C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)

C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) on 18 July 2015
Discovery
Discovered byPanSTARRS
Discovery date16 August 2014
Orbital characteristics
Epoch2015-Feb-17.0
Observation arc636 days
Aphelion2264 AU
Perihelion0.315 AU
Eccentricity0.99972
Orbital period38.100 years
Inclination43.107°
8.762°
Argument of
periapsis
120.05°
Last perihelion6 July 2015
Earth MOID0.091 AU (13.6 million km)[1]
Jupiter MOID1.585 AU (237.1 million km)
Comet total
magnitude
(M1)
9.7

C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) is a non-periodic/long period comet discovered on 16 August 2014 by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS). The comet after its perihelion on July 6, 2015 reached a magnitude of +4 while being in evening twilight.[2] The comet after perihelion featured three tails.

  1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: C/2014 Q1". JPL. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. ^ King, Bob (8 July 2015). "C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS): Next Naked-Eye Comet?". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 16 October 2022.