C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
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