C/2015 Y1 ( LINEAR )

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Updated on May 22, 2017

Profile Discovery Date December 16, 2015 Magnitude 18.3 mag Discoverer LINEAR survey (Space Surveillance Telescope, Atom Peak, White Sands Missile Range, NM, USA) Pictures

Orbital Elements Epoch 2016 May 12.0 TT = JDT 2457520.5 T 2016 May 15.17616 TT MPCW q 2.5140745 (2000.0) P Q z +0.0034158 Peri. 24.70822 -0.74489513 +0.09553188 +/-0.0000015 Node 135.77700 +0.33540675 -0.80192058 e 0.9914125 Incl. 71.21619 +0.57674392 +0.58974320 From 550 observations 2015 Dec. 16-2017 Apr. 20, mean residual 0".6.

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 4.5 + 5 log d + 25.0 log r

The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2017-J52. The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.