C/2015 M1 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on November 3, 2015

Profile Discovery Date June 20, 2015 Magnitude 19.8 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 May 18.0 TT = JDT 2457160.5 T 2015 May 15.68329 TT MPCW q 2.0915837 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0026324 Peri. 163.98314 +0.02509212 +0.56008091 +/-0.0000610 Node 100.29147 -0.98447482 +0.15778752 e 0.9944941 Incl. 57.30922 -0.17372307 -0.81327269 From 66 observations 2015 June 20-Aug. 21, mean residual 0".4.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 15.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2015-S97. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.