C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 4 December 2016 Perihelion distance (q): 3.2 Aphelion distance (Q) : 840 Period (years): 8,656 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 50.5 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 19th magnitude comet was discovered from the NEOWISE satellite on 17 January 2016. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 30-Apr-16 17.52 0.06 14.4 0.2 11-May-16 17.45 0.02 15.5 0.2 28-May-16 17.54 0.09 14.4 0.2 07-Jun-16 17.31 0.06 15.3 0.2 26-Jun-16 17.46 0.06 14.4 0.2 25-Apr-17 17.51 0.09 16.6 0.2 21-Jun-17 17.54 0.05 15.7 0.3 28-Jun-17 17.68 0.04 16.1 0.3 16-Jul-17 17.79 0.01 17.2 0.3