C/2015 W1 (Gibbs)
DEPARTED
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