C/2015 G2 (MASTER)

C/2015 G2
Discovery
Discovery date	2015/04/07
Orbital characteristics
Epoch	2015-Apr-21 ; (JD 2457133.5)
Observation arc	54 days
Number of; observations	230
Perihelion	0.779879 AU
Eccentricity	1.00045 (1950); 1.00085 (2015); 1.00078 (2050)
Inclination	147.5613°
Last perihelion	May 23, 2015
Next perihelion	Ejection
Comet total; magnitude (M1)	11.6 ± 1
Comet nuclear; magnitude (M2)	14.5 ± 0.9

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]

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

^ Yoshida, Seiichi. "C/2015 G2 (MASTER)". Weekly Information about Bright Comets. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ 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.