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Comet P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.944 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 13th April 2015

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 04 10    13 34 34.6 -02 00 03   3.9387  4.9327   172.1     1.6  23.4
2015 04 11    13 34 02.0 -01 56 59   3.9403  4.9353   172.4     1.5  23.4
2015 04 12    13 33 29.3 -01 53 57   3.9422  4.9379   172.6     1.5  23.4
2015 04 13    13 32 56.5 -01 50 57   3.9444  4.9404   172.7     1.5  23.4
2015 04 14    13 32 23.8 -01 47 59   3.9469  4.9430   172.5     1.5  23.4
2015 04 15    13 31 51.0 -01 45 03   3.9498  4.9455   172.3     1.6  23.4
2015 04 16    13 31 18.4 -01 42 09   3.9529  4.9481   171.8     1.7  23.4
2015 04 17    13 30 45.7 -01 39 18   3.9563  4.9506   171.2     1.8  23.4
2015 04 18    13 30 13.2 -01 36 29   3.9600  4.9532   170.6     1.9  23.4
2015 04 19    13 29 40.8 -01 33 43   3.9641  4.9557   169.8     2.0  23.4
2015 04 20    13 29 08.5 -01 31 00   3.9684  4.9583   169.0     2.2  23.4
2015 04 21    13 28 36.4 -01 28 20   3.9731  4.9608   168.2     2.4  23.5
2015 04 22    13 28 04.5 -01 25 42   3.9780  4.9634   167.3     2.6  23.5
2015 04 23    13 27 32.8 -01 23 08   3.9832  4.9659   166.4     2.7  23.5
2015 04 24    13 27 01.3 -01 20 37   3.9888  4.9684   165.4     2.9  23.5
2015 04 25    13 26 30.1 -01 18 09   3.9946  4.9710   164.5     3.1  23.5
2015 04 26    13 25 59.1 -01 15 45   4.0007  4.9735   163.5     3.3  23.5
2015 04 27    13 25 28.5 -01 13 25   4.0071  4.9760   162.5     3.5  23.5
2015 04 28    13 24 58.1 -01 11 08   4.0138  4.9786   161.5     3.7  23.5
2015 04 29    13 24 28.1 -01 08 55   4.0208  4.9811   160.5     3.9  23.5
2015 04 30    13 23 58.5 -01 06 45   4.0281  4.9836   159.4     4.1  23.5


