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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 E2 (Iwamoto)
T 2013 Mar. 5.51026 TT                                  MPC
q   1.3962493            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   92.93672     +0.08319236     +0.99645024
                   Node   181.97854     -0.99620028     +0.08282334
e   1.0            Incl.   21.90776     -0.02576869     +0.01507330
From 8 observations 2013 Mar. 10-14.

MPEC 2013 - E67

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 E2 (IWAMOTO) was discovered by M. Iwamoto (Tokushima), on the 10th March, 2013. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate perihelion passage was on the 5th March, 2013 at a distance of approximately 1.3 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 10    20 29 32.3 -03 08 54   1.9531  1.3978    42.8    28.9  14.4
2013 03 11    20 33 02.6 -02 56 24   1.9530  1.3985    42.8    28.9  14.4
2013 03 12    20 36 31.8 -02 43 51   1.9530  1.3994    42.9    28.9  14.4
2013 03 13    20 40 00.0 -02 31 16   1.9532  1.4005    43.0    28.9  14.4
2013 03 14    20 43 27.2 -02 18 38   1.9534  1.4017    43.0    28.9  14.4
2013 03 15    20 46 53.3 -02 05 58   1.9538  1.4030    43.1    29.0  14.4
2013 03 16    20 50 18.3 -01 53 17   1.9543  1.4045    43.2    29.0  14.4
2013 03 17    20 53 42.2 -01 40 35   1.9550  1.4062    43.2    29.0  14.4
2013 03 18    20 57 04.9 -01 27 51   1.9557  1.4080    43.3    29.0  14.4
2013 03 19    21 00 26.6 -01 15 08   1.9565  1.4099    43.4    29.0  14.4
2013 03 20    21 03 47.1 -01 02 24   1.9574  1.4120    43.5    29.0  14.5
2013 03 21    21 07 06.4 -00 49 40   1.9584  1.4143    43.6    29.0  14.5
2013 03 22    21 10 24.5 -00 36 57   1.9595  1.4167    43.6    29.0  14.5
2013 03 23    21 13 41.5 -00 24 14   1.9607  1.4192    43.7    29.0  14.5
2013 03 24    21 16 57.2 -00 11 33   1.9620  1.4218    43.8    29.1  14.5
2013 03 25    21 20 11.8 +00 01 07   1.9633  1.4247    43.9    29.1  14.5
2013 03 26    21 23 25.1 +00 13 45   1.9648  1.4276    44.0    29.1  14.5
2013 03 27    21 26 37.2 +00 26 21   1.9663  1.4307    44.2    29.1  14.5
2013 03 28    21 29 48.0 +00 38 55   1.9679  1.4339    44.3    29.1  14.5
2013 03 29    21 32 57.6 +00 51 26   1.9695  1.4373    44.4    29.1  14.5
2013 03 30    21 36 05.9 +01 03 54   1.9712  1.4408    44.5    29.1  14.6
2013 03 31    21 39 13.0 +01 16 20   1.9730  1.4444    44.7    29.1  14.6