270P/Gehrels (0270P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 6 June 2013 Perihelion distance (q): 3.6 Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.8 Period (years): 17.2 Eccentricity (e): 0.47 Inclination (i): 2.9 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 270P/Gehrels = 1997 C1 = 2012 S5 Tom Gehrels discovered this comet by eye during the course of the Spacewatch survey. The comet was recovered on images taken on 25 September 2012 by the Mt Lemmon Survey with the 1.5-m reflector. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 06-Jan-14 18.95 0.21 18.7 0.2