Orbital elements:
P/2013 N5 (PANSTARRS)
Epoch 2013 July 7.0 TT = JDT 2456480.5
T 2013 July 1.92818 TT MPC
q 1.8166249 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.06104295 Peri. 175.97135 +0.99727374 -0.05202962
a 6.3882077 Node 187.62655 +0.05173253 +0.99863632
e 0.7156284 Incl. 23.22058 +0.05261980 +0.00429108
P 16.1
From 16 observations 2013 July 14-Aug. 3
Orbital elements:
P/2013 N3 (PANSTARRS)
T 2014 Feb. 9.57226 TT MPC
q 3.0485957 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.04955534 Peri. 322.86011 +0.94411109 +0.32942153
a 7.3407836 Node 17.91689 -0.29260481 +0.85382088
e 0.5847043 Incl. 2.17011 -0.15177835 +0.40307737
P 19.9
From 27 observations 2013 July 4-11.
Comet P/2013 N3 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 4th July, 2013. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 9th February, 2014, at a distance of approximately 3.0 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 19.9 years.