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Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.178 AU) in the constellation Capricornus on the 6th July 2015

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   Mag
2015 07 05    20 59 37.4 -22 04 04   1.1877  2.1350   151.1    13.3  23.7
2015 07 06    20 53 50.4 -22 24 33   1.1871  2.1450   153.4    12.3  23.7
2015 07 07    20 48 00.1 -22 44 17   1.1874  2.1550   155.7    11.2  23.7
2015 07 08    20 42 07.3 -23 03 14   1.1886  2.1650   158.0    10.1  23.7
2015 07 09    20 36 12.6 -23 21 19   1.1907  2.1751   160.3     9.1  23.8
2015 07 10    20 30 16.8 -23 38 30   1.1937  2.1851   162.6     8.0  23.8
2015 07 11    20 24 20.5 -23 54 45   1.1977  2.1951   164.8     7.0  23.8
2015 07 12    20 18 24.6 -24 10 01   1.2025  2.2051   167.1     5.9  23.8
2015 07 13    20 12 29.6 -24 24 16   1.2082  2.2151   169.3     4.9  23.9
2015 07 14    20 06 36.4 -24 37 30   1.2149  2.2252   171.4     3.9  23.9
2015 07 15    20 00 45.6 -24 49 42   1.2224  2.2352   173.3     3.0  23.9
2015 07 16    19 54 58.0 -25 00 51   1.2309  2.2452   174.9     2.3  24.0
2015 07 17    19 49 14.2 -25 10 59   1.2402  2.2552   175.9     1.8  24.0
2015 07 18    19 43 34.7 -25 20 06   1.2504  2.2652   175.7     1.9  24.0
2015 07 19    19 38 00.2 -25 28 13   1.2614  2.2752   174.6     2.4  24.1
2015 07 20    19 32 31.3 -25 35 21   1.2733  2.2852   172.9     3.1  24.1

Blobrana · L

Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (1.154 AU) in the constellation Pisces on the 22nd February 2015.

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 02 21 000000 00 17 59.9 -02 41 04   1.877   1.156   31.5  26.6  22.0
2015 02 22 000000 00 17 26.7 -02 44 00   1.896   1.156   30.4  25.6  22.0
2015 02 23 000000 00 16 54.5 -02 46 51   1.913   1.156   29.2  24.7  22.0
2015 02 24 000000 00 16 23.3 -02 49 38   1.931   1.156   28.1  23.8  22.1
2015 02 25 000000 00 15 52.9 -02 52 20   1.948   1.156   27.0  22.8  22.1
2015 02 26 000000 00 15 23.4 -02 54 58   1.964   1.157   25.8  21.9  22.1
2015 02 27 000000 00 14 54.8 -02 57 33   1.980   1.158   24.7  21.0  22.1
2015 02 28 000000 00 14 26.8 -03 00 03   1.996   1.159   23.6  20.0  22.1

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Orbital elements:
    P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS)
Epoch 2015 Feb. 27.0 TT = JDT 2457080.5
T 2015 Feb. 22.48949 TT                                 MPCW
q   1.1557587            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.04478874     Peri.  249.27659     +0.87652095     +0.46370493
a   7.8527806      Node   277.09644     +0.47571354     -0.79345620
e   0.8528217      Incl.  172.51988     +0.07353670     -0.39421441
P  22.0
From 35 observations 2015 Jan. 8-24

MPEC 2015 - B134