Comet C/2014 C2 (STEREO) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.642 AU) on the 10th March 2014
Ephemeris
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 03 10 22 47 05.8 +38 38 27 0.6426 0.6892 43.6 96.4 15.4 2014 03 11 23 04 46.7 +40 49 18 0.6427 0.7042 44.9 94.9 15.5 2014 03 12 23 23 31.5 +42 46 44 0.6459 0.7195 46.3 93.2 15.6 2014 03 13 23 43 07.8 +44 28 42 0.6519 0.7350 47.7 91.3 15.7 2014 03 14 00 03 19.7 +45 53 51 0.6608 0.7507 49.0 89.3 15.9 2014 03 15 00 23 48.2 +47 01 33 0.6724 0.7666 50.4 87.2 16.0 2014 03 16 00 44 13.1 +47 51 59 0.6864 0.7827 51.6 85.0 16.1 2014 03 17 01 04 14.7 +48 26 03 0.7027 0.7989 52.8 82.7 16.3 2014 03 18 01 23 35.7 +48 45 13 0.7211 0.8153 53.9 80.5 16.4 2014 03 19 01 42 02.4 +48 51 17 0.7414 0.8317 54.9 78.3 16.6 2014 03 20 01 59 25.2 +48 46 13 0.7634 0.8483 55.8 76.1 16.7 2014 03 21 02 15 38.9 +48 32 02 0.7870 0.8650 56.6 74.0 16.8 2014 03 22 02 30 41.5 +48 10 35 0.8119 0.8817 57.3 71.9 17.0 2014 03 23 02 44 33.9 +47 43 32 0.8380 0.8985 57.9 69.9 17.2 2014 03 24 02 57 19.0 +47 12 18 0.8651 0.9154 58.4 68.0 17.3 2014 03 25 03 09 00.9 +46 38 06 0.8932 0.9322 58.8 66.2 17.5 2014 03 26 03 19 44.2 +46 01 55 0.9221 0.9492 59.1 64.4 17.6 2014 03 27 03 29 34.1 +45 24 32 0.9517 0.9661 59.4 62.7 17.7 2014 03 28 03 38 35.5 +44 46 33 0.9819 0.9831 59.5 61.0 17.9 2014 03 29 03 46 53.1 +44 08 28 1.0126 1.0001 59.6 59.5 18.0 2014 03 30 03 54 31.2 +43 30 38 1.0438 1.0171 59.7 57.9 18.2 2014 03 31 04 01 34.0 +42 53 20 1.0754 1.0340 59.7 56.5 18.3
Comet C/2014 C2 (STEREO) is at Perihelion (0.512 AU) in the constellation Aquila on the 18th February 2014 Magnitude: 9.7 mag Distance to Earth: 1.095 AU Distance to Sun: 0.512 AU
Orbital elements:
C/2014 C2 (STEREO) T 2014 Feb. 18.30018 TT MPC q 0.5120766 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 56.22579 -0.44831560 -0.57756098 Node 283.34774 -0.85364187 +0.50303493 e 1.0 Incl. 135.47907 +0.26515782 +0.64294570 From 145 observations 2014 Jan. 31-Feb. 4.
MPEC 2014 - C43
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2014 02 17 20 16 17.6 -05 05 47 1.1375 0.5130 26.8 60.2 13.0 2014 02 18 20 17 54.8 -03 47 39 1.1047 0.5121 27.6 63.4 12.9 2014 02 19 20 19 48.3 -02 25 35 1.0718 0.5123 28.4 66.7 12.8 2014 02 20 20 21 59.7 -00 59 19 1.0389 0.5137 29.2 70.0 12.8 2014 02 21 20 24 31.2 +00 31 28 1.0062 0.5162 30.0 73.2 12.8 2014 02 22 20 27 24.8 +02 07 05 0.9737 0.5197 30.7 76.3 12.8 2014 02 23 20 30 42.8 +03 47 50 0.9418 0.5243 31.4 79.3 12.8 2014 02 24 20 34 27.7 +05 34 02 0.9104 0.5300 32.0 82.2 12.8 2014 02 25 20 38 42.3 +07 25 59 0.8798 0.5366 32.7 85.0 12.8 2014 02 26 20 43 29.5 +09 23 56 0.8502 0.5441 33.3 87.6 12.9 2014 02 27 20 48 52.6 +11 28 04 0.8217 0.5526 33.9 90.0 12.9 2014 02 28 20 54 55.3 +13 38 28 0.7946 0.5618 34.5 92.2 13.0