P/2012 B1 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on April 28, 2012

Profile Discovery Date January 25, 2012 Magnitude 19.7 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2013 July 7.0 TT = JDT 2456480.5 T 2013 July 23.08859 TT MPC q 3.8255326 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05959029 Peri. 162.16579 -0.94747847 +0.31006517 a 6.4916096 Node 36.19738 -0.30721836 -0.81426808 e 0.4106958 Incl. 7.62721 -0.08888995 -0.49074137 P 16.5 From 244 observations 2011 Dec. 31-2012 Apr. 14, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2012-H42. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.