250P/Larson (0250P)
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 30 January 2018
Perihelion distance (q): 2.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.3
Period (years): 7.3
Eccentricity (e): 0.40
Inclination (i): 13.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
The comet was discovered at 19th magnitude by Steve Larson on Catalina Sky
Survey images taken with the 0.68-m Schmidt telescope on 10 January 2011.
Confirming images were taken with the Mt. Lemmon 1.5-m reflector and also
following posting on the NEOCP. Images of the comet have been found in
Spacewatch images from 1995 and 2004 and NEAT images from 2002.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
14-Mar-18
19.34
0.09
19.3
0.2