371P/LINEAR-Skiff (0371P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 25 April 2027 Perihelion distance (q): 2.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.2 Period (years): 8.5 Eccentricity (e): 0.48 Inclination (i): 17.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas PK01R060 = 371P B. A. Skiff, Lowell Observatory, discovered the comet at 17th magnitude on CCD images taken by him with the LONEOS telescope on 25 September 2001. The object showed a moderately condensed 15" coma and a broad tail about 25" toward the west-northwest. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 12-Oct-18 19.24 0.19 19.0 0.2 31-Oct-18 19.28 0.17 19.1 0.2 27-Nov-18 19.79 0.29 19.4 0.2 28-Dec-18 20.63 0.21 20.2 0.2