* Astronomy

Orbital elements:
    P/2012 T3 (PANSTARRS)
T 2012 Apr. 30.39310 TT                                 MPC
q   2.4078881            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.06748547     Peri.  198.49207     +0.66972008     +0.72714599
a   5.9748804      Node   113.86039     -0.65884302     +0.67547603
e   0.5969981      Incl.    9.48955     -0.34263813     +0.12243707
P  14.6
From 25 observations 2012 Oct. 10-16.

MPEC 2012 - U04

Comet P/2012 T3 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 10th October, 2012.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 30th April, 2012 at a distance of approximately 2.4 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 14.6 years.