P/2014 L3 (Hill)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 28 June 2014 Perihelion distance (q): 1.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 14.5 Period (years): 23.4 Eccentricity (e): 0.77 Inclination (i): 6.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Rik Hill discovered an 18th magnitude comet during the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68m Schmidt on 10 June 2014. Prediscovery images from 2 June were also found in Catalina data. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 19-Jun-14 18.03 0.16 21-Jul-14 17.05 0.04 15.7 0.2 30-Jul-14 16.81 0.02 15.5 0.3 04-Aug-14 16.82 0.02 16.0 0.3 14-Aug-14 16.90 0.03 20-Aug-14 17.07 0.05 25-Aug-14 17.37 0.09 16.1 0.2 14-Sep-14 18.13 0.13 16.1 0.2 20-Sep-14 18.31 0.12 16.3 0.2