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Comet C/2013 F3 (McNaught) is at Opposition (1.424 AU) on the 8th June, 2013.



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Comet C/2013 F3 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.424 AU) on the 6th June, 2013.



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Comet C/2013 F3 (McNaught) is at Perihelion (2.252 AU) on the 25th May, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 05 23    19 00 52.6 +05 10 11   1.4777  2.2520   128.5    20.6  16.4
2013 05 24    18 59 05.7 +05 56 55   1.4705  2.2519   129.2    20.4  16.4
2013 05 25    18 57 15.9 +06 43 50   1.4637  2.2518   129.9    20.2  16.4
2013 05 26    18 55 23.1 +07 30 52   1.4575  2.2518   130.6    20.0  16.3
2013 05 27    18 53 27.5 +08 17 59   1.4517  2.2519   131.2    19.8  16.3
2013 05 28    18 51 29.0 +09 05 08   1.4465  2.2520   131.8    19.6  16.3
2013 05 29    18 49 27.8 +09 52 17   1.4417  2.2522   132.3    19.4  16.3
2013 05 30    18 47 23.7 +10 39 22   1.4375  2.2525   132.8    19.3  16.3
2013 05 31    18 45 17.0 +11 26 21   1.4338  2.2528   133.2    19.1  16.3
2013 06 01    18 43 07.6 +12 13 10   1.4307  2.2531   133.6    19.0  16.3
2013 06 02    18 40 55.7 +12 59 47   1.4280  2.2535   134.0    18.9  16.3
2013 06 03    18 38 41.3 +13 46 08   1.4259  2.2540   134.3    18.8  16.3
2013 06 04    18 36 24.4 +14 32 11   1.4244  2.2545   134.5    18.7  16.3
2013 06 05    18 34 05.2 +15 17 51   1.4233  2.2551   134.7    18.7  16.3
2013 06 06    18 31 43.8 +16 03 07   1.4228  2.2558   134.8    18.6  16.3
2013 06 07    18 29 20.3 +16 47 54   1.4229  2.2565   134.9    18.6  16.3
2013 06 08    18 26 54.8 +17 32 11   1.4234  2.2572   134.9    18.6  16.3
2013 06 09    18 24 27.4 +18 15 54   1.4245  2.2581   134.8    18.6  16.3
2013 06 10    18 21 58.3 +18 59 00   1.4261  2.2589   134.7    18.6  16.3
2013 06 11    18 19 27.5 +19 41 28   1.4283  2.2599   134.6    18.7  16.3
2013 06 12    18 16 55.3 +20 23 13   1.4309  2.2609   134.4    18.7  16.3
2013 06 13    18 14 21.7 +21 04 15   1.4341  2.2619   134.1    18.8  16.3
2013 06 14    18 11 47.0 +21 44 30   1.4378  2.2630   133.8    18.9  16.3
2013 06 15    18 09 11.2 +22 23 56   1.4419  2.2642   133.5    19.0  16.3
2013 06 16    18 06 34.5 +23 02 33   1.4466  2.2654   133.1    19.1  16.4


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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 F3 (McNaught)
T 2013 May 21.47100 TT                                  MPC
q   2.2692116            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   17.09757     -0.03814897     +0.10225957
                   Node   266.18545     -0.99305362     -0.11468257
e   1.0            Incl.   85.02526     -0.11130661     +0.98812494
From 32 observations 2013 Mar. 29-Apr. 1.

MPEC 2013 - G02

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 F3 (MCNAUGHT) was discovered by R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey), on the 19th March, 2013. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage on the 21st May, 2013 at a distance of approximately 2.3 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 29    19 31 12.0 -26 02 01   2.3468  2.3495    77.9    24.5  17.6
2013 03 30    19 31 34.7 -25 39 45   2.3279  2.3466    78.7    24.7  17.5
2013 03 31    19 31 55.9 -25 17 10   2.3089  2.3437    79.6    24.8  17.5
2013 04 01    19 32 15.6 -24 54 17   2.2900  2.3409    80.4    24.9  17.5
2013 04 02    19 32 33.7 -24 31 05   2.2710  2.3382    81.3    25.0  17.5
2013 04 03    19 32 50.2 -24 07 34   2.2521  2.3355    82.1    25.1  17.4
2013 04 04    19 33 05.1 -23 43 42   2.2332  2.3328    83.0    25.2  17.4
2013 04 05    19 33 18.4 -23 19 30   2.2143  2.3302    83.9    25.3  17.4
2013 04 06    19 33 30.0 -22 54 58   2.1955  2.3276    84.7    25.3  17.4
2013 04 07    19 33 39.9 -22 30 03   2.1767  2.3251    85.6    25.4  17.4
2013 04 08    19 33 48.1 -22 04 47   2.1579  2.3227    86.5    25.5  17.3
2013 04 09    19 33 54.4 -21 39 09   2.1392  2.3203    87.4    25.5  17.3
2013 04 10    19 33 59.0 -21 13 07   2.1205  2.3180    88.3    25.6  17.3
2013 04 11    19 34 01.8 -20 46 42   2.1019  2.3157    89.2    25.6  17.3
2013 04 12    19 34 02.7 -20 19 54   2.0834  2.3134    90.1    25.7  17.2
2013 04 13    19 34 01.7 -19 52 40   2.0649  2.3112    91.0    25.7  17.2
2013 04 14    19 33 58.8 -19 25 02   2.0466  2.3091    91.9    25.7  17.2
2013 04 15    19 33 54.0 -18 56 58   2.0283  2.3070    92.8    25.7  17.2
2013 04 16    19 33 47.1 -18 28 28   2.0101  2.3050    93.8    25.7  17.1
2013 04 17    19 33 38.2 -17 59 31   1.9921  2.3030    94.7    25.7  17.1
2013 04 18    19 33 27.3 -17 30 08   1.9741  2.3011    95.6    25.7  17.1
2013 04 19    19 33 14.3 -17 00 17   1.9563  2.2993    96.6    25.7  17.1
2013 04 20    19 32 59.2 -16 29 57   1.9387  2.2975    97.5    25.7  17.0


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