P/2015 M2 ( PanSTARRS )

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Updated on March 3, 2018

Profile Discovery Date June 28, 2015 Magnitude 20.0 mag Discoverer Pan-STARRS 1 telescope (Haleakala) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2015 Sept. 15.0 TT = JDT 2457280.5 T 2015 Aug. 31.67705 TT MPCW q 5.9128292 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05099867 Peri. 224.82330 +0.66013236 +0.74795643 a 7.2016195 Node 86.61586 -0.66827355 +0.62685786 e 0.1789584 Incl. 3.97407 -0.34298067 +0.21819806 P 19.33 From 144 observations 2015 June 22-2017 Nov. 11, mean residual 0".5.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 8.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2017-X08. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.