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Post Info TOPIC: COMET C/2008 O2 (McNAUGHT)


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Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) is at Opposition (4.009 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 19th April 2015 

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 04 18    13 32 04.8 -21 01 25   4.0104  5.0003   169.3     2.1  19.0
2015 04 19    13 31 30.0 -20 58 47   4.0091  4.9996   169.4     2.1  19.0
2015 04 20    13 30 55.3 -20 56 05   4.0082  4.9988   169.4     2.1  19.0
2015 04 21    13 30 20.6 -20 53 21   4.0075  4.9981   169.2     2.2  19.0
2015 04 22    13 29 46.1 -20 50 34   4.0072  4.9974   169.0     2.2  19.0
2015 04 23    13 29 11.7 -20 47 44   4.0071  4.9966   168.6     2.3  19.0
2015 04 24    13 28 37.5 -20 44 51   4.0073  4.9959   168.2     2.4  19.0
2015 04 25    13 28 03.5 -20 41 56   4.0079  4.9952   167.7     2.5  19.0
2015 04 26    13 27 29.7 -20 38 59   4.0087  4.9944   167.1     2.6  19.0
2015 04 27    13 26 56.2 -20 35 59   4.0098  4.9937   166.4     2.7  19.0
2015 04 28    13 26 22.9 -20 32 58   4.0113  4.9929   165.7     2.9  19.0
2015 04 29    13 25 49.9 -20 29 55   4.0130  4.9922   165.0     3.0  19.0
2015 04 30    13 25 17.2 -20 26 50   4.0150  4.9915   164.2     3.2  19.0


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Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) is at Opposition (4.176 AU) on the 18th March 2014

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 03 17    11 41 00.0 -04 40 12   4.1762  5.1662   173.7     1.2  19.2
2014 03 18    11 40 27.2 -04 37 34   4.1756  5.1661   173.8     1.2  19.2
2014 03 19    11 39 54.4 -04 34 56   4.1754  5.1660   173.7     1.2  19.2
2014 03 20    11 39 21.8 -04 32 16   4.1754  5.1659   173.5     1.3  19.2
2014 03 21    11 38 49.2 -04 29 34   4.1758  5.1658   173.0     1.3  19.2
2014 03 22    11 38 16.6 -04 26 52   4.1764  5.1657   172.4     1.5  19.2
2014 03 23    11 37 44.3 -04 24 08   4.1774  5.1656   171.7     1.6  19.2
2014 03 24    11 37 12.0 -04 21 23   4.1787  5.1655   170.9     1.7  19.2
2014 03 25    11 36 39.9 -04 18 38   4.1803  5.1654   170.1     1.9  19.2
2014 03 26    11 36 08.0 -04 15 52   4.1822  5.1653   169.2     2.1  19.2
2014 03 27    11 35 36.3 -04 13 05   4.1844  5.1652   168.2     2.3  19.2
2014 03 28    11 35 04.9 -04 10 18   4.1869  5.1650   167.3     2.4  19.2
2014 03 29    11 34 33.7 -04 07 31   4.1897  5.1649   166.3     2.6  19.2
2014 03 30    11 34 02.8 -04 04 44   4.1929  5.1648   165.3     2.8  19.2
2014 03 31    11 33 32.1 -04 01 57   4.1963  5.1647   164.2     3.0  19.2


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Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.758 AU) on the 11th January, 2012.



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A new comet was discovered by Rob H. McNaugt (Siding Spring Survey) on July 28, 2008. The cometary nature of the magnitude 17.5 object was confirmed by later observations. With this discovery, Rob McNaught has now 43 comets to his credit.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2008 O2 (McNaught) indicate a perihelion passage on November 13, 2009 at a distance of 1.3 AU from the Sun. The comet should reach magnitude 7.4 at the time of the closest passage to the Sun.

MPEC 2008 - 04

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IAUC 8963 (2008 Aug. 1)

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