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RE: Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS)

Blobrana · L

Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.127 AU) on the 3rd April, 2013

Blobrana · L

Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (2.359 AU) on the 19th June, 2012.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 06 19    07 51 19.3 +19 31 25   3.2023  2.3562    28.2    11.8  20.7
2012 06 20    07 53 25.6 +19 29 41   3.2077  2.3562    27.7    11.6  20.8
2012 06 21    07 55 31.9 +19 27 50   3.2130  2.3562    27.3    11.4  20.8
2012 06 22    07 57 38.4 +19 25 53   3.2183  2.3562    26.8    11.2  20.8
2012 06 23    07 59 44.9 +19 23 48   3.2235  2.3562    26.3    11.0  20.8
2012 06 24    08 01 51.5 +19 21 36   3.2286  2.3563    25.9    10.9  20.8
2012 06 25    08 03 58.1 +19 19 18   3.2337  2.3564    25.4    10.7  20.8
2012 06 26    08 06 04.7 +19 16 53   3.2387  2.3565    25.0    10.5  20.8
2012 06 27    08 08 11.4 +19 14 21   3.2436  2.3566    24.5    10.3  20.8
2012 06 28    08 10 18.0 +19 11 43   3.2485  2.3567    24.0    10.1  20.8
2012 06 29    08 12 24.7 +19 08 58   3.2533  2.3569    23.6     9.9  20.8
2012 06 30    08 14 31.4 +19 06 06   3.2580  2.3571    23.1     9.8  20.8

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
    P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS)
T 2012 June 29.22997 TT                                 MPC
q   2.2256968            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.11256044     Peri.    0.70958     -0.70316153     -0.68495430
a   4.2482708      Node   133.99734     +0.65104392     -0.72809963
e   0.4760935      Incl.   15.38001     +0.28584205     -0.02661846
P   8.76
From 20 observations 2011 Oct. 23-26.

MPEC 2011 - U84

Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) was discovered on the 23rd October, 2011, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 29th June, 2012, at a distance of 2.2 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 8.76 years.