C/2011 Q1 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on December 7, 2011

Profile Discovery Date August 20, 2011 Magnitude 20.6 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2011 July 18.0 TT = JDT 2455760.5 T 2011 June 29.34320 TT MPC q 6.7799540 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0003265 Peri. 135.91794 +0.60403948 +0.51279294 +/-0.0000156 Node 142.24649 -0.63651252 -0.15022215 e 0.9977865 Incl. 94.85898 +0.47957076 -0.84526724 From 55 observations 2011 Aug. 17-Nov. 23, mean residual 0".4.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2011-W48. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.