Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

Comet P/2012 U2 (PANSTARRS)

Discovery

Discovery announced on CBET 3268.

Orbit

Orbital elements:
Orbital elements by G. V. Williams (CBET 3268).

     T = 2012 Aug. 27.8394 TT         Peri. = 213.6793
     e = 0.558845                     Node  = 184.2301  2000.0
     q = 3.452330 AU                  Incl. =   9.9307
       a =  7.825659 AU    n = 0.0450218    P =  21.892 years

An ephemeris (based on above elements) is available here.

Images

Light Curve

Observations

Photometry

Photometric observations of this comet from the ICQ archive are available here.

Astrometry

Astrometric observations of this comet from the Minor Planet Center archive are available here.

Links

A list of published articles/papers related to this comet from the Astrophysics Data System are available here.

Central Bureau for Astro. Tel.	Cometary Science Archive	International Comet Quarterly
Minor Planet Center	Origins/Harvard	EPS/Harvard