C/2014 W6 (Catalina)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 19 March 2015 Perihelion distance (q): 3.1 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 53.6 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve An 18th magnitude object was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 20 November 2014. The object was found to show cometary features by other observers. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 03-Dec-14 18.60 0.03 17.9 0.2 16-Dec-14 18.22 0.15 16.0 0.2 23-Dec-14 18.42 0.09 18.2 0.2 29-Dec-14 18.26 0.31 17.9 0.2 16-Jan-15 18.01 0.06 17.9 0.2 23-Jan-15 18.01 0.04 17.7 0.2 10-Feb-15 17.79 0.13 16.8 0.2 17-Feb-15 17.78 0.17 17.0 0.2 24-Feb-15 17.69 0.08 15.5 0.3 01-Mar-15 17.85 0.26 17.1 0.2 10-Mar-15 18.02 0.15 17.5 0.2 15-Mar-15 17.60 0.02 16.2 0.2 29-Mar-15 17.84 0.05 17.0 0.2 19-Apr-15 18.29 0.03 17.6 0.2