C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
DEPARTED
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