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Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) is at Opposition (4.109 AU) in the constellation Sagittarius on the 29th June 2015.



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 06 10    18 45 04.4 -27 07 57   4.1205  5.0771   158.2     4.3  25.6
2015 06 11    18 44 27.3 -27 08 51   4.1173  5.0796   159.3     4.1  25.6
2015 06 12    18 43 49.7 -27 09 44   4.1143  5.0821   160.4     3.9  25.6
2015 06 13    18 43 11.7 -27 10 36   4.1117  5.0846   161.4     3.6  25.6
2015 06 14    18 42 33.3 -27 11 27   4.1093  5.0871   162.5     3.4  25.6
2015 06 15    18 41 54.6 -27 12 16   4.1072  5.0896   163.6     3.2  25.6
2015 06 16    18 41 15.5 -27 13 04   4.1055  5.0920   164.6     3.0  25.6
2015 06 17    18 40 36.0 -27 13 51   4.1040  5.0945   165.7     2.8  25.6
2015 06 18    18 39 56.3 -27 14 37   4.1028  5.0970   166.7     2.6  25.6
2015 06 19    18 39 16.3 -27 15 20   4.1019  5.0994   167.8     2.4  25.6
2015 06 20    18 38 36.1 -27 16 03   4.1013  5.1019   168.8     2.2  25.6
2015 06 21    18 37 55.6 -27 16 43   4.1010  5.1044   169.8     2.0  25.6
2015 06 22    18 37 15.0 -27 17 22   4.1010  5.1068   170.8     1.8  25.6
2015 06 23    18 36 34.2 -27 18 00   4.1013  5.1093   171.8     1.6  25.6
2015 06 24    18 35 53.3 -27 18 36   4.1019  5.1117   172.7     1.4  25.7
2015 06 25    18 35 12.3 -27 19 10   4.1028  5.1141   173.6     1.3  25.7
2015 06 26    18 34 31.2 -27 19 42   4.1040  5.1166   174.4     1.1  25.7
2015 06 27    18 33 50.0 -27 20 13   4.1055  5.1190   175.1     1.0  25.7
2015 06 28    18 33 08.8 -27 20 42   4.1073  5.1214   175.6     0.9  25.7
2015 06 29    18 32 27.7 -27 21 09   4.1094  5.1239   175.9     0.8  25.7
2015 06 30    18 31 46.5 -27 21 35   4.1118  5.1263   175.8     0.8  25.7
2015 07 01    18 31 05.4 -27 21 58   4.1145  5.1287   175.5     0.9  25.7
2015 07 02    18 30 24.4 -27 22 20   4.1176  5.1311   175.0     1.0  25.7
2015 07 03    18 29 43.6 -27 22 40   4.1209  5.1335   174.3     1.1  25.7
2015 07 04    18 29 02.8 -27 22 58   4.1245  5.1359   173.5     1.3  25.7
2015 07 05    18 28 22.2 -27 23 14   4.1284  5.1383   172.6     1.5  25.7
2015 07 06    18 27 41.8 -27 23 29   4.1326  5.1407   171.7     1.6  25.7
2015 07 07    18 27 01.6 -27 23 41   4.1372  5.1431   170.7     1.8  25.7
2015 07 08    18 26 21.6 -27 23 52   4.1420  5.1455   169.7     2.0  25.7
2015 07 09    18 25 41.9 -27 24 01   4.1471  5.1478   168.7     2.2  25.7
2015 07 10    18 25 02.4 -27 24 08   4.1525  5.1502   167.6     2.4  25.7


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Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) is at Opposition (2.794 AU) on the 23rd May 2014 



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 05 20    15 57 40.2 -24 44 02   2.7837  3.7920   174.4     1.5  23.5
2014 05 21    15 56 52.4 -24 42 01   2.7868  3.7961   175.1     1.3  23.5
2014 05 22    15 56 04.6 -24 39 58   2.7902  3.8002   175.6     1.2  23.5
2014 05 23    15 55 17.0 -24 37 52   2.7939  3.8043   175.8     1.1  23.5
2014 05 24    15 54 29.6 -24 35 44   2.7979  3.8084   175.7     1.1  23.5
2014 05 25    15 53 42.3 -24 33 35   2.8022  3.8125   175.3     1.2  23.5
2014 05 26    15 52 55.3 -24 31 23   2.8068  3.8166   174.7     1.4  23.6
2014 05 27    15 52 08.6 -24 29 09   2.8117  3.8207   174.0     1.6  23.6
2014 05 28    15 51 22.2 -24 26 54   2.8168  3.8248   173.1     1.8  23.6
2014 05 29    15 50 36.2 -24 24 38   2.8223  3.8289   172.2     2.1  23.6
2014 05 30    15 49 50.6 -24 22 20   2.8281  3.8329   171.2     2.3  23.6
2014 05 31    15 49 05.5 -24 20 02   2.8342  3.8370   170.2     2.6  23.6


