C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 18 July 2018 Perihelion distance (q): 2.7 Aphelion distance (Q) : 3,957 Period (years): 88,096 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 105.8 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 21st magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 27 June 2016. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 31-Aug-16 19.89 0.11 19.6 0.2 03-Oct-16 19.28 0.19 18.8 0.2 31-Oct-16 19.22 0.03 19.1 0.2 04-Apr-17 17.28 0.17 14.5 0.2 06-Apr-17 17.17 0.06 16.9 0.2 21-Apr-17 17.20 0.02 17.0 0.2 03-May-17 17.17 0.08 16.5 0.2 18-May-17 16.84 0.03 15.5 0.5 28-May-17 16.61 0.01 16.3 0.3 15-Jun-17 16.71 0.08 15.4 0.5 29-Jun-17 16.46 0.01 15.9 0.4 13-Jul-17 16.39 0.03 15.6 0.4 23-Jul-17 16.11 0.05 14.4 0.5 10-Aug-17 16.23 0.06 15.2 0.4 17-Aug-17 16.03 0.05 15.2 0.6 29-Aug-17 15.84 0.02 14.6 0.5 08-Sep-17 16.00 0.06 15.0 0.3 25-Sep-17 15.62 0.03 14.7 0.5 30-Sep-17 15.54 0.04 14.1 0.6 30-Oct-17 15.33 0.01 14.2 0.5 15-Dec-17 14.65 0.04 12.4 0.9 20-Jan-18 14.42 0.04 12.2 1.1 12-Feb-18 13.96 0.07 11.1 1.4 19-Feb-18 14.26 0.01 12.3 1.3 07-Mar-18 14.31 0.05 12.6 1.1 20-Mar-18 14.41 0.04 12.3 1.0 04-Apr-18 14.58 0.01 12.6 1.2 19-Apr-18 14.32 0.02 12.1 1.4 02-May-18 14.16 0.02 12.3 1.2 30-May-18 14.12 0.02 11.6 1.4 16-Oct-18 14.46 0.01 12.4 1.6 10-Nov-18 14.44 0.02 12.4 1.3 18-Nov-18 14.43 0.01 12.2 2.2 02-Dec-18 14.44 0.02 12.2 1.7 16-Dec-18 14.41 0.02 12.2 1.6 05-Jan-19 14.44 0.02 11.9 1.6