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Comet C/2012 Y3 (McNaught) is at Opposition (4.621 AU) on the 20th January 2014.



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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 Y3 (McNaught)
T 2012 Aug. 26.59107 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7817191            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  236.15392     +0.48855992     -0.30493737
                   Node   121.69328     -0.00638094     +0.93566775
e   1.0            Incl.   73.90221     -0.87250701     -0.17759240
From 54 observations 2012 Dec. 30-2013 Jan. 1.

MPEC 2013 - A03

Comet C/2012 Y3 (MCNAUGHT) was discovered by R. McNaught, on the 30th December, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage was on the 26th August, 2012 at a distance of approximately 1.7 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 12 29    05 39 45.0 -60 32 05   2.0606  2.3675    95.5    24.4  16.3
2012 12 30    05 37 59.3 -60 04 34   2.0638  2.3754    95.9    24.3  16.3
2012 12 31    05 36 17.6 -59 36 36   2.0671  2.3833    96.2    24.2  16.3
2013 01 01    05 34 40.1 -59 08 12   2.0706  2.3912    96.5    24.1  16.4
2013 01 02    05 33 06.5 -58 39 23   2.0742  2.3992    96.9    24.0  16.4
2013 01 03    05 31 36.9 -58 10 09   2.0780  2.4072    97.2    23.9  16.4
2013 01 04    05 30 11.2 -57 40 31   2.0820  2.4152    97.5    23.8  16.4
2013 01 05    05 28 49.4 -57 10 31   2.0861  2.4232    97.7    23.7  16.4
2013 01 06    05 27 31.3 -56 40 08   2.0904  2.4312    98.0    23.6  16.5
2013 01 07    05 26 16.9 -56 09 25   2.0949  2.4393    98.3    23.5  16.5
2013 01 08    05 25 06.1 -55 38 22   2.0996  2.4474    98.6    23.4  16.5
2013 01 09    05 23 58.9 -55 06 59   2.1045  2.4555    98.8    23.3  16.5
2013 01 10    05 22 55.2 -54 35 19   2.1095  2.4637    99.0    23.2  16.5


-- Edited by Blobrana on Wednesday 2nd of January 2013 02:08:59 PM

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