C/2013 Y2 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on December 24, 2014

Profile Discovery Date December 30, 2013 Magnitude 18.4 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2014 July 2.0 TT = JDT 2456840.5 T 2014 June 13.65596 TT MPC q 1.9190528 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0045927 Peri. 308.84804 -0.88746847 +0.13983034 +/-0.0000018 Node 243.39934 -0.08372551 -0.98592227 e 0.9911864 Incl. 29.41490 -0.45319945 -0.09167745 From 432 observations 2013 Dec. 30-2014 Sept. 10, mean residual 0".4.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2014-U124. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.8 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.