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RE: Comet 294P/LINEAR
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Comet 294P/LINEAR is at Opposition (3.226 AU) in the constellation Aquarius on the 30th August 2015

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 08 29    22 17 18.2 -00 14 32   3.2219  4.2208   170.3     2.3  24.3
2015 08 30    22 16 30.5 -00 17 27   3.2257  4.2244   170.3     2.3  24.3
2015 08 31    22 15 43.0 -00 20 25   3.2299  4.2281   170.2     2.3  24.3
2015 09 01    22 14 55.8 -00 23 24   3.2343  4.2318   169.9     2.4  24.3
2015 09 02    22 14 08.7 -00 26 26   3.2391  4.2354   169.5     2.5  24.3
2015 09 03    22 13 22.0 -00 29 30   3.2442  4.2390   169.0     2.6  24.3
2015 09 04    22 12 35.6 -00 32 35   3.2496  4.2427   168.5     2.7  24.3
2015 09 05    22 11 49.5 -00 35 42   3.2553  4.2463   167.8     2.9  24.3
2015 09 06    22 11 03.8 -00 38 50   3.2613  4.2499   167.1     3.0  24.4
2015 09 07    22 10 18.5 -00 42 00   3.2676  4.2535   166.3     3.2  24.4
2015 09 08    22 09 33.6 -00 45 10   3.2743  4.2571   165.4     3.4  24.4
2015 09 09    22 08 49.2 -00 48 22   3.2812  4.2606   164.5     3.6  24.4
2015 09 10    22 08 05.3 -00 51 34   3.2884  4.2642   163.6     3.8  24.4
2015 09 11    22 07 21.9 -00 54 47   3.2960  4.2678   162.7     4.0  24.4
2015 09 12    22 06 39.1 -00 58 00   3.3038  4.2713   161.7     4.2  24.4
2015 09 13    22 05 56.8 -01 01 13   3.3119  4.2749   160.7     4.5  24.4
2015 09 14    22 05 15.1 -01 04 26   3.3203  4.2784   159.7     4.7  24.4
2015 09 15    22 04 34.1 -01 07 39   3.3290  4.2820   158.7     4.9  24.4


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Comet 294P/LINEAR is at Opposition (0.855 AU) on the 23rd June 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 06 20    16 29 25.8 -53 33 06   0.8320  1.7682   146.0    18.7  17.6
2014 06 21    16 29 05.7 -53 08 30   0.8395  1.7750   145.9    18.7  17.6
2014 06 22    16 28 48.4 -52 43 54   0.8471  1.7818   145.8    18.7  17.6
2014 06 23    16 28 34.0 -52 19 21   0.8549  1.7887   145.7    18.7  17.7
2014 06 24    16 28 22.3 -51 54 51   0.8629  1.7955   145.5    18.7  17.7
2014 06 25    16 28 13.4 -51 30 26   0.8712  1.8024   145.3    18.7  17.8
2014 06 26    16 28 07.2 -51 06 07   0.8796  1.8093   145.1    18.8  17.8
2014 06 27    16 28 03.7 -50 41 54   0.8882  1.8161   144.8    18.8  17.8
2014 06 28    16 28 02.8 -50 17 49   0.8970  1.8231   144.5    18.9  17.9
2014 06 29    16 28 04.4 -49 53 52   0.9060  1.8300   144.2    19.0  17.9
2014 06 30    16 28 08.6 -49 30 05   0.9151  1.8369   143.9    19.0  17.9


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Comet 294P/LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.630 AU) on the 15th March 2014 

 



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Comet 294P/LINEAR is at Perihelion (1.300 AU) on the 3rd March 2014

