C/2012 J1 (Catalina)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 7 December 2012 Perihelion distance (q): 3.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 34.2 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 17th magnitude object found in images from the Catalina Sky Survey taken on 13 May 2012 with the 0.68-m Schmidt was found to show cometary features by other observers. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 21-Sep-13 16.64 0.06 16.3 0.2 03-Oct-13 16.54 0.08 15.2 0.2 17-Oct-13 16.61 0.06 15.8 0.2 26-Nov-13 16.62 0.04 14.9 0.4 31-Dec-13 17.02 0.02 15.2 0.5 19-Jan-14 17.13 0.07 16.2 0.3 31-Jan-14 17.23 0.04 16.1 0.4 16-Feb-14 17.43 0.04 16.4 0.2 25-Feb-14 17.57 0.16 14.7 0.2