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Comet C/2013 B2 (Catalina) is at Opposition (3.365 AU) on the 6th March 2014



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Comet C/2013 B2 (Catalina) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.338 AU) on the 21st February 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 20    10 55 56.4 -09 55 52   3.3383  4.2625   156.4     5.3  19.9
2014 02 21    10 55 09.7 -10 00 22   3.3382  4.2667   157.1     5.2  19.9
2014 02 22    10 54 22.7 -10 04 44   3.3384  4.2708   157.8     5.0  19.9
2014 02 23    10 53 35.6 -10 09 00   3.3389  4.2750   158.5     4.9  19.9
2014 02 24    10 52 48.2 -10 13 08   3.3398  4.2792   159.2     4.7  19.9
2014 02 25    10 52 00.8 -10 17 10   3.3409  4.2834   159.8     4.6  19.9
2014 02 26    10 51 13.2 -10 21 05   3.3423  4.2876   160.3     4.5  19.9
2014 02 27    10 50 25.6 -10 24 53   3.3441  4.2919   160.8     4.3  19.9
2014 02 28    10 49 37.9 -10 28 34   3.3461  4.2961   161.3     4.2  20.0
2014 03 01    10 48 50.2 -10 32 09   3.3485  4.3004   161.7     4.2  20.0
2014 03 02    10 48 02.6 -10 35 38   3.3512  4.3046   162.0     4.1  20.0
2014 03 03    10 47 15.1 -10 38 59   3.3542  4.3089   162.3     4.0  20.0
2014 03 04    10 46 27.6 -10 42 15   3.3575  4.3132   162.4     4.0  20.0
2014 03 05    10 45 40.4 -10 45 24   3.3611  4.3175   162.5     4.0  20.0
2014 03 06    10 44 53.2 -10 48 27   3.3651  4.3218   162.6     3.9  20.0
2014 03 07    10 44 06.4 -10 51 24   3.3693  4.3261   162.5     3.9  20.0
2014 03 08    10 43 19.7 -10 54 15   3.3739  4.3305   162.4     4.0  20.0
2014 03 09    10 42 33.3 -10 57 00   3.3788  4.3348   162.2     4.0  20.0
2014 03 10    10 41 47.3 -10 59 39   3.3840  4.3392   162.0     4.1  20.0
2014 03 11    10 41 01.6 -11 02 13   3.3895  4.3436   161.7     4.1  20.0
2014 03 12    10 40 16.2 -11 04 41   3.3953  4.3479   161.3     4.2  20.0
2014 03 13    10 39 31.3 -11 07 04   3.4014  4.3523   160.8     4.3  20.0
2014 03 14    10 38 46.7 -11 09 22   3.4078  4.3567   160.3     4.4  20.1
2014 03 15    10 38 02.7 -11 11 34   3.4145  4.3612   159.8     4.5  20.1
2014 03 16    10 37 19.1 -11 13 42   3.4215  4.3656   159.2     4.6  20.1
2014 03 17    10 36 36.0 -11 15 45   3.4288  4.3700   158.6     4.8  20.1
2014 03 18    10 35 53.5 -11 17 43   3.4364  4.3745   157.9     4.9  20.1
2014 03 19    10 35 11.5 -11 19 36   3.4443  4.3789   157.2     5.1  20.1
2014 03 20    10 34 30.1 -11 21 25   3.4525  4.3834   156.5     5.2  20.1
2014 03 21    10 33 49.3 -11 23 10   3.4609  4.3879   155.7     5.4  20.1
2014 03 22    10 33 09.1 -11 24 51   3.4697  4.3924   154.9     5.5  20.1
2014 03 23    10 32 29.6 -11 26 28   3.4787  4.3969   154.1     5.7  20.1
2014 03 24    10 31 50.7 -11 28 01   3.4880  4.4014   153.3     5.8  20.1
2014 03 25    10 31 12.6 -11 29 31   3.4976  4.4059   152.4     6.0  20.2
2014 03 26    10 30 35.1 -11 30 57   3.5075  4.4104   151.6     6.2  20.2
2014 03 27    10 29 58.4 -11 32 20   3.5177  4.4150   150.7     6.3  20.2
2014 03 28    10 29 22.5 -11 33 39   3.5281  4.4195   149.8     6.5  20.2
2014 03 29    10 28 47.3 -11 34 56   3.5388  4.4241   149.0     6.7  20.2
2014 03 30    10 28 12.9 -11 36 10   3.5497  4.4287   148.1     6.9  20.2
2014 03 31    10 27 39.3 -11 37 21   3.5609  4.4333   147.1     7.0  20.2


