299P/Catalina-PanSTARRS (0299P)
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 30 April 2024
Perihelion distance (q): 3.2
Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.6
Period (years): 9.2
Eccentricity (e): 0.28
Inclination (i): 10.5
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Atlas
299P/Catalina-PanSTARRS = 2005 EL284 = 2014 D2
An 18th magnitude comet was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey and by
PanSTARRS in images taken on 27 February. The comet appeared about a
magnitude fainter in the PanSTARRS images. Pre-discovery images were found in
PanSTARRS data from January and December 2013, and January and February
2014.
When the orbit improved the comet was linked to asteroid 2005 EL284 observed by
LONEOS and LINEAR in March 2005 and by the Siding Spring Survey in July 2005.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
09-Mar-14
18.31
0.17
17.8
0.2
20-Mar-14
18.34
0.13
18.1
0.2
29-Mar-14
18.20
0.10
18.0
0.2
05-Apr-14
18.27
0.09
18.0
0.2
29-Apr-14
18.26
0.08
17.3
0.2
06-May-14
18.48
0.23
18.3
0.2
20-May-14
18.28
0.13
18.1
0.2
23-Jan-15
17.66
0.10
17.4
0.2
02-Feb-15
17.84
0.03
16.4
0.2
17-Feb-15
17.69
0.11
17.6
0.2
06-Jun-15
16.53
0.06
16.2
0.2
17-Jul-15
17.00
0.11
14.7
0.2
24-Jul-15
17.20
0.11
16.3
0.2
01-Oct-15
18.12
0.24
17.8
0.2
25-Jan-23
19.7
0.4
19-Feb-23
19.2
0.4
27-Feb-23
19.0
0.4
12-Mar-23
19.0
0.4
22-Mar-23
19.0
0.4
16-Apr-23
19.5
0.4
23-Apr-23
19.3
0.4
24-Apr-23
19.9
0.4
04-Apr-24
18.1
0.4
03-Jun-24
16.0
0.4
07-Jun-24
15.8
0.6
29-Jun-24
16.8
0.4
07-Jul-24
17.0
0.4
23-Jul-24
17.2
0.4
07-Aug-24
17.9
0.4