C/2015 G2 (MASTER)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 23 May 2015 Perihelion distance (q): 0.8 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 147.6 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve The PCCP object M503ujx was been designated as 2015 G2. The comet was reported by Denis Denisenko in R-band images taken by P. Balanutsa et al. with the MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of the Telescope-Robots) 0.4-m f/2.5 reflector at the South African Astronomical Observatory on 7 April 2015. Rob Kaufman from Australia noted the comet in pre-discovery images taken on 30 March. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 08-Apr-15 12.73 0.03 9.8 1.3 19-Apr-15 12.20 0.01 9.0 2.9 02-May-15 11.59 0.04 8.5 2.5 03-May-15 11.47 0.03 8.3 2.5 15-May-15 11.10 0.04 7.9 4.7 22-May-15 11.30 0.02 8.2 3.3 27-May-15 11.45 0.01 8.3 2.9 02-Jun-15 11.78 0.02 8.7 1.9 14-Sep-15 16.11 0.09 12.9 0.2 23-Sep-15 16.49 0.04 14.6 0.3 30-Sep-15 16.45 0.05 13.7 0.2 13-Oct-15 16.80 0.07 14.8 0.2 20-Oct-15 16.75 0.07 13.6 0.3 10-Nov-15 16.97 0.01 14.0 0.4 17-Nov-15 16.87 0.03 15.2 0.2 09-Dec-15 17.08 0.03 15.2 0.2 15-Dec-15 16.98 0.03