427P/ATLAS (0427P)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 19 March 2023
Perihelion distance (q): 2.2
Aphelion distance (Q) : 4.2
Period (years): 5.6
Eccentricity (e): 0.31
Inclination (i): 11.9
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
PK17S050 = 0427P
An 18th magnitude comet was discovered in images taken with the 0.5m Schmidt at
Haleakala in September 2017 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert
System) team. It had been posted on the PCCP as A104e5G.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
29-Sep-17
17.88
0.04
17.7
0.2
11-Oct-17
17.40
0.06