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C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)

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Photometry

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astrometry

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20121217

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B96 (BRIXIIS)

20130111


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B96 (BRIXIIS)

20130113


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X

B96 (BRIXIIS)

20130906

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B96 (BRIXIIS)















































































An apparently asteroidal object discovered by the LINEAR survey (discovery observations tabulated below), and posted on the Minor Planet Center's NEOCP webpage, has been found to show cometary appearance by other CCD astrometrists. P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford, Berkshire, England; 0.40-m f/6 reflector; Jan. 16.0 UT) writes that the object appears diffuse with a diameter of 12" with total red mag 17.7 and a moderately concentrated center; the southwest edge is less definite than the northwest edge, and a faint tail is suspected, extending 20" in p.a. 240 deg

Photometric data obtained from FOCAS-II software


                                   10x10  20x20  30x30  40x40  50x50  60x60   SNR   SB   COD

OBJECT        DATE       TIME        +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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C/2012 A2     17/12/2012 21:32:15  15.95  15.19  14.83  14.69  14.65  14.68  10.1  17.3  B96

C/2012 A2     17/12/2012 21:32:15*  0.04   0.03   0.08   0.05   0.05   0.04     3   3.1  USN

C/2012 A2     11/01/2013 19:13:12  16.37  15.80  15.68  15.61  15.71         11.9  17.7  B96

C/2012 A2     11/01/2013 19:13:12*  0.04   0.03   0.02   0.07   0.15            3   3.2  USN

C/2012 A2     13/01/2013 20:11:56  16.20  15.66  15.47  15.51                15.7  17.5  B96

C/2012 A2     13/01/2013 20:11:56*  0.04   0.03   0.04   0.07                   4   3.2  USN