C/2017 T1 (Heinze)
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Infrared image of Comet Heinze taken by NEOWISE on 9 January 2018 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Aren N. Heinze |
| Discovery site | ATLAS–MLO (T08) |
| Discovery date | 2 October 2017 |
| Designations | |
| CK17T010 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch | 14 December 2017 (JD 2458101.5) |
| Observation arc | 262 days |
| Earliest precovery date | 28 September 2017 |
| Number of observations | 1,005 |
| Perihelion | 0.581 AU |
| Eccentricity | 1.00034 |
| Inclination | 96.83° |
| 102.32° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 96.92° |
| Last perihelion | 21 February 2018 |
| Earth MOID | 0.014 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.032 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 11.9 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 17.0 |
| 8.2 (2017 apparition) | |
C/2017 T1 (Heinze) is a hyperbolic comet that passed closest to Earth on 4 January 2018 at a distance of 0.22 AU (33 million km).