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Orbital elements:
    C/2013 F1 (Boattini)
T 2012 Dec. 8.01552 TT                                  MPC
q   1.9337690            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   96.22417     -0.17497451     -0.85565087
                   Node    29.59041     -0.30879204     -0.42205834
e   1.0            Incl.   80.53828     +0.93489646     -0.29954691
From 47 observations 2013 Mar. 23-24.

MPEC 2013 - R07

Key to Orbital elements

Comet C/2013 F1 (BOATTINI) was discovered on the 23rd March, 2013, by A. Boattini (Mt. Lemmon Survey).
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 8th December, 2012, at a distance of 1.9 AU from the Sun.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 03 23    15 49 18.5 +34 22 22   1.6817  2.3174   117.5    22.4  17.8
2013 03 24    15 46 36.4 +34 20 06   1.6769  2.3239   118.5    22.2  17.8
2013 03 25    15 43 51.3 +34 17 23   1.6724  2.3304   119.4    21.9  17.8
2013 03 26    15 41 03.4 +34 14 13   1.6682  2.3370   120.4    21.6  17.8
2013 03 27    15 38 12.8 +34 10 34   1.6642  2.3437   121.3    21.3  17.8
2013 03 28    15 35 19.7 +34 06 25   1.6605  2.3503   122.3    21.0  17.8
2013 03 29    15 32 24.1 +34 01 46   1.6571  2.3570   123.2    20.8  17.8
2013 03 30    15 29 26.2 +33 56 34   1.6540  2.3638   124.1    20.5  17.8
2013 03 31    15 26 26.1 +33 50 50   1.6512  2.3705   125.1    20.2  17.8
2013 04 01    15 23 24.1 +33 44 33   1.6488  2.3773   126.0    19.9  17.8
2013 04 02    15 20 20.2 +33 37 41   1.6466  2.3842   126.8    19.6  17.9
2013 04 03    15 17 14.7 +33 30 13   1.6449  2.3910   127.7    19.3  17.9
2013 04 04    15 14 07.7 +33 22 10   1.6434  2.3979   128.6    19.0  17.9
2013 04 05    15 10 59.4 +33 13 30   1.6423  2.4048   129.4    18.8  17.9
2013 04 06    15 07 50.1 +33 04 14   1.6416  2.4118   130.2    18.5  17.9
2013 04 07    15 04 39.8 +32 54 20   1.6413  2.4188   131.0    18.2  17.9
2013 04 08    15 01 28.8 +32 43 48   1.6414  2.4258   131.7    17.9  17.9
2013 04 09    14 58 17.4 +32 32 38   1.6418  2.4329   132.5    17.7  17.9
2013 04 10    14 55 05.7 +32 20 51   1.6426  2.4399   133.2    17.4  18.0
2013 04 11    14 51 53.9 +32 08 26   1.6439  2.4470   133.8    17.2  18.0
2013 04 12    14 48 42.3 +31 55 23   1.6455  2.4542   134.5    17.0  18.0
2013 04 13    14 45 31.0 +31 41 43   1.6476  2.4613   135.0    16.7  18.0
2013 04 14    14 42 20.4 +31 27 26   1.6501  2.4685   135.6    16.5  18.0
2013 04 15    14 39 10.5 +31 12 32   1.6530  2.4758   136.1    16.3  18.0
2013 04 16    14 36 01.6 +30 57 03   1.6563  2.4830   136.6    16.1  18.0
2013 04 17    14 32 53.8 +30 40 59   1.6601  2.4903   137.0    16.0  18.1
2013 04 18    14 29 47.5 +30 24 21   1.6643  2.4976   137.4    15.8  18.1
2013 04 19    14 26 42.7 +30 07 10   1.6689  2.5049   137.7    15.6  18.1
2013 04 20    14 23 39.6 +29 49 26   1.6740  2.5123   138.0    15.5  18.1
2013 04 21    14 20 38.5 +29 31 12   1.6795  2.5196   138.2    15.4  18.1
2013 04 22    14 17 39.4 +29 12 28   1.6855  2.5270   138.4    15.3  18.2
2013 04 23    14 14 42.5 +28 53 16   1.6919  2.5345   138.6    15.2  18.2
2013 04 24    14 11 47.9 +28 33 36   1.6987  2.5419   138.6    15.2  18.2
2013 04 25    14 08 55.8 +28 13 31   1.7060  2.5494   138.7    15.1  18.2
2013 04 26    14 06 06.4 +27 53 01   1.7137  2.5569   138.6    15.1  18.2
2013 04 27    14 03 19.6 +27 32 09   1.7218  2.5644   138.6    15.1  18.3
2013 04 28    14 00 35.6 +27 10 55   1.7304  2.5720   138.4    15.1  18.3
2013 04 29    13 57 54.6 +26 49 21   1.7394  2.5795   138.3    15.1  18.3
2013 04 30    13 55 16.5 +26 27 28   1.7489  2.5871   138.0    15.1  18.3