286P/Christensen (0286P)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 12 May 2022
Perihelion distance (q): 2.4
Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.9
Period (years): 8.3
Eccentricity (e): 0.43
Inclination (i): 17.0
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
286P/Christensen = 2005 L4 = 2013 K3
Eric Christensen discovered an 18th magnitude comet in the course of the Mt Lemon
survey on 13 June 2005.
Hidetaka Sato recovered the comet with the remote iTelescope 0.51m astrograph at
Siding Spring on 19 May 2013, with perihelion 0.18 days earlier than predicted. [
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
28-Jul-22
19.2
0.4
31-Jul-22
18.9
0.4
08-Aug-22
19.1
0.4
19-Aug-22
19.2
0.4
27-Aug-22
18.6
0.4
17-Sep-22
18.0
0.4
30-Sep-22
18.6
0.4
14-Oct-22
19.1
0.4
22-Oct-22
19.3
0.4
30-Oct-22
19.8
0.4