1     8.3  18.6
2014 07 15    06 13 34.9 +68 14 59   5.8844  5.2643    48.4     8.3  18.6
2014 07 16    06 16 19.0 +68 19 09   5.8805  5.2644    48.6     8.3  18.6
2014 07 17    06 19 03.7 +68 23 16   5.8764  5.2645    48.9     8.4  18.6
2014 07 18    06 21 49.0 +68 27 20   5.8723  5.2647    49.2     8.4  18.6
2014 07 19    06 24 34.9 +68 31 20   5.8681  5.2648    49.5     8.4  18.6
2014 07 20    06 27 21.4 +68 35 18   5.8638  5.2650    49.8     8.5  18.6
2014 07 21    06 30 08.5 +68 39 12   5.8594  5.2651    50.1     8.5  18.6
2014 07 22    06 32 56.1 +68 43 03   5.8550  5.2653    50.4     8.5  18.6
2014 07 23    06 35 44.3 +68 46 51   5.8505  5.2655    50.7     8.6  18.6
2014 07 24    06 38 33.1 +68 50 36   5.8460  5.2657    51.0     8.6  18.5
2014 07 25    06 41 22.3 +68 54 18   5.8413  5.2659    51.3     8.7  18.5
2014 07 26    06 44 12.1 +68 57 56   5.8366  5.2661    51.6     8.7  18.5
2014 07 27    06 47 02.3 +69 01 31   5.8318  5.2664    51.9     8.7  18.5
2014 07 28    06 49 53.1 +69 05 02   5.8270  5.2666    52.2     8.8  18.5
2014 07 29    06 52 44.2 +69 08 31   5.8221  5.2668    52.6     8.8  18.5
2014 07 30    06 55 35.8 +69 11 56   5.8171  5.2671    52.9     8.8  18.5
2014 07 31    06 58 27.8 +69 15 17   5.8121  5.2674    53.2     8.9  18.5


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Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.793 AU) on the 22nd November, 2013.



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2014 June 30.96963 TT                                 MPC
q   6.3168091            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   58.03596     +0.29866104     -0.84261464
                   Node    29.19495     +0.19532161     -0.40563301
e   1.0            Incl.   66.73189     +0.93415794     +0.35420676
From 14 observations 2012 Oct. 17-22.

MPEC 2012 - U66

Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 17th October, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 30th June, 2014 at a distance of approximately 6.3 AU from the Sun.



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