Comet C/2013 H1 (La Sagra) is at Opposition (4.040 AU) on the 29th July 2014
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 07 28 20 58 39.6 -40 53 44 4.0327 4.9846 157.2 4.5 23.0 2014 07 29 20 58 01.5 -40 57 55 4.0403 4.9919 157.2 4.5 23.0 2014 07 30 20 57 23.3 -41 01 58 4.0483 4.9993 157.1 4.5 23.0 2014 07 31 20 56 45.1 -41 05 54 4.0566 5.0067 157.0 4.5 23.0 2014 08 01 20 56 07.0 -41 09 43 4.0651 5.0141 156.8 4.6 23.0 2014 08 02 20 55 28.8 -41 13 24 4.0739 5.0215 156.6 4.6 23.1 2014 08 03 20 54 50.7 -41 16 58 4.0829 5.0289 156.3 4.6 23.1 2014 08 04 20 54 12.7 -41 20 24 4.0923 5.0363 156.0 4.7 23.1 2014 08 05 20 53 34.8 -41 23 43 4.1019 5.0437 155.7 4.8 23.1 2014 08 06 20 52 57.1 -41 26 54 4.1118 5.0511 155.3 4.8 23.1 2014 08 07 20 52 19.5 -41 29 57 4.1219 5.0584 154.9 4.9 23.1 2014 08 08 20 51 42.2 -41 32 53 4.1324 5.0658 154.4 5.0 23.1 2014 08 09 20 51 05.1 -41 35 41 4.1431 5.0732 153.9 5.0 23.1 2014 08 10 20 50 28.3 -41 38 21 4.1540 5.0806 153.4 5.1 23.2
Comet C/2013 H1 (La Sagra) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.725 AU) on the 10th May, 2013,
Comet C/2013 H1 (La Sagra) is at Opposition (1.732 AU) on the 2nd May, 2013.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2013 04 30 15 02 44.0 +16 08 11 1.7357 2.6447 148.1 11.6 18.4 2013 05 01 15 02 08.7 +16 01 37 1.7336 2.6433 148.1 11.6 18.4 2013 05 02 15 01 33.1 +15 54 44 1.7317 2.6420 148.2 11.6 18.4 2013 05 03 15 00 57.2 +15 47 33 1.7300 2.6407 148.2 11.6 18.4 2013 05 04 15 00 21.1 +15 40 04 1.7286 2.6395 148.2 11.6 18.4 2013 05 05 14 59 44.8 +15 32 17 1.7274 2.6383 148.1 11.6 18.4 2013 05 06 14 59 08.4 +15 24 12 1.7264 2.6371 148.1 11.7 18.4 2013 05 07 14 58 31.9 +15 15 48 1.7256 2.6360 148.0 11.7 18.4 2013 05 08 14 57 55.4 +15 07 06 1.7251 2.6350 147.9 11.8 18.4 2013 05 09 14 57 18.9 +14 58 06 1.7248 2.6339 147.7 11.8 18.4 2013 05 10 14 56 42.5 +14 48 48 1.7247 2.6330 147.5 11.9 18.4 2013 05 11 14 56 06.3 +14 39 13 1.7249 2.6320 147.3 12.0 18.4 2013 05 12 14 55 30.3 +14 29 19 1.7252 2.6311 147.1 12.0 18.4 2013 05 13 14 54 54.6 +14 19 07 1.7259 2.6303 146.8 12.1 18.4 2013 05 14 14 54 19.2 +14 08 38 1.7267 2.6295 146.5 12.2 18.4 2013 05 15 14 53 44.2 +13 57 52 1.7278 2.6287 146.2 12.3 18.4 2013 05 16 14 53 09.5 +13 46 49 1.7291 2.6280 145.9 12.5 18.4 2013 05 17 14 52 35.4 +13 35 29 1.7306 2.6273 145.5 12.6 18.4 2013 05 18 14 52 01.8 +13 23 53 1.7323 2.6267 145.1 12.7 18.4 2013 05 19 14 51 28.7 +13 12 00 1.7343 2.6261 144.7 12.9 18.4 2013 05 20 14 50 56.2 +12 59 51 1.7365 2.6255 144.3 13.0 18.4 2013 05 21 14 50 24.4 +12 47 27 1.7389 2.6250 143.9 13.1 18.4 2013 05 22 14 49 53.3 +12 34 47 1.7416 2.6245 143.4 13.3 18.4 2013 05 23 14 49 22.9 +12 21 52 1.7444 2.6241 142.9 13.5 18.4 2013 05 24 14 48 53.3 +12 08 43 1.7475 2.6237 142.4 13.6 18.4 2013 05 25 14 48 24.5 +11 55 19 1.7508 2.6234 141.9 13.8 18.4 2013 05 26 14 47 56.6 +11 41 42 1.7543 2.6231 141.4 13.9 18.4 2013 05 27 14 47 29.5 +11 27 51 1.7581 2.6228 140.8 14.1 18.4 2013 05 28 14 47 03.3 +11 13 46 1.7620 2.6226 140.3 14.3 18.4 2013 05 29 14 46 38.0 +10 59 29 1.7662 2.6225 139.7 14.5 18.4 2013 05 30 14 46 13.8 +10 45 00 1.7706 2.6223 139.1 14.7 18.4 2013 05 31 14 45 50.5 +10 30 18 1.7752 2.6223 138.5 14.8 18.4
Orbital elements: C/2013 H1 (La Sagra) T 2013 June 1.37260 TT MPC q 2.6222178 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 141.51313 -0.62907117 +0.62900461 Node 84.20588 -0.77693160 -0.48952855 e 1.0 Incl. 27.32891 -0.02543145 -0.60391638 From 80 observations 2013 Apr. 19-22.
MPEC 2013 - H27
Key to Orbital elements
Comet C/2013 H1 (LA SAGRA) was discovered on the 19th April, 2013, by the La Sagra Sky Survey (LSSS). The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 1st June, 2013.