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Comet P/1998 U4 Spahr is at Perihelion on the 20th April, 2012



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Comet P/1998 U4 (Spahr) was first discovered on the 27th October 1998, by T. Spahr (University of Arizona).
The orbital elements of the comet indicates a perihelion passage on the 3rd April 2012, at a distance of approximately 3.9 AU from the Sun, and a orbital period of about 12.97 years.

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Orbital elements:
P/1998 U4 (Spahr) = P/2010 P3
Epoch 2012 Apr. 23.0 TT = JDT 2456040.5
T 2012 Apr. 3.59000 TT                                  MPC
q   3.9799450            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.07601892     Peri.  247.68550     +0.36912616     -0.92935105
a   5.5189302      Node   180.77311     +0.91824894     +0.36349130
e   0.2788557      Incl.   32.48282     -0.14340423     -0.06465838
P  12.97
From 141 observations 1997 Oct. 29-2010 Aug. 16

MPEC 2010 - Q05


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