C/2011 Q1 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on July 8, 2012

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 29.37513 TT MPC q 6.7800936 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0002992 Peri. 135.92020 +0.60406108 +0.51275462 +/-0.0000033 Node 142.24564 -0.63651770 -0.15021332 e 0.9979712 Incl. 94.85996 +0.47953668 -0.84529205 From 58 observations 2011 Aug. 17-2012 June 25, 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. 2012-N02. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.