385P/Hill (0385P)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 14 September 2019
Perihelion distance (q): 2.6
Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.0
Period (years): 8.9
Eccentricity (e): 0.40
Inclination (i): 16.8
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
PK10U020 = 385P
Rik Hill discovered an 18th magnitude comet on Catalina 0.68-m Schmidt telescope
CCD images on 17 October 2010. It was confirmed following posting on the NEOCP.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
02-Dec-19
19.37
0.03
17.9
0.2
13-Jan-20
20.33
0.16
20.1
0.2