C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 13 June 2014 Perihelion distance (q): 1.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 438 Period (years): 3,262 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 29.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Pan-STARRS discovered an 18th magnitude comet on 30 December 2013. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 20-Jan-14 16.65 0.04 15.8 0.3 28-Mar-14 15.67 0.02 15.0 0.3 18-Apr-14 15.60 0.02 14.4 0.4 29-Apr-14 15.67 0.03 14.6 0.4 10-May-14 15.74 0.08 14.5 0.3 20-May-14 15.89 0.04 14.3 0.3 08-Jun-14 16.28 0.06 14.3 0.2 04-Aug-14 17.07 0.15 15.8 0.2