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RE: Comet C/2011 Q2 (MCNAUGHT)

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Comet C/2011 Q2 (McNaught) is at Perihelion (1.350 AU) on the 19th January, 2012

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag

2012 01 01    19 32 24.0 -15 24 02   2.3244  1.3910    14.0     9.9  13.3
2012 01 02    19 35 30.7 -14 59 31   2.3218  1.3880    14.0     9.8  13.3
2012 01 03    19 38 37.4 -14 34 46   2.3193  1.3852    13.9     9.8  13.2
2012 01 04    19 41 44.0 -14 09 45   2.3168  1.3826    13.9     9.8  13.2
2012 01 05    19 44 50.6 -13 44 29   2.3145  1.3801    13.9     9.8  13.2
2012 01 06    19 47 57.0 -13 18 59   2.3122  1.3778    13.9     9.8  13.2
2012 01 07    19 51 03.3 -12 53 14   2.3099  1.3756    13.9     9.9  13.2
2012 01 08    19 54 09.6 -12 27 15   2.3078  1.3736    13.9     9.9  13.2
2012 01 09    19 57 15.7 -12 01 03   2.3058  1.3717    13.9     9.9  13.2
2012 01 10    20 00 21.8 -11 34 37   2.3038  1.3700    13.9    10.0  13.2
2012 01 11    20 03 27.7 -11 07 58   2.3019  1.3684    14.0    10.0  13.2
2012 01 12    20 06 33.6 -10 41 05   2.3002  1.3670    14.0    10.0  13.2
2012 01 13    20 09 39.3 -10 14 01   2.2985  1.3658    14.1    10.1  13.2
2012 01 14    20 12 45.0 -09 46 43   2.2969  1.3647    14.2    10.2  13.2
2012 01 15    20 15 50.5 -09 19 14   2.2954  1.3637    14.2    10.2  13.2
2012 01 16    20 18 56.0 -08 51 33   2.2940  1.3630    14.3    10.3  13.1
2012 01 17    20 22 01.3 -08 23 41   2.2928  1.3623    14.4    10.4  13.1
2012 01 18    20 25 06.6 -07 55 38   2.2916  1.3619    14.5    10.4  13.1
2012 01 19    20 28 11.8 -07 27 24   2.2905  1.3616    14.7    10.5  13.1
2012 01 20    20 31 16.8 -06 59 00   2.2896  1.3614    14.8    10.6  13.1
2012 01 21    20 34 21.8 -06 30 26   2.2888  1.3615    14.9    10.7  13.1
2012 01 22    20 37 26.6 -06 01 43   2.2880  1.3616    15.0    10.8  13.1
2012 01 23    20 40 31.4 -05 32 50   2.2874  1.3620    15.2    10.9  13.1
2012 01 24    20 43 36.0 -05 03 49   2.2869  1.3625    15.3    11.0  13.1
2012 01 25    20 46 40.6 -04 34 40   2.2866  1.3631    15.4    11.1  13.1
2012 01 26    20 49 45.0 -04 05 23   2.2863  1.3640    15.6    11.2  13.1
2012 01 27    20 52 49.3 -03 35 58   2.2862  1.3649    15.7    11.3  13.1
2012 01 28    20 55 53.6 -03 06 27   2.2862  1.3661    15.9    11.4  13.2
2012 01 29    20 58 57.7 -02 36 49   2.2863  1.3674    16.1    11.5  13.2
2012 01 30    21 02 01.7 -02 07 06   2.2866  1.3688    16.2    11.6  13.2
2012 01 31    21 05 05.6 -01 37 17   2.2870  1.3704    16.4    11.7  13.2

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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 Q2 (McNaught)
T 2012 Jan. 20.35656 TT                                 MPC
q   1.3614304            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   34.40144     +0.67420542     +0.46388839
                   Node   287.10928     -0.73679221     +0.47603246
e   1.0            Incl.   36.96217     +0.05083590     +0.74712827
From 51 observations 2011 Aug. 26-30.

MPEC 2011 - Q54

Comet C/2011 Q2 (MCNAUGHT) was discovered on the 26th August, 2011, by R. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 20th January, 2012, at a distance of 1.36 AU from the Sun.