P/2015 R2 (PANSTARRS)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 8 June 2015 Perihelion distance (q): 2.5 Aphelion distance (Q) : 6.6 Period (years): 14.3 Eccentricity (e): 9.6 Inclination (i): 15.6 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 22nd magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 9 September 2015. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 13-Sep-15 20.07 0.09 19.3 0.2 15-Sep-15 19.83 0.27 18.7 0.2