C/2019 K4 (Ye)
DEPARTED
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 16 June 2019
Perihelion distance (q): 2.3
Aphelion distance (Q) : 4,812
Period (years): 118,089
Eccentricity (e): 1.00
Inclination (i): 105.3
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Quanzhi Ye discovered a possible 17th magnitude comet on 30 May 2019 in images
taken with the Zwicky Transient Facility camera on the 1.2m Oschin Schmidt.
Following posting on the PCCP they found pre-discovery images from 24 April. It
was placed on the PCCP as ZTF03N1.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
09-Aug-19
17.36
0.11
15.9
0.3
26-Aug-19
17.11
0.02
15.7
0.5
02-Sep-19
16.95
0.03
14.5
0.6
23-Sep-19
16.62
0.02
15.1
0.9
30-Sep-19
16.91
0.04
15.3
0.6
21-Oct-19
17.88
0.08
16.7
0.5
28-Oct-19
18.23
0.01
17.8
0.3