[BAA Comets] New comet C/2013 G5 (CATALINA)

[Richard Miles]

Jon Shanklin wrote:
> For 2013 G5 the difference is much less, and on the observations so far 
> the 1 sigma error is relatively small (eg a few days for T), so the 
> prediction may hold.  Note however that the comet is intrinsically faint, 
> so may not survive.  Also note the MOID, which could indicate the 
> possibility of a meteor shower.

Yes, thanks Jon - the MOID is 0.078 AU - interesting. With 3 days of  an 
observational arc this value might shrink or rise a little yet.

I see the comet count for today is now up to 4 as per the announcement:
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K13/K13H10.html

Richard Miles