C/2015 W1 (Gibbs)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 17 May 2016 Perihelion distance (q): 2.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 87.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Alex Gibbs discovered a 19th magnitude comet in Catalina Sky Survey images with the 0.68m Schmidt on 18 November 2015. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 10-Dec-15 18.26 0.03 15.1 0.2 17-Dec-15 18.19 0.09 17.8 0.2 04-Feb-16 17.78 0.07 15.6 0.2