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RE: Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.737 AU) on the 10th September 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 09 10    23 08 17.3 +27 28 27   4.7374  5.6119   147.4     5.6  19.4
2014 09 11    23 07 57.1 +27 25 35   4.7375  5.6149   147.8     5.5  19.4
2014 09 12    23 07 37.0 +27 22 36   4.7379  5.6179   148.1     5.4  19.4
2014 09 13    23 07 17.0 +27 19 31   4.7386  5.6209   148.5     5.4  19.4
2014 09 14    23 06 57.0 +27 16 19   4.7395  5.6239   148.8     5.3  19.4
2014 09 15    23 06 37.2 +27 13 01   4.7406  5.6269   149.0     5.3  19.4
2014 09 16    23 06 17.4 +27 09 36   4.7420  5.6299   149.3     5.2  19.4
2014 09 17    23 05 57.8 +27 06 04   4.7437  5.6329   149.5     5.2  19.4
2014 09 18    23 05 38.4 +27 02 27   4.7456  5.6360   149.7     5.2  19.4
2014 09 19    23 05 19.2 +26 58 43   4.7477  5.6390   149.8     5.1  19.4
2014 09 20    23 05 00.1 +26 54 53   4.7502  5.6420   149.9     5.1  19.4
2014 09 21    23 04 41.3 +26 50 58   4.7529  5.6451   150.0     5.1  19.4
2014 09 22    23 04 22.7 +26 46 57   4.7558  5.6482   150.1     5.1  19.4
2014 09 23    23 04 04.3 +26 42 50   4.7590  5.6512   150.1     5.1  19.4
2014 09 24    23 03 46.3 +26 38 38   4.7625  5.6543   150.1     5.1  19.4
2014 09 25    23 03 28.5 +26 34 21   4.7662  5.6574   150.0     5.1  19.4
2014 09 26    23 03 11.0 +26 29 58   4.7702  5.6605   149.9     5.1  19.4
2014 09 27    23 02 53.9 +26 25 31   4.7744  5.6636   149.8     5.1  19.4
2014 09 28    23 02 37.0 +26 20 59   4.7789  5.6667   149.7     5.1  19.4
2014 09 29    23 02 20.6 +26 16 23   4.7837  5.6698   149.5     5.1  19.4
2014 09 30    23 02 04.5 +26 11 42   4.7887  5.6729   149.3     5.2  19.4

Blobrana · L

Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (5.141 AU) on the 14th November 2013

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Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.310 AU) on the 1st August, 2013.

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Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS) is at Opposition (3.041 AU) on the 28th July, 2013

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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS)
T 2014 Feb. 27.42195 TT                                 MPC
q   4.7413137            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   94.61316     +0.81265046     +0.41574169
                   Node   241.33062     -0.50811369     +0.84861690
e   1.0            Incl.   27.73737     +0.28534139     +0.32712109
From 26 observations 2013 Apr. 14-17.

MPEC 2013 - H22

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 14th April, 2013. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 14th February, 2014 at a distance of approximately 4.7 AU from the Sun.