C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 28 June 2013
Perihelion distance (q): 4.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 482,991
Period (years): 118,680,049
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 126.5
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Pan-STARRS discovered a 19th magnitude comet on 28 September 2012.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
07-Aug-13
17.57
0.11
16.5
0.3
09-Aug-13
17.66
0.08
17.2
0.3
15-Aug-13
17.19
0.10
16.7
0.3
29-Aug-13
17.69
0.05
17.0
0.4
01-Sep-13
17.27
0.08
16.6
0.4
08-Sep-13
17.55
0.06
17.1
0.3
27-Sep-13
17.62
0.12
16.9
0.3
09-Oct-13
17.53
0.20
16.9
0.3
25-Oct-13
17.91
0.38
17.4
0.2
04-Nov-13
17.84
0.05
17.5
0.2
21-Nov-13
18.22
0.21
17.5
0.2
12-Dec-13
18.48
0.46
17.7
0.2