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Old 15-04-2011, 05:49 PM
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mithrandir (Andrew)
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It is moving pretty fast across the sky, is not very bright, and will be rather drowned out by the Moon. You can use this in Stellarium to simulate it.

[2011gp59]
parent = Sun
orbit_Inclination = 8.7566
coord_func = comet_orbit
orbit_Eccentricity = 0.25895
orbit_ArgOfPericenter = 320.5949
absolute_magnitude = 24.3
name = 2011 GP59
orbit_Epoch = 2455600.5
slope_parameter = 0.15
lighting = false
tex_map = nomap.png
color = 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
orbit_AscendingNode = 24.5568
orbit_MeanMotion = 1.2264728
orbit_MeanAnomaly = 160.4104
orbit_SemiMajorAxis = 0.864366
albedo = 0.15
radius = 1
type = asteroid
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