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Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) is at perihelion (2.183 AU) on the 23rd February, 2013



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Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) is at Perihelion (2.179 AU) on the 8th February, 2013.



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Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.210 AU) on the 29th January, 2013.



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2013 01 28    08 35 54.0 +23 25 52   1.1986  2.1811   174.6     2.4  19.3
2013 01 29    08 35 11.0 +23 26 44   1.1988  2.1808   174.0     2.7  19.3
2013 01 30    08 34 28.1 +23 27 30   1.1992  2.1805   173.2     3.1  19.3
2013 01 31    08 33 45.5 +23 28 11   1.1999  2.1802   172.3     3.5  19.3
2013 02 01    08 33 03.2 +23 28 46   1.2008  2.1800   171.4     3.9  19.3
2013 02 02    08 32 21.3 +23 29 16   1.2020  2.1798   170.4     4.3  19.3
2013 02 03    08 31 39.9 +23 29 40   1.2034  2.1797   169.3     4.8  19.3
2013 02 04    08 30 59.1 +23 29 57   1.2051  2.1795   168.3     5.3  19.3
2013 02 05    08 30 18.9 +23 30 08   1.2070  2.1794   167.2     5.8  19.3
2013 02 06    08 29 39.5 +23 30 13   1.2091  2.1793   166.1     6.2  19.3
2013 02 07    08 29 00.9 +23 30 11   1.2115  2.1793   165.0     6.7  19.3
2013 02 08    08 28 23.2 +23 30 03   1.2142  2.1793   163.9     7.2  19.3
2013 02 09    08 27 46.6 +23 29 48   1.2171  2.1793   162.8     7.7  19.3


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Orbital elements:
    P/2013 A2 (Scotti)
T 2013 May 16.14444 TT                                  MPC
q   1.9842598            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09835965     Peri.  182.74306     -0.98711976     -0.15936500
a   4.6479137      Node   348.05922     +0.14804395     -0.87663685
e   0.5730859      Incl.    3.89356     +0.06064299     -0.45399408
P  10.0
From 16 observations 2013 Jan. 6-8.

MPEC 2013 - A45

Comet P/2013 A2 (SCOTTI) was discovered by J. V. Scotti, on the 6th January, 2013.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage on the 16th May, 2013 at a distance of approximately 2 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 10 years.

Key to Orbital elements

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2013 01 08    08 48 40.3 +22 57 21   1.3525  2.2969   158.8     8.9  19.8
2013 01 09    08 48 11.2 +22 58 57   1.3441  2.2926   159.9     8.5  19.7
2013 01 10    08 47 40.6 +23 00 35   1.3360  2.2883   161.0     8.1  19.7
2013 01 20    08 41 25.5 +23 16 58   1.2680  2.2463   171.7     3.6  19.5
2013 01 30    08 33 50.1 +23 29 37   1.2254  2.2065   173.1     3.1  19.4
2013 02 10    08 25 31.0 +23 33 30   1.2076  2.1657   161.3     8.4  19.3
2013 02 20    08 19 33.9 +23 24 25   1.2161  2.1316   150.2    13.3  19.2
2013 03 01    08 16 32.6 +23 05 15   1.2412  2.1034   140.6    17.4  19.2
2013 03 10    08 16 14.2 +22 36 12   1.2802  2.0778   131.7    20.9  19.2
2013 03 20    08 19 18.9 +21 53 08   1.3365  2.0527   122.6    24.1  19.3
2013 03 30    08 25 51.5 +20 59 34   1.4032  2.0313   114.4    26.6  19.3
2013 04 10    08 36 35.4 +19 49 03   1.4857  2.0121   106.3    28.5  19.4


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