P/2015 R1 (PANSTARRS)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 25 June 2015
Perihelion distance (q): 2.2
Aphelion distance (Q) : 9.6
Period (years): 14.3
Eccentricity (e): 0.63
Inclination (i): 22.7
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the
1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 8 September 2015.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
16-Sep-15
18.31
0.04
17.3
0.2
23-Sep-15
18.24
0.03
16.5
0.2
08-Oct-15
18.11
0.02
17.5
0.2
20-Oct-15
17.86
0.04
16.9
0.2
02-Nov-15
18.01
0.04
17.6
0.2
13-Nov-15
18.30
0.14
17.6
0.2
03-Dec-15
19.00
0.08
18.5
0.2