C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 6 September 2017 Perihelion distance (q): 2.6 Aphelion distance (Q) : 282 Period (years): 1,698 Eccentricity (e): 0.98 Inclination (i): 22.7 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve A 20th magnitude comet was discovered in PanSTARRS 1 images taken with the 1.8m Ritchey-Chretien on 10 October 2016. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 19-Nov-17 18.00 0.13 17.0 0.4 16-Dec-17 17.96 0.13 16.5 0.3 26-Dec-17 18.05 0.04 17.0 0.4 13-Jan-18 18.04 0.03 17.1 0.4 23-Jan-18 17.99 0.03 14.8 0.3 15-Feb-18 18.33 0.07 17.2 0.2 09-Mar-18 18.59 0.04 18.2 0.2