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(3200) Phaethon in December 2017

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(3200) Phaethon in December 2017
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2017-11-28, 09:08 AM
At closet approach the parallax is between 2 and 3 arc minutes, or about three Jupiter diameters. At the speed it is travelling I guess that it will be easy to identify it by its motion, without special correction in SkyTools.
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(3200) Phaethon in December 2017 - by Joe Stieber - 2017-11-19, 10:21 PM
RE: (3200) Phaethon in December 2017 - by Dennis - 2017-11-28, 04:48 AM
RE: (3200) Phaethon in December 2017 - by Pikaia - 2017-11-28, 09:08 AM

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