P/2015 W2 (Catalina)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 30 September 2015
Perihelion distance (q): 2.7
Aphelion distance (Q) : 12.0
Period (years): 19.8
Eccentricity (e): 0.63
Inclination (i): 11.6
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 19th magnitude object found in Catalina Sky Survey images with the 0.68m
Schmidt on 21 November 2015 was found to show cometary characteristics by other
astrometrists.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
03-Dec-15
17.90
0.05
17.7
0.2
09-Dec-15
18.61
0.18
18.3
0.2