C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

[luigi]

Hi All,

I just got this piece of news:

Minor Planet Center*just issued a circular about new comet discovered by*Pan-STARRS survey.*Comet was designated as C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) and it may be a very bright comet on 2013!*The orbit is not accurate, but it’s already clear that the new comet have closer perihelion* than the comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) – about 0.36 AU. The comet could reach magnitude 1-2 in April 2013. By the rough*forecast, C/2011 L4 can*be the Great Comet, and reach 0 magnitude or brighter.*In March 2013, C/2011 L4 will be about 1 AU*from the Earth.*This is in 4 times distant than the comet Elenin.

Awesome! I hope we have a new great comet in 2013, I wonder how this will develop. Very interesting.

[geckzilla]

Hope the calculations are correct!