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