TypeHyperbolicPerihelion Date18 January 2019Perihelion Distance (q)3.3Aphelion Distance (Q)n/aPeriod (Years)n/aEccentricity (e)1.0Inclination (i)105.7Click for NASA orbit diagram
Hills Observatory: 1 January 2013 to 19 January 2019
An 18th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at Haleakala on 21 June 2017 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team. There were PanSTARRS images from 16 June.Date10x10 magErrorKphot magComa '28-Jun-1718.240.0617.90.316-Jul-1717.610.1317.50.230-Jul-1717.710.1117.20.313-Aug-1717.610.0417.40.320-Aug-1717.760.0717.20.330-Aug-1717.700.1017.10.309-Sep-1717.370.0316.70.317-Sep-1717.600.0617.20.325-Sep-1717.490.0317.20.311-Oct-1717.520.0317.00.327-Oct-1717.180.0516.00.323-Nov-1716.940.0616.50.314-Feb-1816.380.0215.80.313-Mar-1816.250.0315.30.310-Apr-1815.680.0413.70.517-Apr-1815.920.0215.10.409-May-1815.690.0114.70.621-May-1815.560.0114.30.504-Jun-1815.500.0214.10.708-Jun-1815.500.0114.40.613-Jul-1815.420.0114.00.903-Aug-1815.34 0.01 14.0 0.9 10-Aug-1815.36 0.01 13.7 1.0 28-Aug-1815.320.0413.60.910-Sep-1815.330.0413.61.0