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Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR Home

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Coarse finder chart
(Field of view: 60°, Max. star mag.: 5) 		Fine finder chart
(Field of view: 2°, Max. star mag.: 12)
 
View from 90° above ecliptic plane
 View from above comet orbital plane
 
Position
Right ascension3h 33.3m
Declination-25° 59'
ConstellationFornax
Distance from Earth26.538 AU
Last observed magnitude16.3
Date of last reported observation2014-Dec-29
Altitude58.9°
Azimuth148° (SSE)
Angular separation from Sun124.6°
Ecliptic latitude-42.4°
 Comet observations courtesy of COBS
Orbit
Distance from Sun27.109 AU
Perihelion1.616 AU
(2014-Feb-15)
Aphelion317.513 AU
Period2,016 years
Eccentricity0.989875
Inclination to ecliptic44.3°
Speed relative to Sun7.739 km/s

Warning!
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