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Comet P/2013 J4 (PANSTARRS) is at Perihelion (2.288 AU) on the 24th July, 2013

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 07 24    10 03 28.2 +15 33 38   3.1506  2.2877    26.6    11.5
2013 07 25    10 05 33.3 +15 22 18   3.1551  2.2877    26.2    11.3
2013 07 26    10 07 38.3 +15 10 54   3.1595  2.2877    25.7    11.1
2013 07 27    10 09 43.3 +14 59 26   3.1640  2.2878    25.3    10.9
2013 07 28    10 11 48.1 +14 47 54   3.1684  2.2879    24.9    10.8
2013 07 29    10 13 52.9 +14 36 18   3.1727  2.2880    24.5    10.6
2013 07 30    10 15 57.6 +14 24 38   3.1770  2.2882    24.1    10.4
2013 07 31    10 18 02.3 +14 12 55   3.1813  2.2884    23.7    10.3


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Orbital elements:
    P/2013 J4 (PANSTARRS)
T 2013 July 24.85170 TT                                 MPC
q   2.2876715            (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.05997586     Peri.   81.58727     -0.93159355     -0.35434406
a   6.4637578      Node    77.62926     +0.29222321     -0.86270960
e   0.6460772      Incl.    4.76136     +0.21619217     -0.36079417
P  16.4
From 47 observations 2013 May 5-12.

MPEC 2013 - J51

Key to Orbital elements

Comet P/2013 J4 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on the 5th May, 2013.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage was on the 24th July, 2013, at a distance of approximately 2.3 AU from the Sun, and an orbital period of 16.4 years.



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