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Orbital elements:
    P/2013 AL76 (Catalina)
Epoch 2012 Dec. 19.0 TT = JDT 2456280.5
T 2012 Dec. 13.49370 TT                                 MPC
q   2.0468793            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.06252599     Peri.   27.27177     -0.52605416     +0.78684190
a   6.2867904      Node   145.90607     +0.63685349     +0.11297645
e   0.6744159      Incl.  144.85026     +0.56363521     +0.60672576
P  15.8
From 37 observations 2013 Jan. 14-20

MPEC 2013 - B77

Key to Orbital elements

Comet P/2013 AL76 (CATALINA) was discovered on the 14th January, 2013, by the Catalina Sky Survey telescope.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 19th December, 2012, at a distance of 2.0 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 15.8 years.