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Comet C/2013 B2 (Catalina) is at Perihelion (3.734 AU) on the 1st July, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 06 30    08 50 32.8 +31 20 53   4.5695  3.7342    30.9     8.0  20.0
2013 07 01    08 51 46.7 +31 08 42   4.5764  3.7342    30.3     7.9  20.0
2013 07 02    08 53 00.5 +30 56 31   4.5832  3.7342    29.7     7.8  20.0
2013 07 03    08 54 14.2 +30 44 20   4.5899  3.7342    29.1     7.6  20.0
2013 07 04    08 55 28.0 +30 32 10   4.5964  3.7342    28.5     7.5  20.0
2013 07 05    08 56 41.6 +30 20 00   4.6029  3.7343    27.9     7.3  20.0
2013 07 06    08 57 55.2 +30 07 50   4.6092  3.7344    27.2     7.2  20.0
2013 07 07    08 59 08.8 +29 55 41   4.6154  3.7345    26.6     7.0  20.0
2013 07 08    09 00 22.2 +29 43 32   4.6215  3.7346    26.0     6.9  20.0
2013 07 09    09 01 35.6 +29 31 23   4.6274  3.7347    25.4     6.7  20.0
2013 07 10    09 02 49.0 +29 19 14   4.6333  3.7349    24.8     6.6  20.1
2013 07 11    09 04 02.2 +29 07 06   4.6390  3.7351    24.2     6.4  20.1
2013 07 12    09 05 15.4 +28 54 58   4.6446  3.7353    23.6     6.3  20.1
2013 07 13    09 06 28.5 +28 42 50   4.6500  3.7355    23.0     6.1  20.1
2013 07 14    09 07 41.5 +28 30 42   4.6554  3.7358    22.4     6.0  20.1
2013 07 15    09 08 54.4 +28 18 35   4.6606  3.7361    21.8     5.8  20.1
2013 07 16    09 10 07.2 +28 06 28   4.6656  3.7364    21.2     5.7  20.1
2013 07 17    09 11 19.9 +27 54 21   4.6706  3.7367    20.6     5.5  20.1
2013 07 18    09 12 32.5 +27 42 15   4.6754  3.7370    20.1     5.4  20.1
2013 07 19    09 13 44.9 +27 30 08   4.6801  3.7374    19.5     5.2  20.1
2013 07 20    09 14 57.3 +27 18 02   4.6846  3.7378    18.9     5.0  20.1
2013 07 21    09 16 09.5 +27 05 56   4.6891  3.7382    18.3     4.9  20.1
2013 07 22    09 17 21.6 +26 53 50   4.6934  3.7386    17.7     4.8  20.1
2013 07 23    09 18 33.6 +26 41 45   4.6975  3.7390    17.2     4.6  20.1
2013 07 24    09 19 45.5 +26 29 39   4.7016  3.7395    16.6     4.5  20.1
2013 07 25    09 20 57.3 +26 17 34   4.7055  3.7400    16.1     4.3  20.1
2013 07 26    09 22 08.9 +26 05 29   4.7092  3.7405    15.5     4.2  20.1
2013 07 27    09 23 20.4 +25 53 24   4.7128  3.7410    15.0     4.0  20.1
2013 07 28    09 24 31.7 +25 41 19   4.7163  3.7416    14.4     3.9  20.1
2013 07 29    09 25 42.9 +25 29 14   4.7197  3.7421    13.9     3.7  20.1
2013 07 30    09 26 54.0 +25 17 10   4.7229  3.7427    13.4     3.6  20.1
2013 07 31    09 28 05.0 +25 05 05   4.7260  3.7434    12.9     3.5  20.1


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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 B2 (Catalina)
T 2013 June 30.59063 TT                                 MPC
q   3.7533158            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  156.14312     -0.66746495     -0.66963693
                   Node   331.79628     +0.52265843     -0.10975892
e   1.0            Incl.   43.56231     +0.53039486     -0.73453343
From 42 observations 2013 Jan. 16-23.

MPEC 2013 - B84

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 B2 (CATALINA) was discovered on the 16th January, 2013, by the Catalina Sky Survey telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 30th June, 2013, at a distance of 3.7 au from the Sun.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2013 01 24    07 23 12.3 +64 53 34   3.2642  4.0030   133.2    10.3  19.6
2013 01 25    07 21 57.8 +64 45 25   3.2644  4.0000   132.9    10.4  19.6
2013 01 26    07 20 44.8 +64 37 00   3.2648  3.9970   132.6    10.5  19.6
2013 01 27    07 19 33.5 +64 28 20   3.2654  3.9940   132.2    10.5  19.6
2013 01 28    07 18 23.9 +64 19 26   3.2662  3.9910   131.8    10.6  19.6
2013 01 29    07 17 16.1 +64 10 18   3.2673  3.9880   131.4    10.7  19.6
2013 01 30    07 16 10.1 +64 00 55   3.2686  3.9851   131.0    10.7  19.6
2013 01 31    07 15 05.9 +63 51 19   3.2701  3.9822   130.6    10.8  19.6


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