C/2003 H1 (LINEAR)
This comet was, as with most
of the LINEAR comets, first reported as an asteroid by the LINEAR team on April 24th
2003. The comet was magnitude 17. As
on many previous occasions observers found the object to be cometary. This is a
comet was discovered nearly a year before perihelion, which will be reached at
2.24AU on February 22nd 2004. This comet is slightly fainter than
average, but may reach magnitude 10 around perihelion.
The light curve
There is considerable
scatter in the light curve, which should
be brightening quite rapidly at the moment.
CCD observation in a 10
arcsecond aperture by:
- Isidro Almendros – MPC
212
- Ramón Naves & Montse
Campàs - MPC 213
- Esteban Reina – MPC 232
- Albert Sánchez – MPC 442
- Julio Castellano – MPC 939
- José Ramón Vidal – MPC
945
- Francesc Baldrís – MPC
A01
- Juan Lacruz – MPC J87
Última actualización 12/06/2003
Por M.R.Kidger