P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS)
Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 16 May 2025
Perihelion distance (q): 2.0
Aphelion distance (Q) : 3.1
Period (years): 4.2
Eccentricity (e): 0.21
Inclination (i): 11.0
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Atlas
A 19th magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the
1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 1 April 2016. Gareth Williams identified pre-discovery
astrometry in Mt Lemmon data from 12 March.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
13-Apr-16
18.38
0.05
17.8
0.2
06-May-16
18.17
0.07
17.5
0.2
27-May-16
18.63
0.06
18.1
0.2
03-Jun-16
18.65
0.09
17.6
0.2