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Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon
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Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon is at Opposition (3.332 AU) on the 25th November, 2013.



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Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon makes its closest approach to the Earth (3.331 AU) on the 22nd November, 2013.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 11 21    04 01 34.8 +27 54 30   3.3309  4.3097   171.2     2.0  20.0
2013 11 22    04 00 58.8 +27 53 44   3.3307  4.3106   171.8     1.9  20.0
2013 11 23    04 00 22.8 +27 52 55   3.3309  4.3115   172.3     1.8  20.0
2013 11 24    03 59 46.7 +27 52 02   3.3313  4.3124   172.6     1.7  20.0
2013 11 25    03 59 10.6 +27 51 07   3.3321  4.3132   172.8     1.6  20.0
2013 11 26    03 58 34.6 +27 50 09   3.3331  4.3141   172.8     1.6  20.0
2013 11 27    03 57 58.6 +27 49 08   3.3345  4.3150   172.6     1.7  20.0
2013 11 28    03 57 22.8 +27 48 05   3.3362  4.3159   172.3     1.8  20.0
2013 11 29    03 56 47.1 +27 46 58   3.3381  4.3168   171.8     1.9  20.0
2013 11 30    03 56 11.6 +27 45 50   3.3404  4.3177   171.2     2.0  20.0


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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 07 05    03 25 50.0 +22 16 40   4.8570  4.2496    48.3    10.3  20.7
2013 07 06    03 26 50.6 +22 21 26   4.8461  4.2496    49.0    10.4  20.7
2013 07 07    03 27 51.0 +22 26 11   4.8351  4.2496    49.7    10.5  20.7
2013 07 08    03 28 51.0 +22 30 53   4.8239  4.2496    50.5    10.6  20.7
2013 07 09    03 29 50.7 +22 35 33   4.8127  4.2496    51.2    10.7  20.7
2013 07 10    03 30 50.1 +22 40 12   4.8013  4.2496    51.9    10.8  20.7
2013 07 11    03 31 49.1 +22 44 49   4.7898  4.2497    52.6    11.0  20.7
2013 07 12    03 32 47.9 +22 49 23   4.7782  4.2497    53.3    11.1  20.7
2013 07 13    03 33 46.2 +22 53 56   4.7665  4.2498    54.0    11.2  20.7
2013 07 14    03 34 44.2 +22 58 27   4.7547  4.2498    54.7    11.3  20.7
2013 07 15    03 35 41.9 +23 02 56   4.7428  4.2499    55.5    11.4  20.7
2013 07 16    03 36 39.2 +23 07 23   4.7308  4.2499    56.2    11.5  20.7
2013 07 17    03 37 36.1 +23 11 49   4.7187  4.2500    56.9    11.6  20.7
2013 07 18    03 38 32.6 +23 16 12   4.7065  4.2501    57.6    11.7  20.6
2013 07 19    03 39 28.7 +23 20 33   4.6943  4.2501    58.4    11.7  20.6
2013 07 20    03 40 24.4 +23 24 53   4.6819  4.2502    59.1    11.8  20.6
2013 07 21    03 41 19.8 +23 29 11   4.6694  4.2503    59.8    11.9  20.6
2013 07 22    03 42 14.7 +23 33 26   4.6569  4.2504    60.5    12.0  20.6
2013 07 23    03 43 09.2 +23 37 40   4.6442  4.2505    61.3    12.1  20.6
2013 07 24    03 44 03.2 +23 41 52   4.6315  4.2506    62.0    12.2  20.6
2013 07 25    03 44 56.8 +23 46 03   4.6187  4.2508    62.8    12.3  20.6
2013 07 26    03 45 50.0 +23 50 11   4.6058  4.2509    63.5    12.3  20.6
2013 07 27    03 46 42.8 +23 54 17   4.5928  4.2510    64.2    12.4  20.6
2013 07 28    03 47 35.0 +23 58 22   4.5798  4.2512    65.0    12.5  20.6
2013 07 29    03 48 26.8 +24 02 25   4.5666  4.2513    65.7    12.6  20.6
2013 07 30    03 49 18.1 +24 06 26   4.5534  4.2515    66.5    12.6  20.6
2013 07 31    03 50 09.0 +24 10 25   4.5402  4.2516    67.2    12.7  20.6


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RE: Comet P/1960 S1 = 2012 TB36 (VAN HOUTEN-LEMMON)
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Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon is at perihelion (4.250 AU) on the 5th July, 2013.

271P/van Houten-Lemmon (previously P/1960 S1 and P/2012 TB36) is a short-period comet discovered in 1966 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on eight Palomar plates taken by Tom Gehrels between 24 September and 26 October 1960 as a hazy object of 17th magnitude.
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Comet 271P/1960 S1 = 2012 TB36 (van Houten-Lemmon)

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Orbital elements:
    P/1960 S1 = 2012 TB36 (van Houten-Lemmon)
Epoch 2013 July 7.0 TT = JDT 2456480.5
T 2013 July 6.06529 TT                                  MPC
q   4.2498500            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05342758     Peri.   35.15932     +0.71095455     -0.70295699
a   6.9816656      Node     9.58389     +0.61477057     +0.60754357
e   0.3912842      Incl.    6.85676     +0.34146856     +0.36978681
P  18.45
From 28 observations 1960 Sept. 24-2012 Oct. 14

MPEC 2012 - U98



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