C/2013 V4 (Catalina)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 7 October 2015 Perihelion distance (q): 5.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 67.9 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve An 18th magnitude comet was discovered on 9 November 2013 during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68-m Schmidt. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 11-Dec-13 17.74 0.05 17.4 0.3 28-Dec-13 17.79 0.04 17.1 0.3 08-Jan-14 17.82 0.14 17.6 0.2 30-Jul-14 17.48 0.05 17.0 0.3 04-Aug-14 17.40 0.06 17.1 0.2 10-Aug-14 17.34 0.10 17.1 0.2 27-Aug-14 17.34 0.03 17.1 0.2 20-Sep-14 17.00 0.03 16.1 0.2 26-Sep-14 16.92 0.06 16.1 0.2 01-Oct-14 16.84 0.03 15.7 0.3 06-Oct-14 16.81 0.09 14.8 0.2 14-Oct-14 16.77 0.07 15.9 0.3 20-Oct-14 16.59 0.04 15.6 0.4 25-Oct-14 16.62 0.01 15.9 0.3 30-Oct-14 16.51 0.07 15.6 0.2 17-Nov-14 16.19 0.03 14.2 0.3 22-Nov-14 16.22 0.03 15.1 0.4 27-Nov-14 16.29 0.02 15.5 0.4 09-Dec-14 16.25 0.07 14.4 0.3 14-Dec-14 16.39 0.03 15.3 0.2 19-Dec-14 16.46 0.03 15.4 0.4 25-Dec-14 16.44 0.04 15.5 0.3 18-Aug-15 16.20 0.02 13.4 0.3 09-Sep-15 16.29 0.02 15.2 0.4 16-Sep-15 16.22 0.02 15.0 0.3 17-Sep-15 16.25 0.01 15.0 0.4 27-Sep-15 16.17 0.03 15.0 0.3 07-Oct-15 16.17 0.01 14.6 0.3 17-Oct-15 15.73 0.02 14.6 0.3 04-Nov-15 16.34 0.02 15.3 0.3 13-Nov-15 16.32 0.07 14.9 0.2 19-Nov-15 16.12 0.06 13.0 0.3 03-Dec-15 16.19 0.01 14.8 0.3 09-Dec-15 16.35 0.04 14.2 0.3 19-Dec-15 16.35 0.02 14.9 0.3 05-Feb-16 16.02 0.01 14.8 0.4 14-Jul-16 16.58 0.11 15.1 0.2 23-Aug-16 17.01 0.13 14.6 0.4 31-Aug-16 17.05 0.09 14.9 0.2 07-Sep-16 16.91 0.03 14.3 0.2 14-Sep-16 16.74 0.14 14.5 0.2 22-Sep-16 16.75 0.06 15.1 0.5 28-Oct-16 16.97 0.06 14.5 0.2 19-Dec-16 16.89 0.09 15.4 0.4 27-Dec-16 16.71 0.07 15.3 0.5 21-Jan-17 17.41 0.04 15.9 0.5 04-Feb-17 17.43 0.04 15.3 0.4 16-Feb-17 17.02 0.06 14.5 0.4 24-Feb-17 17.20 0.04 15.3 0.4 03-Mar-17 17.06 0.03 14.8 0.4 29-Mar-17 17.25 0.01 15.4 0.5 18-Apr-17 17.51 0.05 15.8 0.5 25-Apr-17 17.52 0.07 15.9 0.4