It is below the constellation of Leo... around 1:00 or 2:00 a.m.
When Comet Elenin first was discovered in December last 2010 it was calculated to pass 8.8 Au (8.8 times the distance of the Sun form us) away. But now these calculations has once changed again. Today the orbital calculation is down to 0.24 Au with a minimum as low as 0.15. But these data is being recalculated all the time and it could get even closer but that depends what it encounters in the Oort belt. Just so you know the Moon is 0.00256 away from us to give you a comparison. We must be aware the this comet could bring enormous amount of debris with it and Earth will pass through the debris trail. This will probably take place around the 6th November 2011 or later. Could this new long period comet be the original story of Nibiru?"
http://reinep.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/comet-elenin-could-hit-earth/
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Yep.
2011-Nov-08 23:28 0.00217325831620935 AU
After that, no decent close approaches until 2051 and that's only 0.20 AU.
Orbit Diagram:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2005%20YU55;orb=1;cov=0;log=0...
Have you guys read this???
Space rock YU55 will hurtle past our planet at a distance of just 201,700 miles on November 8
Incoming: YU55 was imaged by the Arecibo Radar Telescope in Puerto Rico in April last year. At the time this fuzzy picture was taken, the asteroid was 1.5million miles from Earth
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1383778/YU55-asteroi...Keith:
I don't see how you're coming up with the conclusion that there are satellites to C/2010 X1.
What do you mean by "having satellites"?
As for being visible, it's currently Mag. 10.8 which puts it within the capabilities of decent 7x50 binoculars.
According to Stellarium, it's between Leo and Sextans. I loaded Stellarium with data from the minor planetary center.
That post you're quoting is OLD. It's from January 2011.
Current numbers:
Minimum: 0.233787643556482 (34974163.90076259 kilometers)Nominal: 0.2338389514638 (34981839.46108155 kilometers)
Maximum: 0.233890260437549 (34989515.18093646 kilometers)
Really not much difference between the three numbers. Who is going to haggle over a few thousand kilometers?
Well...I uploaded the ephermides into Stellarium and it looks like we won't be able to see the damn thing near close approach (it's only showing during daylight). I have to play with the dates and time some more in Stellarium to see what I get.,-
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