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RE: Comet C/2013 K1 (CHRISTENSEN)

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Comet C/2013 K1 (Christensen) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.846 AU) on the 25th May, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 05 23    23 42 21.7 +14 06 46   0.8464  0.9573    61.2    68.0  17.4
2013 05 24    23 47 43.7 +13 27 52   0.8459  0.9552    61.1    68.1  17.4
2013 05 25    23 53 05.1 +12 48 34   0.8456  0.9534    60.9    68.2  17.4
2013 05 26    23 58 25.7 +12 08 54   0.8457  0.9520    60.8    68.3  17.4
2013 05 27    00 03 45.4 +11 28 56   0.8460  0.9508    60.7    68.4  17.4
2013 05 28    00 09 04.1 +10 48 43   0.8466  0.9500    60.6    68.4  17.4
2013 05 29    00 14 21.6 +10 08 18   0.8475  0.9495    60.6    68.4  17.4
2013 05 30    00 19 37.9 +09 27 46   0.8487  0.9493    60.5    68.4  17.4
2013 05 31    00 24 52.9 +08 47 07   0.8502  0.9495    60.5    68.3  17.4
2013 06 01    00 30 06.3 +08 06 27   0.8520  0.9500    60.5    68.2  17.4
2013 06 02    00 35 18.1 +07 25 47   0.8540  0.9508    60.5    68.1  17.4
2013 06 03    00 40 28.2 +06 45 11   0.8564  0.9520    60.5    68.0  17.4
2013 06 04    00 45 36.4 +06 04 42   0.8590  0.9535    60.5    67.8  17.5
2013 06 05    00 50 42.6 +05 24 22   0.8619  0.9553    60.6    67.7  17.5
2013 06 06    00 55 46.7 +04 44 14   0.8651  0.9574    60.6    67.5  17.5
2013 06 07    01 00 48.6 +04 04 20   0.8685  0.9598    60.7    67.2  17.5
2013 06 08    01 05 48.2 +03 24 44   0.8722  0.9626    60.8    67.0  17.5
2013 06 09    01 10 45.4 +02 45 27   0.8762  0.9656    60.9    66.7  17.6
2013 06 10    01 15 40.0 +02 06 30   0.8804  0.9690    61.0    66.4  17.6

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
    C/2013 K1 (Christensen)
T 2013 May 29.98448 TT                                  MPC
q   0.9493492            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  171.01377     +0.48828450     +0.68274557
                   Node   126.08141     -0.83663675     +0.54339150
e   1.0            Incl.   42.26406     -0.24822811     -0.48845078
From 24 observations 2013 May 18-20.

MPEC 2013 - K26

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 K1 (CHRISTENSEN) was discovered on the 18th May, 2013, by E. J. Christensen (Mount Lemmon Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 29th May, 2013, at a distance of 0.9 AU from the Sun.