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Post Info TOPIC: Comet P/2011 Y2 (BOATTINI)


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RE: Comet P/2011 Y2 (BOATTINI)
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Comet P/2011 Y2 (Boattini) is at Opposition (2.908 AU) on the 29th March, 2013.

 Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 28    12 21 14.3 -10 14 06   2.9020  3.8938   172.5     1.9  23.2
2013 03 29    12 20 31.7 -10 09 55   2.9081  3.9005   172.7     1.9  23.2
2013 03 30    12 19 49.3 -10 05 42   2.9146  3.9071   172.7     1.9  23.2
2013 03 31    12 19 07.3 -10 01 28   2.9213  3.9138   172.5     1.9  23.3
2013 04 01    12 18 25.5 -09 57 13   2.9283  3.9205   172.1     2.0  23.3
2013 04 02    12 17 44.1 -09 52 56   2.9357  3.9271   171.6     2.1  23.3
2013 04 03    12 17 03.1 -09 48 39   2.9433  3.9338   170.9     2.3  23.3
2013 04 04    12 16 22.5 -09 44 21   2.9513  3.9405   170.2     2.5  23.3
2013 04 05    12 15 42.3 -09 40 03   2.9595  3.9471   169.4     2.7  23.3
2013 04 06    12 15 02.7 -09 35 45   2.9681  3.9538   168.5     2.9  23.3
2013 04 07    12 14 23.5 -09 31 27   2.9769  3.9604   167.6     3.1  23.3
2013 04 08    12 13 44.8 -09 27 09   2.9861  3.9670   166.6     3.3  23.4
2013 04 09    12 13 06.8 -09 22 52   2.9955  3.9737   165.7     3.6  23.4
2013 04 10    12 12 29.3 -09 18 35   3.0053  3.9803   164.7     3.8  23.4
2013 04 11    12 11 52.4 -09 14 20   3.0153  3.9869   163.6     4.1  23.4
2013 04 12    12 11 16.2 -09 10 06   3.0257  3.9935   162.6     4.3  23.4
2013 04 13    12 10 40.6 -09 05 54   3.0363  4.0002   161.6     4.5  23.4
2013 04 14    12 10 05.7 -09 01 43   3.0472  4.0068   160.5     4.8  23.4
2013 04 15    12 09 31.6 -08 57 34   3.0584  4.0134   159.5     5.0  23.5
2013 04 16    12 08 58.1 -08 53 27   3.0698  4.0200   158.4     5.3  23.5
2013 04 17    12 08 25.4 -08 49 23   3.0816  4.0266   157.4     5.5  23.5
2013 04 18    12 07 53.5 -08 45 21   3.0936  4.0332   156.3     5.7  23.5
2013 04 19    12 07 22.4 -08 41 21   3.1059  4.0398   155.2     6.0  23.5
2013 04 20    12 06 52.0 -08 37 25   3.1184  4.0464   154.2     6.2  23.5
2013 04 21    12 06 22.5 -08 33 31   3.1312  4.0529   153.1     6.4  23.6
2013 04 22    12 05 53.8 -08 29 41   3.1443  4.0595   152.0     6.7  23.6
2013 04 23    12 05 26.0 -08 25 54   3.1577  4.0661   151.0     6.9  23.6
2013 04 24    12 04 59.0 -08 22 11   3.1712  4.0727   149.9     7.1  23.6
2013 04 25    12 04 32.8 -08 18 31   3.1851  4.0792   148.8     7.3  23.6
2013 04 26    12 04 07.5 -08 14 55   3.1992  4.0858   147.8     7.5  23.6
2013 04 27    12 03 43.1 -08 11 22   3.2135  4.0923   146.7     7.8  23.7
2013 04 28    12 03 19.6 -08 07 54   3.2280  4.0989   145.7     8.0  23.7
2013 04 29    12 02 56.9 -08 04 30   3.2428  4.1054   144.6     8.2  23.7
2013 04 30    12 02 35.2 -08 01 10   3.2579  4.1120   143.6     8.4  23.7


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Comet P/2011 Y2 (Boattini) is at Perihelion (1.787 AU) on the 21st March, 2012



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Orbital elements:
    P/2011 Y2 (Boattini)
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5
T 2012 Mar. 21.70415 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7873934            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.06356650     Peri.  131.18465     +0.14950509     -0.98512332
a   6.2179969      Node   310.01200     +0.87082810     +0.17177821
e   0.7125451      Incl.    6.35193     +0.46830187     -0.00492918
P  15.51
From 58 observations 2011 Sept. 4-Dec. 28

MPEC 2011 - Y49

Comet P/2011 Y2 (BOATTINI) was discovered on the 4th September, 2011, by Andrea Boattini (Catalina Sky Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 21st March, 2012, at a distance of 1.7 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 15.5 years.



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