P/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 13 April 2017
Perihelion distance (q): 4.8
Aphelion distance (Q) : 10.6
Period (years): 21.5
Eccentricity (e): 0.38
Inclination (i): 8.6
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
A 21st magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the
1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 4 January 2016.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
04-Feb-16
19.68
0.06
18.7
0.2
21-Feb-17
18.45
0.08
17.8
0.2
01-Mar-17
18.49
0.03
17.8
0.2
20-Mar-17
18.31
0.04
17.5
0.2