378P/McNaught (0378P)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 19 October 2020
Perihelion distance (q): 3.4
Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.4
Period (years): 16.1
Eccentricity (e): 0.47
Inclination (i): 19.1
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
378P/McNaught = 2005 Y2 = 2019 E2
Rob McNaught discovered this comet with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt during the
Siding Spring Survey on 30 December 2005. It was 19th magnitude at discovery. It
was at perihelion at 3.4 au in late December.
Erwin Schwab reported his recovery of 2005 Y2 in images taken with the 1.0m
reflector at the European Space Agency's Optical Ground Station at Teneriffe on 10
March 2019.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
13-Aug-21
18.3
0.4
01-Sep-21
18.7
0.4
06-Sep-21
19.07
0.16
18.8
0.4
14-Sep-21
18.75
0.05
18.6
0.4