352P/Skiff (0352P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 22 June 2017 Perihelion distance (q): 2.5 Aphelion distance (Q) : 10.7 Period (years): 17.1 Eccentricity (e): 0.62 Inclination (i): 21.0 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve B. W. Koehn, Lowell Observatory, reported the discovery by Brian A. Skiff of a comet on images from 24 September 2010 taken in the course of the LONEOS program. Prediscovery observations made by LINEAR on 26 August, together with additional astrometry on 26 September, suggested a period of 17.1 years. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 20-Jul-17 17.50 0.07 15.1 0.4 30-Jul-17 17.43 0.03 16.2 0.3 24-Aug-17 17.09 0.02 15.7 0.4 31-Aug-17 17.03 0.07 15.0 0.6 14-Sep-17 16.93 0.03 15.7 0.7 26-Sep-17 16.89 0.03 15.5 0.5