C/2015 G2 (MASTER) explained

C/2015 G2
Discovery Date:	2015/04/07
Epoch:	2015-Apr-21 (JD 2457133.5)
Observation Arc:	54 days
Obs:	230
Perihelion:	0.779879 AU
Eccentricity:	1.00045 (1950) 1.00085 (2015) 1.00078 (2050)
Inclination:	147.5613°
M1:	11.6 ± 1
M2:	14.5 ± 0.9
Last P:	May 23, 2015
Next P:	Ejection

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. It was at magnitude 10.7 at discovery and by mid-May it had reached magnitude 6.0.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yoshida. Seiichi. C/2015 G2 (MASTER). Weekly Information about Bright Comets. 20 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907151624/http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2015G2/2015G2.html. live. 7 September 2015.
2. Web site: C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is first South African Comet discovery in 35 years . Africa2Moon . 20 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150521184635/http://africa2moon.developspacesa.org/2015/04/13/c2015-g2-master-is-first-south-african-comet-discovery-in-35-years/ . 21 May 2015 . dead .
3. Web site: Yoshida . Seiichi . Weekly Information about Bright Comets (2015 May 16: North) . Weekly Information About Bright Comets . 20 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150523180110/http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html . 23 May 2015 . dead .