C/2024 R4 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on May 2, 2025

Profile Discovery Date September 11, 2024 Magnitude 21.2 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 May 5.0 TT = JDT 2460800.5 T 2027 Oct. 26.63800 TT Payne q 4.4093256 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0005941 Peri. 108.98960 -0.33710525 -0.90983711 +/-0.0000324 Node 345.93355 -0.38052639 +0.36677393 e 1.0026197 Incl. 95.35941 +0.86113862 -0.19409617 From 64 observations 2024 July 3-2025 Apr. 28, mean residual 0".2.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2025-J08. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.11 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.