C/2024 R4 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on December 22, 2025

Profile Discovery Date September 11, 2024 Magnitude 21.2 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2025 Nov. 21.0 TT = JDT 2461000.5 T 2027 Oct. 26.70418 TT Pike q 4.4088063 (2000.0) P Q z -0.0005655 Peri. 109.00096 -0.33733198 -0.90978272 +/-0.0000031 Node 345.93989 -0.38065311 +0.36681394 e 1.0024931 Incl. 95.37121 +0.86099381 -0.19427543 From 858 observations 2024 July 3-2025 Dec. 18, mean residual 0".3.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = -13.5 + 5 log d + 30 log r [ ,-660] ( - 2026 Jan. 4) m1 = -1.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [-660, ] (2026 Jan. 4 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2025-Y51. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.11 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.