C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 17 January 2016 Perihelion distance (q): 2.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 14.9 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 20th magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 16 December 2014. Tim Spahr found pre-discovery images in PanSTARRS data from a month earlier. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 07-Feb-16 17.49 0.05 15.2 0.2 29-May-16 17.62 0.05 17.3 0.2