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Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) is at Opposition (4.424 AU) in the constellation Crater on the 28th March 2015



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Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.424 AU) in the constellation Crater on the 26th March 2015 

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 03 25    11 55 12.9 -22 53 07   4.4240  5.3623   158.1     4.0  17.5
2015 03 26    11 53 44.5 -22 48 22   4.4236  5.3630   158.3     3.9  17.5
2015 03 27    11 52 16.3 -22 43 28   4.4236  5.3638   158.4     3.9  17.5
2015 03 28    11 50 48.3 -22 38 27   4.4240  5.3645   158.4     3.9  17.5
2015 03 29    11 49 20.7 -22 33 18   4.4249  5.3653   158.3     3.9  17.5
2015 03 30    11 47 53.3 -22 28 02   4.4262  5.3660   158.2     4.0  17.5
2015 03 31    11 46 26.3 -22 22 39   4.4279  5.3668   158.0     4.0  17.5
2015 04 01    11 44 59.8 -22 17 10   4.4301  5.3676   157.7     4.1  17.5
2015 04 02    11 43 33.6 -22 11 33   4.4327  5.3684   157.3     4.1  17.5
2015 04 03    11 42 07.9 -22 05 50   4.4357  5.3692   156.8     4.2  17.5
2015 04 04    11 40 42.8 -22 00 02   4.4391  5.3700   156.3     4.3  17.5
2015 04 05    11 39 18.2 -21 54 07   4.4429  5.3708   155.8     4.4  17.5


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Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) makes its closest approach to the Earth (4.661 AU) on the 6th May 2014 



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Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) is at Opposition (4.671 AU) on the 29th April 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 04 29    14 27 22.2 -12 11 34   4.6702  5.6766   177.7     0.4  17.9
2014 04 30    14 26 04.6 -12 09 26   4.6676  5.6741   177.5     0.4  17.9
2014 05 01    14 24 46.9 -12 07 17   4.6655  5.6716   176.7     0.6  17.9
2014 05 02    14 23 29.3 -12 05 08   4.6637  5.6691   175.7     0.8  17.9
2014 05 03    14 22 11.6 -12 02 58   4.6624  5.6667   174.6     1.0  17.9
2014 05 04    14 20 54.0 -12 00 47   4.6615  5.6642   173.4     1.2  17.9
2014 05 05    14 19 36.5 -11 58 35   4.6610  5.6617   172.2     1.4  17.9
2014 05 06    14 18 19.1 -11 56 23   4.6610  5.6593   170.9     1.6  17.9
2014 05 07    14 17 01.8 -11 54 11   4.6614  5.6569   169.7     1.8  17.9
2014 05 08    14 15 44.8 -11 51 59   4.6622  5.6544   168.4     2.1  17.9
2014 05 09    14 14 27.9 -11 49 47   4.6634  5.6520   167.2     2.3  17.9
2014 05 10    14 13 11.3 -11 47 35   4.6650  5.6496   165.9     2.5  17.9
2014 05 11    14 11 55.0 -11 45 23   4.6670  5.6472   164.7     2.7  17.9
2014 05 12    14 10 38.9 -11 43 11   4.6695  5.6448   163.4     2.9  17.9
2014 05 13    14 09 23.2 -11 41 00   4.6723  5.6424   162.1     3.1  17.9
2014 05 14    14 08 07.9 -11 38 49   4.6756  5.6401   160.9     3.4  17.9
2014 05 15    14 06 52.9 -11 36 39   4.6792  5.6377   159.6     3.6  17.9
2014 05 16    14 05 38.4 -11 34 29   4.6833  5.6353   158.4     3.8  17.9
2014 05 17    14 04 24.3 -11 32 20   4.6877  5.6330   157.1     4.0  17.9
2014 05 18    14 03 10.7 -11 30 13   4.6926  5.6306   155.9     4.2  17.9
2014 05 19    14 01 57.6 -11 28 06   4.6978  5.6283   154.6     4.4  17.9
2014 05 20    14 00 45.0 -11 26 01   4.7034  5.6260   153.3     4.6  17.9
2014 05 21    13 59 33.0 -11 23 56   4.7093  5.6237   152.1     4.8  17.9
2014 05 22    13 58 21.5 -11 21 53   4.7157  5.6213   150.9     5.0  17.9
2014 05 23    13 57 10.6 -11 19 52   4.7224  5.6190   149.6     5.2  17.9
2014 05 24    13 56 00.3 -11 17 52   4.7294  5.6168   148.4     5.4  17.9
2014 05 25    13 54 50.7 -11 15 54   4.7368  5.6145   147.1     5.6  17.9
2014 05 26    13 53 41.8 -11 13 58   4.7446  5.6122   145.9     5.8  17.9
2014 05 27    13 52 33.5 -11 12 04   4.7527  5.6099   144.7     6.0  17.9
2014 05 28    13 51 26.0 -11 10 11   4.7612  5.6077   143.4     6.2  17.9
2014 05 29    13 50 19.2 -11 08 21   4.7700  5.6054   142.2     6.4  17.9
2014 05 30    13 49 13.1 -11 06 33   4.7791  5.6032   141.0     6.5  17.9
2014 05 31    13 48 07.8 -11 04 47   4.7886  5.6009   139.8     6.7  17.9


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A group of schoolchildren have discovered a new comet while on school trip for their GCSE astronomy class.

Astronomy students at Wakefield's Horbury Academy were in Hawaii and Australia for two nights to stargaze through the remote Faulkes telescope as part of a GCSE project.
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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 G9 (Tenagra)
T 2015 Jan. 24.08039 TT                                 MPC
q   5.1723060            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  207.84965     -0.94239334     -0.05372762
                   Node    36.08511     -0.08679357     +0.99248750
e   1.0            Incl.  145.90528     -0.32305058     -0.10991770
From 46 observations 2013 Apr. 15-18.

MPEC 2013 - H23

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 G9 (TENAGRA) was discovered by M. Schwartz, P. R. Holvorcem (Tenagra II Observatory), on the 15th April, 2013.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage on the 24th January, 2015 at a distance of approximately 5.2 AU from the Sun.



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