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C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is a comet discovered April 7, 2015 by MASTER, the Mobile Astronomical System of the Telescope-Robots at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO).[1] It was the first comet discovered from South Africa in 35 years.[2]

C/2015 G2
Discovery
Discovery date2015/04/07
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch2015-Apr-21
(JD 2457133.5)
Observation arc54 days
Number of
observations		230
Perihelion0.779879 AU
Eccentricity1.00045 (1950)
1.00085 (2015)
1.00078 (2050)
Inclination147.5613°
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		11.6 ± 1
Comet nuclear
magnitude (M2)		14.5 ± 0.9
Last perihelionMay 23, 2015
Next perihelionEjection

Discovery was confirmed April 10, 2015 by the Minor Planet Center.[2] It was at magnitude 10.7 at discovery and by mid-May it had reached magnitude 6.0.[3]


References


  1. Yoshida, Seiichi. "C/2015 G2 (MASTER)". Weekly Information about Bright Comets. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. "C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is first South African Comet discovery in 35 years". Africa2Moon. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. Yoshida, Seiichi. "Weekly Information about Bright Comets (2015 May 16: North)". Weekly Information About Bright Comets. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.


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