C/2012 L2 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on April 12, 2013

Profile Discovery Date June 1, 2012 Magnitude 19.4 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2013 May 28.0 TT = JDT 2456440.5 T 2013 May 9.32223 TT MPC q 1.5086630 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0017544 Peri. 205.77544 -0.14642606 -0.29114635 +/-0.0000010 Node 270.30102 +0.98903357 -0.06172197 e 0.9973532 Incl. 70.98256 -0.01928770 -0.95468540 From 1789 observations 2012 June 1-2013 Mar. 21, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2013-F47. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.