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