C/2015 K2 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on November 3, 2015

Profile Discovery Date May 18, 2015 Magnitude 21.8 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala)

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 T 2015 June 8.79890 TT MPCW q 1.4552421 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0039128 Peri. 15.77207 -0.53146343 +0.77751520 +/-0.0000560 Node 223.71457 -0.82025170 -0.57145881 e 0.9943059 Incl. 29.10851 -0.21150362 +0.26249749 From 53 observations 2015 May 18-June 19, mean residual 0".4.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 20.0 + 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.