C/2012 L3 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on June 9, 2013

Profile Discovery Date June 10, 2012 Magnitude 18.5 mag Discoverer Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research project Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2012 June 2.0 TT = JDT 2456080.5 T 2012 June 12.21632 TT MPC q 3.0450239 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0030541 Peri. 107.09264 +0.36069486 -0.73337057 +/-0.0000069 Node 53.48996 -0.85306295 -0.50918893 e 0.9907003 Incl. 134.19656 +0.37707137 -0.45043783 From 230 observations 2012 June 10-2013 May 8, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 11.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2013-K38. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.