C/2015 WZ ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on November 13, 2016

Profile Discovery Date November 17, 2015 Magnitude 20.9 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2016 Apr. 2.0 TT = JDT 2457480.5 T 2016 Apr. 15.79958 TT MPCW q 1.3766379 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0051619 Peri. 66.71062 +0.71419604 -0.52601754 +/-0.0000009 Node 40.04557 -0.47807093 -0.84845477 e 0.9928939 Incl. 134.13482 +0.51124574 -0.05856658 From 329 observations 2015 Oct. 25-2016 July 23, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph H = 17.0 G = 0.15 [ ,-115] ( - 2015 Dec. 22) m1 = 3.5 + 5 log d + 50 log r [-115, 0] (2015 Dec. 22 - 2016 Apr. 15) m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 25 log r [ 0, ] (2016 Apr. 15 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2016-U66. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.