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RE: Comet C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 01 01    06 05 55.0 -37 33 32   3.9529  4.5087   118.7    11.0  20.0
2014 01 02    06 04 41.2 -37 36 51   3.9637  4.5167   118.5    11.0  20.0
2014 01 03    06 03 28.1 -37 39 51   3.9746  4.5248   118.3    11.0  20.1
2014 01 04    06 02 15.4 -37 42 35   3.9857  4.5329   118.1    11.0  20.1
2014 01 05    06 01 03.5 -37 45 01   3.9970  4.5410   117.9    11.0  20.1
2014 01 06    05 59 52.1 -37 47 11   4.0086  4.5490   117.6    11.0  20.1
2014 01 07    05 58 41.5 -37 49 04   4.0203  4.5571   117.4    11.0  20.1
2014 01 08    05 57 31.7 -37 50 41   4.0322  4.5652   117.1    11.1  20.1
2014 01 09    05 56 22.6 -37 52 01   4.0443  4.5732   116.8    11.1  20.1
2014 01 10    05 55 14.3 -37 53 06   4.0566  4.5813   116.5    11.1  20.2
2014 01 11    05 54 06.8 -37 53 56   4.0691  4.5894   116.2    11.1  20.2
2014 01 12    05 53 00.3 -37 54 31   4.0817  4.5974   115.9    11.1  20.2
2014 01 13    05 51 54.6 -37 54 50   4.0946  4.6055   115.6    11.1  20.2
2014 01 14    05 50 49.9 -37 54 56   4.1076  4.6136   115.2    11.1  20.2
2014 01 15    05 49 46.2 -37 54 47   4.1208  4.6216   114.9    11.1  20.2
2014 01 16    05 48 43.5 -37 54 24   4.1341  4.6297   114.5    11.1  20.2
2014 01 17    05 47 41.7 -37 53 47   4.1476  4.6378   114.1    11.2  20.3
2014 01 18    05 46 41.0 -37 52 58   4.1613  4.6458   113.8    11.2  20.3
2014 01 19    05 45 41.4 -37 51 55   4.1752  4.6539   113.4    11.2  20.3
2014 01 20    05 44 42.9 -37 50 40   4.1892  4.6620   113.0    11.2  20.3
2014 01 21    05 43 45.4 -37 49 13   4.2033  4.6700   112.6    11.2  20.3
2014 01 22    05 42 49.1 -37 47 33   4.2176  4.6781   112.1    11.2  20.3
2014 01 23    05 41 54.0 -37 45 42   4.2320  4.6862   111.7    11.3  20.3
2014 01 24    05 41 00.0 -37 43 40   4.2466  4.6942   111.3    11.3  20.4
2014 01 25    05 40 07.2 -37 41 27   4.2614  4.7023   110.8    11.3  20.4
2014 01 26    05 39 15.5 -37 39 03   4.2762  4.7103   110.4    11.3  20.4
2014 01 27    05 38 25.1 -37 36 29   4.2912  4.7184   109.9    11.3  20.4
2014 01 28    05 37 35.9 -37 33 45   4.3063  4.7265   109.5    11.3  20.4
2014 01 29    05 36 48.0 -37 30 52   4.3216  4.7345   109.0    11.3  20.4
2014 01 30    05 36 01.2 -37 27 49   4.3370  4.7426   108.5    11.4  20.4
2014 01 31    05 35 15.8 -37 24 37   4.3525  4.7506   108.0    11.4  20.5

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Comet C/2012 L1 (LINEAR) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.608 AU) on the 5th January, 2013

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 01 04    03 19 29.9 +76 40 28   1.6085  2.2651   119.9    22.1  15.1
2013 01 05    03 19 07.0 +75 47 18   1.6083  2.2657   120.0    22.1  15.1
2013 01 06    03 18 53.8 +74 53 54   1.6086  2.2663   120.0    22.1  15.1
2013 01 07    03 18 48.7 +74 00 17   1.6093  2.2670   120.0    22.1  15.1
2013 01 08    03 18 50.7 +73 06 31   1.6106  2.2677   120.0    22.1  15.1
2013 01 09    03 18 58.8 +72 12 40   1.6124  2.2685   119.9    22.1  15.1
2013 01 10    03 19 12.1 +71 18 44   1.6146  2.2694   119.8    22.1  15.1
2013 01 11    03 19 30.0 +70 24 48   1.6174  2.2703   119.6    22.1  15.1
2013 01 12    03 19 52.0 +69 30 53   1.6207  2.2713   119.4    22.2  15.1
2013 01 13    03 20 17.6 +68 37 03   1.6244  2.2724   119.2    22.2  15.1
2013 01 14    03 20 46.4 +67 43 20   1.6287  2.2734   118.9    22.3  15.1
2013 01 15    03 21 18.1 +66 49 46   1.6334  2.2746   118.6    22.3  15.1
2013 01 16    03 21 52.3 +65 56 25   1.6386  2.2758   118.3    22.4  15.1
2013 01 17    03 22 28.9 +65 03 18   1.6444  2.2771   117.9    22.5  15.2
2013 01 18    03 23 07.6 +64 10 28   1.6506  2.2784   117.5    22.5  15.2
2013 01 19    03 23 48.2 +63 17 57   1.6572  2.2798   117.0    22.6  15.2
2013 01 20    03 24 30.5 +62 25 47   1.6644  2.2812   116.6    22.7  15.2

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Comet C/2012 L1 (LINEAR) is at Perihelion (2.262 AU) on the 25th December, 2012

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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)
T 2012 Dec. 23.07990 TT                                 MPC
q   2.3137721            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  138.44812     +0.00784345     -0.05764255
                   Node   271.85467     +0.42365960     +0.90450073
e   1.0            Incl.   87.22781     +0.90578751     -0.42255860
From 57 observations 2012 June 1-5.

MPEC 2012 - L12

Comet C/2012 L1 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 1st June, 2012, by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Survey.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 23rd December, 2012, at a distance of 2.3 AU from the Sun.