C/2012 Y1 (LINEAR)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 18 January 2013
Perihelion distance (q): 2.0
Aphelion distance (Q) : 73.9
Period (years): 234
Eccentricity (e): 0.95
Inclination (i): 21.0
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
LINEAR discovered a 19th magnitude comet on 18 December 2012.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
21-Jan-13
17.83
0.04
17.1
0.1
28-Jan-13
17.76
0.08
16.8
0.1
04-Feb-13
17.19
0.03
15.7
0.2