C/2012 Y1 (LINEAR)

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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