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Post Info TOPIC: Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon)


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Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) makes its closest approach to the Earth (5.539 AU) on the 22nd May, 2011



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Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on the 8th February, 2008.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 9th July, 2006 at a distance of  5.4 AU from the Sun, and a 15.4 year orbital period.

Orbital elements:
P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon)
Epoch 2006 July 4.0 TT = JDT 2453920.5
T 2006 July 9.1877 TT MPC
q 5.435878 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0640843 Peri. 82.6364 -0.4353787 -0.8966713
a 6.184456 Node 33.5426 +0.7581126 -0.4132042
e 0.121042 Incl. 8.3416 +0.4855004 -0.1588800
P 15.4

MPEC 2009 - F28
Ephemeris


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