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Comet C/2011 L2 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.899 AU) on the 17th February, 2012



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Comet C/2011 L2 (McNaught) is at Perihelion (1.965 AU) on the 31st October, 2011.

Google earth file: Comet C2011 L2 (McNaught).kmz (18kb, kmz)



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2011 10 31    13 45 58.7 -66 41 47   2.3698  1.9434    53.1    24.1  17.3
2011 11 01    13 45 48.4 -66 42 50   2.3739  1.9434    52.9    24.0  17.3
2011 11 02    13 45 37.5 -66 44 10   2.3779  1.9434    52.7    24.0  17.3
2011 11 03    13 45 25.9 -66 45 48   2.3815  1.9435    52.5    23.9  17.3
2011 11 04    13 45 13.6 -66 47 43   2.3849  1.9437    52.3    23.8  17.3
2011 11 05    13 45 00.4 -66 49 54   2.3881  1.9439    52.1    23.7  17.3
2011 11 06    13 44 46.4 -66 52 22   2.3910  1.9443    52.0    23.7  17.3
2011 11 07    13 44 31.5 -66 55 07   2.3936  1.9447    51.9    23.6  17.3
2011 11 08    13 44 15.5 -66 58 07   2.3960  1.9451    51.8    23.6  17.3
2011 11 09    13 43 58.4 -67 01 24   2.3982  1.9457    51.7    23.5  17.3
2011 11 10    13 43 40.2 -67 04 56   2.4001  1.9464    51.6    23.5  17.3
2011 11 11    13 43 20.7 -67 08 44   2.4017  1.9471    51.6    23.5  17.3
2011 11 12    13 42 59.9 -67 12 48   2.4031  1.9479    51.5    23.4  17.3
2011 11 13    13 42 37.7 -67 17 07   2.4042  1.9487    51.5    23.4  17.3
2011 11 14    13 42 13.9 -67 21 41   2.4050  1.9497    51.5    23.4  17.3
2011 11 15    13 41 48.6 -67 26 30   2.4057  1.9507    51.5    23.4  17.3
2011 11 16    13 41 21.7 -67 31 35   2.4060  1.9518    51.6    23.4  17.3
2011 11 17    13 40 52.9 -67 36 54   2.4061  1.9530    51.6    23.4  17.3
2011 11 18    13 40 22.3 -67 42 27   2.4060  1.9543    51.7    23.4  17.3
2011 11 19    13 39 49.7 -67 48 15   2.4056  1.9556    51.8    23.4  17.3
2011 11 20    13 39 15.0 -67 54 17   2.4049  1.9570    51.9    23.4  17.3
2011 11 21    13 38 38.1 -68 00 34   2.4040  1.9585    52.1    23.4  17.3
2011 11 22    13 37 58.8 -68 07 04   2.4029  1.9601    52.2    23.5  17.3
2011 11 23    13 37 17.1 -68 13 48   2.4015  1.9618    52.4    23.5  17.3
2011 11 24    13 36 32.7 -68 20 46   2.3999  1.9635    52.6    23.5  17.3
2011 11 25    13 35 45.6 -68 27 57   2.3980  1.9653    52.8    23.6  17.3
2011 11 26    13 34 55.6 -68 35 21   2.3959  1.9671    53.0    23.6  17.3
2011 11 27    13 34 02.6 -68 42 58   2.3936  1.9691    53.3    23.7  17.3
2011 11 28    13 33 06.3 -68 50 47   2.3910  1.9711    53.5    23.7  17.3
2011 11 29    13 32 06.6 -68 58 48   2.3882  1.9732    53.8    23.8  17.3
2011 11 30    13 31 03.4 -69 07 01   2.3851  1.9754    54.1    23.9  17.3


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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 L2 (McNaught)
T 2011 Oct. 31.75541 TT                                 MPC
q   1.9648877            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  256.18339     -0.01897627     -0.68474896
                   Node   131.33069     +0.06765367     +0.72611365
e   1.0            Incl.  104.02311     -0.99752839     +0.06227215
From 13 observations 2011 June 2-6.

MPEC 2011 - L27

Comet C/2011 L2 (MCNAUGHT) was discovered on the 2nd June, 2011, by R. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 31st October, 2011, at a distance of 1.96 AU from the Sun.



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