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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5
T 2010 Mar. 24.41719 TT                                 MPC
q   0.6954541            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0036565      Peri.  133.40462     -0.61480745     -0.30750035
 +/-0.0000034      Node   310.23075     +0.07366881     +0.89444295
e   0.9974571      Incl.  107.95683     +0.78522908     -0.32467729

MPEC 2010 - G63

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Comet C/2009 O2 (Catalina) at magnitude 9.3 will pass 0.07° from the magnitude 2.2+4.9 binary star gamma Andromeda, at 08:00 UT, 29th March, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 O2 Catalina
Magnitude= 9.0mag
Best seen from 20.2h -21.5h
RA= 1h40m25 Dec=+43°24.5' (J2000)
Distance to Sun= 0.70AU
Distance to Earth= 0.81AU

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Comet C/2009 O2 (Catalina) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.808 AU) on the 26th March, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 O2 (Catalina) is at perihelion  (0.695 AU) on the 24th March, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 O2 (Catalina) at magnitude 9.8 will pass 0.05° from the magnitude 12 galaxy NGC 7242 in the constellation Lacerta, at 23:00 UT, 13th March, 2010.

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
Epoch 2010 Mar. 25.0 TT = JDT 2455280.5
T 2010 Mar. 24.40623 TT                                 MPC
q   0.6953617            (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.0036301      Peri.  133.40714     -0.61482382     -0.30747192
 +/-0.0000079      Node   310.23082     +0.07370604     +0.89444071
e   0.9974758      Incl.  107.95709     +0.78521277     -0.32471039

MPEC 2010 - B41

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
T 2010 Mar. 24.2488 TT                                  MPC
q   0.693659             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.004002       Peri.  133.4737      -0.6143876      -0.3074013
                   Node   310.2249      +0.0752607      +0.8939492
e   0.997224       Incl.  107.8752      +0.7854067      -0.3261276
From 179 observations 2009 July 27-Sept. 21.

MPEC 2009 - S78

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
T 2010 Mar. 24.1691 TT                                  MPC
q   0.692623             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.004248       Peri.  133.5178      -0.6141442      -0.3072955
                   Node   310.2201      +0.0762689      +0.8936559
e   0.997058       Incl.  107.8265      +0.7854998      -0.3270299
From 170 observations 2009 July 27-Sept. 12.

MPEC 2009 - S15

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
T 2010 Mar. 25.1075 TT                                  MPC
q   0.706719             (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  132.8835      -0.6171535      -0.3092580
                   Node   310.2846      +0.0620835      +0.8975173
e   1.0            Incl.  108.4767      +0.7843897      -0.3143599
From 162 observations 2009 July 27-Aug. 29.

MPEC 2009 - R15

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