C/2016 M1 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on March 6, 2020

Profile Discovery Date June 22, 2016 Magnitude 19.7 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2018 Aug. 30.0 TT = JDT 2458360.5 T 2018 Aug. 10.17307 TT Williams q 2.2104960 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0004089 Peri. 209.82587 +0.02468670 -0.03424841 +/-0.0000002 Node 92.20361 -0.59786013 +0.80048822 e 0.9990961 Incl. 90.99966 -0.80122021 -0.59836917 From 3005 observations 2016 June 22-2019 Nov. 4, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 7.0 + 5 log d + 7.5 log r [ ,-310] ( - 2017 Oct. 4) m1 = 2.5 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [-310, 0] (2017 Oct. 4 - 2018 Aug. 10) m1 = 4.2 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ 0, ] (2018 Aug. 10 - )

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2019-V116. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.10 (AstroArts). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.