C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 1 August 2018
Perihelion distance (q): 1.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 762
Period (years): 7,462
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 159.4
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 16th magnitude cometary object was discovered from the NEOWISE satellite on 2
July 2018. It was posted on the PCCP as N00ddem.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
03-Aug-18
14.48
0.03
11.3
1.0
10-Aug-18
15.04
0.02
12.0
1.4
28-Aug-18
15.99
0.05
12.9
1.4
03-Sep-18
16.30
0.04
13.3
0.9
10-Sep-18
16.24
0.06
13.2
1.0