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Comet C/2012 T6 (Kowalski) is at Opposition (4.677 AU) on the 17th February 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 02 16    09 18 25.4 -13 06 20   4.6700  5.5661   152.7     4.7  25.8
2014 02 17    09 17 53.7 -13 01 11   4.6772  5.5734   152.7     4.7  25.8
2014 02 18    09 17 22.2 -12 55 56   4.6847  5.5808   152.6     4.7  25.8
2014 02 19    09 16 51.0 -12 50 37   4.6925  5.5881   152.5     4.7  25.8
2014 02 20    09 16 20.2 -12 45 14   4.7006  5.5954   152.4     4.7  25.8
2014 02 21    09 15 49.7 -12 39 45   4.7089  5.6027   152.2     4.7  25.8
2014 02 22    09 15 19.5 -12 34 13   4.7176  5.6101   152.0     4.8  25.9
2014 02 23    09 14 49.7 -12 28 37   4.7265  5.6174   151.7     4.8  25.9
2014 02 24    09 14 20.4 -12 22 57   4.7357  5.6247   151.4     4.8  25.9
2014 02 25    09 13 51.4 -12 17 13   4.7453  5.6320   151.1     4.9  25.9
2014 02 26    09 13 22.8 -12 11 26   4.7551  5.6393   150.7     4.9  25.9
2014 02 27    09 12 54.7 -12 05 36   4.7652  5.6466   150.3     5.0  25.9
2014 02 28    09 12 27.1 -11 59 42   4.7756  5.6538   149.8     5.1  25.9


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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 T6 (Kowalski)
T 2012 Aug. 25.08960 TT                                 MPC
q   1.7949713            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  196.46900     +0.91917788     -0.38661447
                   Node   187.66241     +0.39382871     +0.90067307
e   1.0            Incl.   34.28441     -0.00331116     -0.19828581
From 35 observations 2012 Oct. 15-18.

MPEC 2012 - U39

Comet C/2012 T6 (Kowalski) was discovered by R. A. Kowalski (Catalina Sky Survey) on the 15th October, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 25th August, 2012 at a distance of approximately 1.79 AU from the Sun.



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