C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 13 March 2015 Perihelion distance (q): 3.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : 11,602 Period (years): 442,086 Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 61.6 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve An 18th magnitude comet was discovered by the NEOWISE (formerly WISE) spacecraft on 4 July 2014. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 04-Aug-14 15.84 0.03 14.8 0.3 14-Aug-14 15.78 0.03 14.7 0.3 25-Aug-14 15.60 0.02 14.8 0.4 06-Sep-14 15.52 0.01 14.4 0.4 13-Sep-14 15.54 0.01 14.4 0.6 20-Sep-14 15.48 0.01 14.3 0.6 27-Sep-14 15.46 0.01 14.2 0.4 04-Oct-14 15.41 0.02 14.1 0.5 11-Oct-14 15.36 0.03 14.1 0.4 18-Oct-14 15.41 0.02 14.1 0.5 25-Oct-14 15.40 0.03 14.0 0.6 01-Nov-14 15.47 0.02 14.3 0.5 10-Nov-14 15.41 0.03 14.2 0.4 21-Nov-14 15.49 0.03 14.4 0.6 28-Nov-14 15.63 0.01 14.4 0.5 05-Dec-14 15.56 0.07 14.2 0.3 12-Dec-14 15.61 0.02 14.5 0.5 19-Dec-14 15.65 0.03 14.5 0.5 27-Dec-14 15.70 0.06 14.2 0.3 26-Jul-15 16.03 0.11 15.1 0.2 09-Aug-15 15.90 0.04 14.3 0.2 17-Aug-15 15.89 0.03 14.1 0.6 24-Aug-15 15.89 0.01 13.9 0.4 08-Sep-15 15.88 0.01 14.3 0.6 16-Sep-15 15.87 0.02 14.3 0.5 23-Sep-15 15.91 0.01 14.5 0.4 09-Oct-15 15.80 0.01 14.2 0.5 19-Oct-15 15.77 0.01 14.0 0.5 02-Nov-15 15.91 0.01 14.4 0.4 09-Nov-15 16.01 0.01 14.5 0.5 16-Nov-15 16.08 0.02 14.2 0.3 09-Dec-15 16.28 0.02 14.6 0.5 16-Dec-15 16.40 0.01 14.4 0.4