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Comet P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (2.833 AU) on the 27th February 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 26    10 50 25.9 +15 22 10   2.8303  3.8141   172.5     1.9  21.6
2014 02 27    10 49 49.0 +15 26 23   2.8326  3.8168   172.6     1.9  21.6
2014 02 28    10 49 12.0 +15 30 32   2.8352  3.8195   172.5     1.9  21.6
2014 03 01    10 48 35.1 +15 34 38   2.8382  3.8221   172.2     2.0  21.6
2014 03 02    10 47 58.1 +15 38 39   2.8414  3.8248   171.7     2.1  21.6
2014 03 03    10 47 21.3 +15 42 37   2.8450  3.8275   171.1     2.3  21.6
2014 03 04    10 46 44.5 +15 46 30   2.8488  3.8301   170.5     2.5  21.6
2014 03 05    10 46 08.0 +15 50 19   2.8529  3.8328   169.7     2.7  21.6
2014 03 06    10 45 31.6 +15 54 03   2.8574  3.8355   168.9     2.9  21.6
2014 03 07    10 44 55.4 +15 57 43   2.8621  3.8382   168.0     3.1  21.6
2014 03 08    10 44 19.5 +16 01 17   2.8672  3.8408   167.0     3.3  21.6
2014 03 09    10 43 43.9 +16 04 47   2.8725  3.8435   166.1     3.6  21.6
2014 03 10    10 43 08.7 +16 08 10   2.8781  3.8462   165.1     3.8  21.6
2014 03 11    10 42 33.8 +16 11 29   2.8840  3.8489   164.1     4.1  21.7
2014 03 12    10 41 59.3 +16 14 42   2.8902  3.8516   163.1     4.3  21.7
2014 03 13    10 41 25.2 +16 17 49   2.8967  3.8543   162.0     4.6  21.7
2014 03 14    10 40 51.5 +16 20 51   2.9035  3.8570   161.0     4.8  21.7
2014 03 15    10 40 18.4 +16 23 46   2.9105  3.8596   159.9     5.1  21.7
2014 03 16    10 39 45.7 +16 26 35   2.9178  3.8623   158.9     5.3  21.7
2014 03 17    10 39 13.6 +16 29 19   2.9254  3.8650   157.8     5.6  21.7
2014 03 18    10 38 42.1 +16 31 56   2.9333  3.8677   156.8     5.8  21.7
2014 03 19    10 38 11.1 +16 34 27   2.9414  3.8704   155.7     6.1  21.7
2014 03 20    10 37 40.8 +16 36 51   2.9499  3.8731   154.6     6.3  21.7
2014 03 21    10 37 11.1 +16 39 09   2.9585  3.8759   153.6     6.6  21.7
2014 03 22    10 36 42.0 +16 41 21   2.9674  3.8786   152.5     6.8  21.7
2014 03 23    10 36 13.7 +16 43 26   2.9766  3.8813   151.4     7.1  21.8
2014 03 24    10 35 46.0 +16 45 24   2.9861  3.8840   150.4     7.3  21.8
2014 03 25    10 35 19.1 +16 47 16   2.9958  3.8867   149.3     7.5  21.8
2014 03 26    10 34 52.9 +16 49 01   3.0057  3.8894   148.2     7.8  21.8
2014 03 27    10 34 27.5 +16 50 39   3.0159  3.8921   147.2     8.0  21.8
2014 03 28    10 34 02.9 +16 52 10   3.0263  3.8948   146.1     8.2  21.8
2014 03 29    10 33 39.1 +16 53 34   3.0370  3.8976   145.1     8.4  21.8
2014 03 30    10 33 16.1 +16 54 52   3.0479  3.9003   144.0     8.7  21.8
2014 03 31    10 32 54.0 +16 56 03   3.0590  3.9030   143.0     8.9  21.8


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Comet P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.822 AU) on the 19th February 2014



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 18    10 55 15.8 +14 46 55   2.8225  3.7929   167.3     3.3  21.5
2014 02 19    10 54 40.4 +14 51 26   2.8224  3.7956   168.3     3.0  21.5
2014 02 20    10 54 04.8 +14 55 56   2.8226  3.7982   169.2     2.8  21.5
2014 02 21    10 53 28.8 +15 00 24   2.8232  3.8009   170.0     2.6  21.6
2014 02 22    10 52 52.6 +15 04 50   2.8240  3.8035   170.7     2.4  21.6
2014 02 23    10 52 16.2 +15 09 14   2.8251  3.8062   171.4     2.2  21.6
2014 02 24    10 51 39.6 +15 13 36   2.8265  3.8088   171.9     2.1  21.6
2014 02 25    10 51 02.8 +15 17 54   2.8282  3.8115   172.3     2.0  21.6
2014 02 26    10 50 25.9 +15 22 10   2.8303  3.8141   172.5     1.9  21.6
2014 02 27    10 49 49.0 +15 26 23   2.8326  3.8168   172.6     1.9  21.6
2014 02 28    10 49 12.0 +15 30 32   2.8352  3.8195   172.5     1.9  21.6


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Orbital elements:
    P/2012 WA34 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS)
Epoch 2013 Jan. 28.0 TT = JDT 2456320.5
T 2013 Jan. 24.74404 TT                                 MPC
q   3.1734210            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09354658     Peri.  353.15911     +0.03976054     -0.99354317
a   4.8060039      Node    94.52339     +0.92173287     -0.00458824
e   0.3396965      Incl.    6.11886     +0.38578183     +0.11336186
P  10.5
From 20 observations 2011 Sept. 26-2013 Jan. 9

MPEC 2013 - A66

Key to Orbital elements

Comet P/2012 WA34 (LEMMON-PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey and the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, on the 26th September, 2011.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage on the 24th January, 2013 at a distance of approximately 3.1 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 10.5 years.



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