C/2015 F3
Comet C/2015 F3 (SWAN) was discovered in March 2015 by Rob Matson, Vladimir Bezugly and Michael Matiazzo in near real time images taken by the SWAN instrument aboard the SOHO spacecraft.[1] At discovery the comet was already shining at around 10th magnitude as it was already near perihelion[2] . Orbital studies revealed C/2015 F3 to be a related fragment to long periodic comets C/1988 A1 (Liller) and C/1996 Q1 (Tabur), which were already thought to have broken off each other at a previous perihelion passage. As of May 2015, Comet SWAN was fading rapidly, as both C/1988 A1 and C/1996 Q1 ultimately did. .[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Confirmed SOHO comets of 2015".
- ↑ Yoshida, Seiichi. "C/2015 F3 (SWAN)".
- ↑ "Twitter Karl Battams".
- ↑ Arnold, Luc. "C/2015 F3 (SWAN)".
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