C/2014 C3 (NEOWISE)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 16 January 2014 Perihelion distance (q): 1.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 215 Period (years): 1,129 Eccentricity (e): 0.98 Inclination (i): 151.8 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve An 18th magnitude comet was discovered by the WISE spacecraft on 14 February 2014 in its new guise of NEOWISE. The orbit is retrograde. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 08-Mar-14 16.60 0.09 14.8 0.6 29-Mar-14 16.50 0.04 15.3 0.3 05-Apr-14 16.80 0.04 15.6 0.2 18-Apr-14 17.39 0.21 17.0 0.2