An asteroid discovered on the 31st October, 2011, by the LINEAR survey telescope, and catalogued as 2011 UF305, revealed a cometary nature with follow-up observations. The object was also identified on archival images taken by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 25th July, 2011. The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 22nd July, 2012, at a distance of 2.13 AU from the Sun.
Orbital elements:
2011 UF305
Epoch 2011 Oct. 26.0 TT = JDT 2455860.5 MPC
M 355.75691 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.01412949 Peri. 119.09024 -0.30293023 -0.37237551
a 16.9453964 Node 298.20859 +0.01107666 +0.91906526
e 0.8579296 Incl. 95.44845 +0.95294836 -0.12905629
P 69.8 H 11.2 G 0.15
From 16 observations 2011 Oct. 31-Nov. 3.
