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Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok) is at Opposition (4.367 AU) in the constellation Virgo on the 25th March 2015 

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 03 24    12 09 15.9 -04 09 51   4.3658  5.3614   176.9     0.6  21.5
2015 03 25    12 08 47.3 -04 04 51   4.3670  5.3631   177.1     0.5  21.5
2015 03 26    12 08 18.8 -03 59 50   4.3686  5.3647   176.9     0.6  21.5
2015 03 27    12 07 50.3 -03 54 50   4.3705  5.3664   176.3     0.7  21.5
2015 03 28    12 07 21.9 -03 49 49   4.3727  5.3681   175.5     0.8  21.5
2015 03 29    12 06 53.6 -03 44 48   4.3752  5.3698   174.6     1.0  21.5
2015 03 30    12 06 25.5 -03 39 48   4.3781  5.3714   173.6     1.2  21.5
2015 03 31    12 05 57.5 -03 34 47   4.3812  5.3731   172.5     1.4  21.5


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Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) is at Opposition (3.630) on the 21st February 2014



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Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.623 AU) on the 14th February 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 13    09 55 12.8 -04 20 06   3.6236  4.5726   162.0     3.8  20.4
2014 02 14    09 54 40.7 -04 15 34   3.6233  4.5747   162.5     3.7  20.4
2014 02 15    09 54 08.5 -04 10 56   3.6234  4.5769   163.0     3.6  20.4
2014 02 16    09 53 36.4 -04 06 13   3.6237  4.5790   163.4     3.5  20.4
2014 02 17    09 53 04.3 -04 01 25   3.6244  4.5811   163.7     3.5  20.4
2014 02 18    09 52 32.2 -03 56 33   3.6253  4.5833   164.0     3.4  20.4
2014 02 19    09 52 00.3 -03 51 36   3.6266  4.5854   164.1     3.4  20.4
2014 02 20    09 51 28.4 -03 46 35   3.6281  4.5875   164.2     3.4  20.4
2014 02 21    09 50 56.7 -03 41 29   3.6300  4.5897   164.3     3.4  20.4
2014 02 22    09 50 25.1 -03 36 20   3.6322  4.5918   164.2     3.4  20.4
2014 02 23    09 49 53.7 -03 31 07   3.6346  4.5939   164.0     3.4  20.4
2014 02 24    09 49 22.5 -03 25 50   3.6374  4.5961   163.8     3.4  20.4
2014 02 25    09 48 51.6 -03 20 30   3.6405  4.5982   163.5     3.5  20.4
2014 02 26    09 48 20.9 -03 15 06   3.6439  4.6003   163.1     3.6  20.4
2014 02 27    09 47 50.5 -03 09 40   3.6476  4.6025   162.7     3.7  20.4
2014 02 28    09 47 20.4 -03 04 10   3.6515  4.6046   162.2     3.8  20.4


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Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.858 AU) on the 25th December, 2012



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Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) is at Perihelion (3.558 AU) on the 2nd April, 2012.



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Orbital elements:
    P/2011 R3 (Novichonok)
T 2011 Aug. 23.35669 TT                                 MPC
q   3.5852086            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.09206921     Peri.  189.67625     +0.94520014     -0.32236318
a   4.8572796      Node   189.62059     +0.31642393     +0.94353338
e   0.2618896      Incl.   18.04041     +0.08045246     +0.07633302
P  10.7
From 44 observations 2011 Sept. 7-9.

MPEC 2011 - R34

Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok) was discovered on the 7th September, 2011, by A. Novichonok (Ka-Dar Observatory).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd August, 2011, at a distance of 3.6 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 10.7 years.



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