C/2012 F3 (PanSTARRS)
DEPARTED
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 6 April 2015
Perihelion distance (q): 3.5
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 11.4
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Pan-STARRS discovered a 21st magnitude comet on 16 March 2012. Following
confirming images taken at Mauna Kea the next day, images of the object were found
in Pan-STARRS data from 19 January.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
19-Feb-13
18.40
0.05
18.2
0.2
10-Mar-13
18.16
0.05
17.9
0.3
31-Mar-13
18.16
0.03
17.9
0.2
01-Apr-13
18.07
0.06
17.8
0.3
16-Apr-13
18.35
0.04
18.1
0.2
12-Jan-14
17.05
0.03
16.3
0.3
27-Jan-14
16.94
0.02
16.2
0.4
04-Mar-14
16.45
0.02
15.6
0.4
28-Mar-14
16.11
0.01
15.2
0.4
23-Apr-14
15.81
0.03
14.9
0.4
03-May-14
15.88
0.02
14.8
0.4
06-Jun-14
15.93
0.04
14.2
0.3
28-Jun-14
15.97
0.01
14.8
0.4
10-Jul-14
15.93
0.04
14.7
0.3
26-Jul-14
15.91
0.02
14.0
0.2
06-Aug-14
15.93
0.02
14.3
0.3
08-Aug-15
15.52
0.04
13.8
0.3
01-Oct-15
16.23
0.01
15.0
0.3
17-May-16
17.22
0.02
15.1
0.2
04-Jun-16
17.49
0.03
15.6
0.2
25-Aug-16
17.40
0.04
15.0
0.2
03-Sep-16
17.35
0.01
15.4
0.4
10-Sep-16
17.23
0.01
14.
7
0.4
22-Sep-16
17.57
0.03
15.1
0.5
30-Sep-16
17.73
0.01
15.7
0.4
29-Oct-16
18.14
0.03
16.1
0.5
05-Nov-16
18.04
0.06
15.2
0.5
24-Nov-16
18.27
0.04
16.1
0.4