C/2015 WZ ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on November 13, 2016

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* 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 -             )

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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.

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