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Comet C/2013 F2 (Catalina) is at Opposition (5.698 AU) on the 20th February 2014



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Comet C/2013 F2 (Catalina) makes its closest approach to the Earth (5.690 AU) on the 13th February 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 12    11 02 06.7 +40 41 50   5.6905  6.5476   147.9     4.6  18.9
2014 02 13    11 01 21.1 +40 41 27   5.6904  6.5497   148.1     4.6  18.9
2014 02 14    11 00 35.2 +40 40 59   5.6906  6.5518   148.4     4.5  18.9
2014 02 15    10 59 49.1 +40 40 25   5.6910  6.5540   148.6     4.5  18.9
2014 02 16    10 59 02.7 +40 39 45   5.6918  6.5561   148.7     4.5  18.9
2014 02 17    10 58 16.1 +40 39 00   5.6929  6.5583   148.8     4.5  18.9
2014 02 18    10 57 29.3 +40 38 08   5.6942  6.5604   148.9     4.5  18.9
2014 02 19    10 56 42.3 +40 37 09   5.6958  6.5626   149.0     4.5  18.9
2014 02 20    10 55 55.2 +40 36 05   5.6978  6.5648   149.0     4.5  19.0
2014 02 21    10 55 08.0 +40 34 54   5.7000  6.5670   148.9     4.5  19.0
2014 02 22    10 54 20.7 +40 33 37   5.7025  6.5692   148.9     4.5  19.0
2014 02 23    10 53 33.3 +40 32 13   5.7053  6.5714   148.8     4.5  19.0
2014 02 24    10 52 45.8 +40 30 42   5.7084  6.5736   148.6     4.5  19.0
2014 02 25    10 51 58.4 +40 29 05   5.7118  6.5758   148.5     4.5  19.0
2014 02 26    10 51 10.9 +40 27 22   5.7154  6.5780   148.2     4.5  19.0
2014 02 27    10 50 23.5 +40 25 31   5.7194  6.5802   148.0     4.6  19.0
2014 02 28    10 49 36.2 +40 23 34   5.7237  6.5824   147.7     4.6  19.0


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Comet C/2013 F2 (Catalina) is at Perihelion (6.218 AU) on the 18th April, 2013.



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 29    09 10 59.2 +71 18 09   5.9890  6.2196    98.7     9.1  18.8
2013 03 30    09 10 20.3 +71 07 53   5.9978  6.2194    98.2     9.1  18.8
2013 03 31    09 09 43.9 +70 57 31   6.0066  6.2193    97.7     9.2  18.8
2013 04 01    09 09 09.7 +70 47 05   6.0156  6.2191    97.1     9.2  18.8
2013 04 02    09 08 37.9 +70 36 34   6.0247  6.2190    96.6     9.2  18.8
2013 04 03    09 08 08.3 +70 25 59   6.0338  6.2189    96.0     9.2  18.8
2013 04 04    09 07 41.0 +70 15 20   6.0431  6.2187    95.5     9.2  18.8
2013 04 05    09 07 15.8 +70 04 37   6.0524  6.2186    94.9     9.2  18.8
2013 04 06    09 06 52.7 +69 53 51   6.0618  6.2185    94.4     9.2  18.8
2013 04 07    09 06 31.8 +69 43 01   6.0713  6.2184    93.8     9.2  18.9
2013 04 08    09 06 12.8 +69 32 07   6.0808  6.2183    93.2     9.3  18.9
2013 04 09    09 05 55.9 +69 21 11   6.0905  6.2183    92.7     9.3  18.9
2013 04 10    09 05 41.0 +69 10 11   6.1001  6.2182    92.1     9.3  18.9
2013 04 11    09 05 27.9 +68 59 09   6.1099  6.2181    91.5     9.3  18.9
2013 04 12    09 05 16.8 +68 48 04   6.1197  6.2181    91.0     9.3  18.9
2013 04 13    09 05 07.4 +68 36 57   6.1296  6.2180    90.4     9.3  18.9
2013 04 14    09 04 59.9 +68 25 47   6.1396  6.2180    89.8     9.3  18.9
2013 04 15    09 04 54.1 +68 14 35   6.1496  6.2179    89.3     9.3  18.9
2013 04 16    09 04 50.0 +68 03 22   6.1596  6.2179    88.7     9.3  18.9
2013 04 17    09 04 47.6 +67 52 06   6.1697  6.2179    88.1     9.3  18.9
2013 04 18    09 04 46.8 +67 40 49   6.1799  6.2179    87.5     9.3  18.9
2013 04 19    09 04 47.6 +67 29 31   6.1901  6.2179    86.9     9.3  18.9
2013 04 20    09 04 49.9 +67 18 11   6.2003  6.2179    86.4     9.3  18.9


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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 F2 (Catalina)
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5
T 2013 Apr. 19.08754 TT                                 MPC
q   6.2178725            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0000845      Peri.  123.00034     -0.41661157     -0.87714393
 +/-0.0000192      Node   344.26726     +0.19215650     +0.17184270
e   0.9994748      Incl.   61.75196     +0.88854413     -0.44842905
From 46 observations 2012 Dec. 28-2013 Mar. 29

MPEC 2013 - F58

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 F2 (CATALINA) was discovered on the 28th December, 2012, by the Catalina Sky Survey telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 19th April, 2013, at a distance of 6.2 au from the Sun.



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