C/2017 A1 (PANSTARRS)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 17 May 2017
Perihelion distance (q): 2.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 158
Period (years): 720
Eccentricity (e): 0.97
Inclination (i): 49.8
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the
1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 2 January 2017.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
04-Jan-17
18.25
0.19
17.8
0.2
13-Feb-17
18.25
0.06
17.3
0.2
02-Mar-17
18.36
0.07
17.1
0.2
21-Mar-17
18.48
0.09
18.0
0.2