C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 9 December 2015
Perihelion distance (q): 2.1
Aphelion distance (Q) : 337
Period (years): 2,212
Eccentricity (e): 0.99
Inclination (i): 64.7
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 21st magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the
1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 22 September 2014.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
17-Aug-15
14.55
0.03
12.4
0.7
25-Aug-15
14.19
0.01
12.5
0.6
17-Oct-15
12.40
0.01
10.2
1.1
23-Oct-15
12.37
0.03
10.2
1.6
31-Oct-15
12.07
0.02
9.4
1.7
05-Nov-15
12.12
0.03
9.4
3.0
21-Nov-15
11.50
0.04
8.4
1.7
21-Nov-15
11.50
0.04
8.4
2.4
02-Dec-15
11.76
0.02
8.8
2.9
09-Dec-15
11.79
0.03
8.9
2.3
13-Dec-15
11.56
0.04
8.7
2.5
18-Dec-15
11.20
0.03
8.2
2.3
22-Dec-15
11.20
0.02
7.9
2.9
04-Feb-16
11.88
0.01
8.5
4.2
07-Feb-16
11.66
0.01
8.3
3.8
27-Feb-16
11.62
0.05
8.4
3.8
04-Mar-16
11.98
0.01
8.6
3.3
17-Mar-16
12.30
0.02
8.9
3.2
28-Mar-16
12.84
0.04
9.6
3.2
12-Apr-16
13.15
0.01
9.8
3.8
12-Apr-16
13.12
0.02
9.8
5.0
01-May-16
13.27
0.04
10.1
2.7
28-May-16
14.19
0.01
10.7
3.0
03-Jun-16
14.32
0.01
10.8
2.6
08-Jun-16
14.47
0.05
11.0
2.4
20-Jun-16
14.79
0.02
11.6
1.2