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Post Info TOPIC: Comet C/2012 F1 (GIBBS)


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Comet C/2012 F1 (GIBBS)
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Orbital elements:
    C/2012 F1 (Gibbs)
T 2012 Feb. 21.18219 TT                                 MPC
q   2.5587230            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  300.96838     -0.94596523     -0.17947060
                   Node   129.84015     +0.01067593     +0.81518464
e   1.0            Incl.  159.40654     -0.32409229     +0.55069439
From 45 observations 2012 Mar. 16-18

MPEC 2012 - F30

Comet C/2012 F1 (GIBBS) was discovered on the 16th March, 2012, by  A. Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey).
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 21st February, 2012, at a distance of 2.56 AU from the Sun.



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