248P/Gibbs (0248P)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 14 September 2025 Perihelion distance (q): 2.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.8 Period (years): 14.7 Eccentricity (e): 0.64 Inclination (i): 6.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas 248P/Gibbs = 2010 W1 A 19th magnitude object discovered by Alex Gibbs during the Catalina Sky Survey on 27 November 2010 and confirmed with images from Mt Lemmon in early December was linked to earlier Mt Lemmon observations in late October and early November. The object was then identified by Tim B. Spahr with the following objects that had received minor-planet designations: 1996 TT65; 2010 MS75; 2010 RR59; 2010 RN141; 2010 SQ31; and 2010 TL69. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 15-Dec-25 18.5 0.2 27-Dec-25 18.6 0.2