Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze) (original) (raw)

Discovery

Aren Heinze, University of Hawaii, reported the discovery of a comet on images taken on 2017 Oct. 2.6 UT with the ATLAS 0.5-m f/2 Schmidt telescope at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, in the course of the "Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System" (ATLAS) search program, with the object showing a tail about 10" long toward the southwest and a coma diameter of about 7".

The discovery details were announced onCBET 4444.

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