416P/Scotti (0416P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 15 February 2021 Perihelion distance (q): 2.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 5.8 Period (years): 8.0 Eccentricity (e): 0.45 Inclination (i): 3.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 416P/Scotti = 2013 A2 = 2021 A8 Jim Scotti discovered a 20th magnitude comet in Spacewatch images taken with the 0.9-m f/3 reflector at Kitt Peak on 6 January 2013. It approaches within 0.6 au of Jupiter, but these encounters have made only minor changes to the orbit. Erwin Schwab recovered the comet as a nearly stellar object in images taken with the 0.8-m f/3 Schmidt reflector at Calar Alto, Spain, on 14 January 2021. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 11-Jan-13 19.43 0.25 18.3 0.1 10-Feb-13 19.45 0.08 19.2 0.1