2011 R1 (McNaught)
Rob McNaught discovered a 17th magnitude comet on CCD images taken with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring on September 3.72. The comet reached perihelion at 2.1 AU in 2012 October, when it was around 11th magnitude. It will begin to fade in April.
18 observations received so far suggest a preliminary light curve of
m = 6.2 + 5 log d + 9.9 log r
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2013年05月12日