P/2016 P5 (COIAS)

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P/2016 P5 (COIAS) is a Jupiter-family comet with a 10-year orbit around the Sun. Its discovery was announced on 21 March 2025, when cometary activity was spotted on an asteroidal object that was photographed by the Subaru Telescope in 2016.[4]

DiscoveredbySeitaro Urakawa
H. Fukuyama
DiscoverysiteSubaru–MKO
Come On! Impacting ASteroids (COIAS)
Discoverydate1 August 2016
H431154
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P/2016 P5 (COIAS)
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySeitaro Urakawa
H. Fukuyama
Discovery siteSubaru–MKO
Come On! Impacting ASteroids (COIAS)
Discovery date1 August 2016
Designations
H431154
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch1 December 2015 (JD 2457357.5)
Observation arc18.83 years
Earliest precovery date23 June 2004
Number of
observations		58
Aphelion4.979 AU
Perihelion4.426 AU
Semi-major axis4.703 AU
Eccentricity0.05885
Orbital period10.198 years
Inclination7.036°
185.48°
Argument of
periapsis		33.632°
Last perihelion29 May 2023[3]
Next perihelionc. 2033
TJupiter2.990
Earth MOID3.422 AU
Jupiter MOID0.001 AU
Comet total
magnitude (M1)		8.0
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It is the second comet discovered through the Come On! Impacting ASteroids (COIAS) campaign.[5][a]

Notes

  1. [a]
    The first comet discovered by the same program was C/2015 K7 (COIAS)

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