TypePeriodicPerihelion Date4 October 2018Perihelion Distance (q)2.2Aphelion Distance (Q)6.2 Period (Years)8.6 Eccentricity (e)0.48 Inclination (i)17.4 Click for NASA orbit diagram
Hills Observatory: 1 January 2013 to 28 December 2020
PK01R060 = 371PB. A. Skiff, Lowell Observatory, discovered the comet at 17th magnitud on CCD images taken by him with the LONEOS telescope on 25 September 2001. The object showed a moderately condensed 15" coma and a broad tail about 25" toward the west-northwest. Date10x10 magErrorKphot magComa '12-Oct-1819.24 0.19 19.0 0.2 31-Oct-1819.28 0.17 19.10.227-Nov-1819.79 0.29 19.40.228-Dec-1820.63 0.21 20.20.2