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2014 03 01    14 41 55.0 -48 17 53   0.6369  1.3002   103.9    47.7  15.7
2014 03 02    14 45 19.1 -48 57 30   0.6359  1.3000   103.9    47.7  15.7
2014 03 03    14 48 44.5 -49 36 26   0.6349  1.2999   104.0    47.7  15.7
2014 03 04    14 52 11.1 -50 14 40   0.6341  1.2999   104.0    47.7  15.6
2014 03 05    14 55 38.9 -50 52 10   0.6333  1.3001   104.1    47.7  15.6
2014 03 06    14 59 07.8 -51 28 56   0.6326  1.3003   104.1    47.7  15.6
2014 03 07    15 02 37.7 -52 04 58   0.6321  1.3006   104.2    47.7  15.6
2014 03 08    15 06 08.6 -52 40 13   0.6316  1.3011   104.3    47.7  15.6
2014 03 09    15 09 40.4 -53 14 42   0.6311  1.3016   104.3    47.6  15.6
2014 03 10    15 13 12.9 -53 48 25   0.6308  1.3023   104.4    47.6  15.6
2014 03 11    15 16 46.1 -54 21 20   0.6305  1.3030   104.5    47.6  15.6
2014 03 12    15 20 19.8 -54 53 28   0.6303  1.3039   104.6    47.5  15.7
2014 03 13    15 23 53.9 -55 24 48   0.6301  1.3049   104.7    47.4  15.7
2014 03 14    15 27 28.3 -55 55 20   0.6300  1.3059   104.8    47.4  15.7
2014 03 15    15 31 02.9 -56 25 03   0.6300  1.3071   104.9    47.3  15.7
2014 03 16    15 34 37.4 -56 53 59   0.6300  1.3083   105.1    47.2  15.7
2014 03 17    15 38 11.7 -57 22 06   0.6301  1.3097   105.2    47.1  15.7
2014 03 18    15 41 45.6 -57 49 25   0.6302  1.3112   105.3    47.1  15.7
2014 03 19    15 45 18.9 -58 15 56   0.6303  1.3127   105.5    46.9  15.7
2014 03 20    15 48 51.5 -58 41 39   0.6305  1.3144   105.6    46.8  15.7
2014 03 21    15 52 23.1 -59 06 34   0.6307  1.3162   105.8    46.7  15.7
2014 03 22    15 55 53.5 -59 30 42   0.6310  1.3180   106.0    46.6  15.7
2014 03 23    15 59 22.4 -59 54 03   0.6313  1.3200   106.2    46.5  15.7
2014 03 24    16 02 49.7 -60 16 38   0.6316  1.3220   106.4    46.3  15.7
2014 03 25    16 06 15.0 -60 38 26   0.6320  1.3242   106.6    46.2  15.7
2014 03 26    16 09 38.2 -60 59 29   0.6323  1.3264   106.8    46.0  15.7
2014 03 27    16 12 58.9 -61 19 47   0.6327  1.3288   107.0    45.9  15.7
2014 03 28    16 16 17.0 -61 39 19   0.6332  1.3312   107.3    45.7  15.8
2014 03 29    16 19 32.2 -61 58 08   0.6336  1.3338   107.5    45.5  15.8
2014 03 30    16 22 44.2 -62 16 12   0.6341  1.3364   107.8    45.4  15.8
2014 03 31    16 25 52.8 -62 33 34   0.6345  1.3391   108.0    45.2  15.8


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Comet 2013 X2 (LINEAR)
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Orbital elements:
    P/2008 A2 = 2013 X2 (LINEAR)
Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5
T 2008 June 12.04014 TT                                 MPC
q   1.3054088            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17268488     Peri.  233.16950     -0.95745561     +0.17437399
a   3.1937421      Node   315.52185     -0.00513006     -0.80695571
e   0.5912604      Incl.   19.15878     -0.28853499     -0.56428379
P   5.71
From 148 observations 2008 Jan. 13-2013 Dec. 14

MPEC 2013 - X72

Key to Orbital elements

Comet P/2008 A2 (LINEAR) was discovered by the LINEAR survey, on the 13th January, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage was on the 12th June, 2008 at a distance of approximately 1.3 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 5.7 years.



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