C/2017 B3 (LINEAR)
DEPARTED
Type: Hyperbolic
Perihelion date: 2 February 2019
Perihelion distance (q): 3.9
Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a
Period (years): n/a
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 54.2
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude object discovered by LINEAR (The 3.5m reflector Space
Surveillance Telescope at the Atom Peak site) on 26 January 2017 was shown to
have cometary features by astrometrists after posting on the PCCP.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
30-Jan-17
18.80
0.05
18.7
0.2
21-Feb-17
18.47
0.07
17.3
0.2
03-Mar-17
18.34
0.13
17.8
0.2
29-Mar-17
17.94
0.05
17.2
0.3
18-Apr-17
17.83
0.15
15.9
0.2
30-Apr-17
17.81
0.12
16.5
0.2