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Orbital elements:
    P/2011 V1 (Boattini)
T 2011 May 11.98093 TT                                  MPC
q   1.7110035            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.13148174     Peri.  259.62364     +0.75583197     +0.64520019
a   3.8302380      Node    60.09832     -0.53908084     +0.70986239
e   0.5532905      Incl.    7.39071     -0.37163136     +0.28251038
P   7.50
From 21 observations 2011 Oct. 22-Nov. 2.

MPEC 2011 - V13

Comet  P/2011 V1 (BOATTINI) was discovered on the 22nd October, 2011, by A. Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 11th May, 2011, at a distance of 1.7 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 7.5 years.