Comet 287P/Christensen makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.153 AU) on the 24th July 2014
Comet 287P/Christensen is at Opposition (2.156 AU) on the 19th July 2014
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 07 18 19 45 08.8 -11 24 15 2.1574 3.1637 170.3 3.1 20.2 2014 07 19 19 44 29.8 -11 30 19 2.1559 3.1624 170.4 3.1 20.2 2014 07 20 19 43 50.8 -11 36 28 2.1547 3.1611 170.4 3.1 20.2 2014 07 21 19 43 11.8 -11 42 42 2.1538 3.1599 170.2 3.1 20.2 2014 07 22 19 42 32.8 -11 48 59 2.1531 3.1586 170.0 3.2 20.2 2014 07 23 19 41 54.0 -11 55 20 2.1527 3.1573 169.6 3.3 20.2 2014 07 24 19 41 15.3 -12 01 45 2.1526 3.1561 169.1 3.5 20.2 2014 07 25 19 40 36.8 -12 08 13 2.1528 3.1548 168.5 3.7 20.2 2014 07 26 19 39 58.6 -12 14 44 2.1533 3.1536 167.9 3.9 20.2 2014 07 27 19 39 20.6 -12 21 19 2.1540 3.1524 167.2 4.1 20.2 2014 07 28 19 38 43.0 -12 27 56 2.1550 3.1511 166.4 4.3 20.2 2014 07 29 19 38 05.7 -12 34 35 2.1563 3.1499 165.6 4.6 20.2 2014 07 30 19 37 28.9 -12 41 17 2.1579 3.1487 164.7 4.9 20.2 2014 07 31 19 36 52.5 -12 48 00 2.1597 3.1475 163.9 5.1 20.2
Orbital elements: P/2006 R2 = 2013 L1 (Christensen) Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5 T 2014 Dec. 28.44531 TT MPC q 3.0540581 (2000.0) P Q n 0.11536355 Peri. 189.08497 +0.84520986 +0.50178877 a 4.1791727 Node 139.05815 -0.47101642 +0.86201770 e 0.2692195 Incl. 16.30054 -0.25251499 +0.07164853 P 8.54 From 124 observations 2006 Aug. 30-2013 June 4
MPEC 2013 - L19
Key to Orbital elements