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Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR

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Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.134 AU) on the 29th January 2015.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 01 28    11 14 50.2 +35 59 32   2.1336  2.9692   141.6    11.9
2015 01 29    11 14 00.8 +36 06 52   2.1336  2.9751   142.4    11.7
2015 01 30    11 13 10.0 +36 14 06   2.1337  2.9809   143.1    11.4
2015 01 31    11 12 17.7 +36 21 12   2.1341  2.9867   143.9    11.2
2015 02 01    11 11 24.0 +36 28 10   2.1348  2.9925   144.6    11.0
2015 02 02    11 10 28.9 +36 34 59   2.1357  2.9983   145.2    10.8
2015 02 03    11 09 32.6 +36 41 40   2.1368  3.0042   145.9    10.6
2015 02 04    11 08 34.9 +36 48 11   2.1382  3.0100   146.5    10.4
2015 02 05    11 07 36.1 +36 54 33   2.1398  3.0158   147.1    10.2
2015 02 06    11 06 36.1 +37 00 44   2.1417  3.0215   147.7    10.0
2015 02 07    11 05 35.0 +37 06 44   2.1439  3.0273   148.3     9.9
2015 02 08    11 04 32.8 +37 12 32   2.1463  3.0331   148.8     9.7
2015 02 09    11 03 29.7 +37 18 09   2.1489  3.0389   149.2     9.6
2015 02 10    11 02 25.7 +37 23 34   2.1519  3.0446   149.7     9.4

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Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR is at Perihelion (1.585 AU) on the 16th April 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 04 15    01 58 58.0 +11 24 07   2.5761  1.5849     6.9     4.4
2014 04 16    02 01 34.9 +11 46 49   2.5772  1.5849     6.7     4.2
2014 04 17    02 04 12.2 +12 09 25   2.5783  1.5849     6.4     4.1
2014 04 18    02 06 50.0 +12 31 54   2.5794  1.5849     6.2     3.9
2014 04 19    02 09 28.2 +12 54 18   2.5806  1.5851     5.9     3.7
2014 04 20    02 12 06.9 +13 16 35   2.5817  1.5853     5.7     3.6
2014 04 21    02 14 46.0 +13 38 44   2.5829  1.5855     5.4     3.4
2014 04 22    02 17 25.6 +14 00 47   2.5842  1.5858     5.2     3.3
2014 04 23    02 20 05.6 +14 22 43   2.5854  1.5862     5.0     3.1
2014 04 24    02 22 46.1 +14 44 31   2.5867  1.5867     4.7     3.0
2014 04 25    02 25 27.1 +15 06 12   2.5880  1.5872     4.5     2.8
2014 04 26    02 28 08.6 +15 27 45   2.5894  1.5878     4.3     2.7
2014 04 27    02 30 50.5 +15 49 10   2.5907  1.5884     4.1     2.6
2014 04 28    02 33 32.9 +16 10 27   2.5921  1.5892     3.9     2.4
2014 04 29    02 36 15.8 +16 31 35   2.5935  1.5899     3.7     2.3
2014 04 30    02 38 59.2 +16 52 35   2.5950  1.5908     3.5     2.2

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Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.931 AU) on the 5th August, 2013.

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Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR is at Opposition (2.020 AU) on the 8th July, 2013.

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The story of this comet officially began in September of 1986. K. S. Russell (Siding Spring Observatory, Australia) was examining a 90-min exposure taken by F. G. Watson on September 3.64 with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope.
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