473P/NEAT (0473P)

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Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 26 February 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 1.4 Aphelion distance (Q) : 14.5 Period (years): 22.5 Eccentricity (e): 0.82 Inclination (i): 56.9 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve 473P/NEAT = 2001 Q6 = 2023 W1 = 2023 X5A S. H. Pravdo, E. F. Helin, and K. J. Lawrence, Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered the 18th magnitude comet on CCD images taken with the 1.2-m Schmidt telescope at Palomar on 28 August 20011. It had a central nebulosity of diameter about 3" and a tail about 10" long toward the west-southwest. Comet 2001 Q6 was recovered at Skygems Chile, Rio Hurtado on 29 November 2023 by Hidetaka Sato. The delta-T correction was -2.7 days compared to the published orbit. The comet passed 0.7 au from Jupiter in 1957 November. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 09-Jan-24 15.0 1.3