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Comet C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (2.934 AU) on the 18th May 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 05 17    15 29 56.7 -33 46 25   2.9263  3.9132   165.4     3.7  20.3
2014 05 18    15 27 33.6 -33 41 54   2.9341  3.9216   165.6     3.7  20.3
2014 05 19    15 25 11.6 -33 37 10   2.9423  3.9300   165.5     3.7  20.3
2014 05 20    15 22 50.7 -33 32 13   2.9510  3.9384   165.4     3.7  20.3
2014 05 21    15 20 31.1 -33 27 04   2.9602  3.9468   165.1     3.8  20.3
2014 05 22    15 18 12.9 -33 21 42   2.9698  3.9552   164.7     3.9  20.3
2014 05 23    15 15 56.0 -33 16 08   2.9800  3.9636   164.2     4.0  20.4
2014 05 24    15 13 40.7 -33 10 23   2.9906  3.9720   163.5     4.1  20.4
2014 05 25    15 11 27.0 -33 04 28   3.0016  3.9804   162.8     4.3  20.4
2014 05 26    15 09 14.9 -32 58 23   3.0132  3.9888   162.0     4.5  20.4
2014 05 27    15 07 04.5 -32 52 08   3.0252  3.9972   161.1     4.7  20.4
2014 05 28    15 04 55.8 -32 45 44   3.0376  4.0056   160.2     4.9  20.4
2014 05 29    15 02 49.0 -32 39 13   3.0505  4.0140   159.2     5.2  20.5
2014 05 30    15 00 44.1 -32 32 33   3.0639  4.0224   158.1     5.4  20.5
2014 05 31    14 58 41.1 -32 25 47   3.0777  4.0308   157.1     5.6  20.5


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Comet C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.164 AU) on the 5th August, 2013.



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Comet C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS) is at perihelion (2.091 AU) on the 21st July, 2013



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2013 July 21.38997 TT                                 MPC
q   2.0558628            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  124.28774     +0.71721811     -0.58684750
                   Node    85.36429     -0.69582098     -0.63238749
e   1.0            Incl.  157.85140     +0.03783308     -0.50566399
From 28 observations 2012 Nov. 3-6.

MPEC 2012 - V40

Comet C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 3rd November 2012 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 21st July, 2013, at at distance of 2 au from the Sun



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