C/2012 K6 (McNaught)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 21 May 2013 Perihelion distance (q): 3.4 Aphelion distance (Q) : 8,366 Period (years): 270,728 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 135.2 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Rob McNaught discovered a 19th magnitude comet on CCD images taken with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring on 27 May 2012. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 28-Jan-13 14.91 0.03 14.8 0.1 20-May-13 14.83 0.04 14.0 0.2 08-Jun-13 15.08 0.02 13.8 0.4 25-Jun-13 14.91 0.04 13.8 0.4 08-Jul-13 15.33 0.02 14.5 0.3 19-Jul-13 15.49 0.03 15.0 0.3 29-Jul-13 15.79 0.02 15.1 0.3 19-Jan-14 16.12 0.05 14.5 0.3 10-Feb-14 16.35 0.05 15.3 0.3 20-Feb-14 16.15 0.02 15.2 0.5 04-Mar-14 16.21 0.02 15.0 0.4