C/2015 T5 ( Sheppard-Tholen )

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Updated on November 13, 2016

Profile Discovery Date October 13, 2015 Magnitude 21.6 mag Discoverer S. Sheppard, D. J. Tholen, C. Trujillo (University of Hawaii)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 T 2016 Jan. 24.69500 TT MPCW q 9.3384534 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00666462 Peri. 61.84832 +0.96191658 -0.23220802 a 27.9652774 Node 311.19148 +0.12992505 +0.85257487 e 0.6660697 Incl. 11.04823 +0.24049112 +0.46818321 P 148 From 22 observations 2015 Oct. 13-2016 Nov. 4, mean residual 0".3.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2016-V116. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.