Discovery | |
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Discovered by | All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae |
Discovery date | July 19th 2017 |
Designations | |
ASASSN1 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch | 2017-Aug-24 (JD 2457989.5) |
Observation arc | 73 days |
Perihelion | 1.4987 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.99658 |
Orbital period | ~8600 yr (inbound) ~8200 yr (outbound) |
Inclination | 39.849° |
25.810° | |
Argument of periapsis | 20.907° |
Last perihelion | 2017-Oct-14 |
Earth MOID | 0.534 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 2.27 AU |
C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) is a comet discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN). It was first detected on July 19, 2017, located in the southern constellation Cetus.