[BAA Comets] 2013UQ4

[Shanklin, Jonathan D.]

And here is what I said about it after its discovery in 2013:

A/2013 UQ4 [Catalina]
This very unusual asteroid, classified as an Amor, was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68m Schmidt on October 23.37. [MPEC 2013-U54, 2013 October 27, 3-day orbit]. The asteroid has a retrograde orbit with a period of over 400 years and perihelion at 1.1 au in 2014 July. The Earth MOID is 0.11 au. The Tisserand parameter of the orbit with respect to Jupiter is -0.97. It will approach the Earth within 0.3 au in 2014 July. It is well placed in northern skies at perihelion and could reach 10th magnitude. If cometary activity commences it could get brighter.

Correct again!

Regards, Jonathan Shanklin

Director Comet Section, British Astronomical Association
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds




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