P/2016 R4 (Gibbs)
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Type: Periodic
Perihelion date: 20 July 2016
Perihelion distance (q): 2.8
Aphelion distance (Q) : 7.9
Period (years): 12.3
Eccentricity (e): 0.48
Inclination (i): 10.9
JPL orbit diagram
COBS lightcurve
Alex Gibbs discovered a 19th magnitude comet in images taken with the Mt Lemmon
Survey 1.5m reflector on 10 September 2016. There were pre-discovery images from
PanSTARRS on 18 July and 14 August, Mount Lemmon on 28 August and Crni Vrh
on 10 September.
Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude)
Date
10x10 mag
Error
VEmag
Coma '
30-Oct-16
19.25
0.03
16.7
0.2
26-Nov-16
19.90
0.09
19.6
0.2