C/2013 V1 (Boattini)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 21 April 2014 Perihelion distance (q): 1.7 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 65.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Andrea Boattini discovered an 16th magnitude comet on 4 November 2013 during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68-m Schmidt. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 09-Nov-13 16.08 0.04 15.4 0.3 22-Nov-13 15.32 0.04 14.9 0.3 26-Nov-13 15.18 0.04 14.4 0.4 06-Dec-13 14.86 0.04 13.9 0.6 20-Dec-13 14.99 0.03 13.9 0.5 27-Dec-13 15.01 0.02 13.8 0.5 31-Dec-13 15.08 0.02 13.9 0.6 04-Jan-14 15.06 0.04 13.9 0.5 08-Jan-14 15.07 0.02 13.9 0.5